Lead QA Automation Engineer Playwright

Job Description: Lead QA Automation Engineer Playwright

Role: Lead QA Automation Engineer / Senior Lead Playwright Automation

Experience: 710 Years

Employment Type: Full-Time

Role Overview

We are hiring a Lead QA Automation Engineer with deep production-grade expertise in Playwright including advanced capabilities like Playwright MCP (Model Context Protocol) and Agent creation. This is a hands-on leadership role the candidate will design and scale automation frameworks from the ground up drive migration from legacy tools like Selenium mentor a team of automation engineers and serve as the primary technical point of contact for senior client stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Design build and own scalable Playwright automation frameworks from scratch

Lead migration/enhancement of existing Selenium-based automation suites to Playwright

Architect and implement Playwright MCP integrations and Playwright Agent-based automation for advanced/AI-assisted testing workflows

Develop review and optimize automation scripts across UI API and cross-browser test suites

Lead and mentor an automation team of 510 engineers assign tasks review code and enforce framework standards

Integrate automation suites into CI/CD pipelines and drive shift-left testing practices

Own STLC test strategy and risk-based/exploratory testing approaches across the team

Track and report automation KPIs (coverage flakiness execution time ROI) to leadership and clients

Act as the primary technical liaison in daily client interactions ensuring delivery quality and timelines

Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical/framework issues raised by the team

Must-Have Skills (Mandatory)

710 years of total QA experience with 5 years in test automation

3 years of hands-on production-grade experience with Playwright (TypeScript)

Advanced Playwright knowledge Playwright MCP and Playwright Agent creation

Strong hands-on TypeScript scripting experience

Proven experience designing and scaling automation frameworks from scratch

Prior experience in Selenium (framework design scripting) with successful migration/enhancement to Playwright

Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools Jenkins GitHub Actions Azure DevOps and Git

ADO (Azure DevOps) knowledge work item tracking pipelines test plans

Strong grasp of API automation Page Object Model (POM) and cross-browser testing

Proven experience leading and mentoring an automation team (510 members)

Deep understanding of QA methodologies STLC Agile testing quadrants risk-based testing exploratory testing

Excellent communication and leadership skills with experience in direct client-facing roles

Good-to-Have Skills

Familiarity with Java Python or C# in addition to TypeScript/JavaScript

Experience with BDD frameworks (Cucumber Playwright-BDD)

Exposure to performance testing tools (JMeter)

Familiarity with Docker/Kubernetes for test environment management

Experience with cloud-based test execution platforms (BrowserStack LambdaTest Sauce Labs)

Exposure to visual regression testing tools

ISTQB or equivalent QA certification

Experience with broader AI-assisted testing tools beyond Playwright Agent

Prior involvement in QA hiring onboarding or training programs

Basic understanding of accessibility testing

Educational Qualification

Bachelors/masters degree in computer science Engineering or related field (or equivalent practical experience)

Required Experience:

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