Senior Quality Assurance Engineer Playwright & WebdriverIO

Job Description

Education: Bachelors degree in computer science or STEM (Science Technology Engineering
and Mathematics).
Experience: 5 to 8 years of relevant experience.
Academic Background: Computer Science or other STEM disciplines.
Technical Skills
Good Programming experience in Type script/Java script
Experience in UI Test Automation using Selenium Playwright WebDriverIO Automation and specifically writing code in Type script or Java
Experience testing APIs and automation with Karate/ Rest Assured/playwright
Be skilled in core data structures and algorithms
Experience in writing executing and monitoring automated test suites using a variety of
technologies including but not limited to Cucumber Playwright Selenium

Essential Responsibilities

Responsible for testing a feature and or a small feature set.
Contributes to the team and works with direction from Senior Team Members or management;
increasing the ability to work independently.
In this role you will:
Break down testing problems estimate effort and independently deliver high-quality
testing test case creation and automation for features and small feature sets.
Apply SDLC principles and testing methodologies (Agile Lean XP CI/CD Continuous
Testing Scalability and Test Design techniques) throughout the software development
lifecycle.
Design develop maintain and enhance scalable UI/API automation frameworks
reusable components utilities and coding standards that improve automation
efficiency execution speed and maintainability.
Create configure and maintain automated test suites testing tools and CI/CD pipelines
(e.g. Jenkins) including quality gates parallel execution environment validation and
system-level integration testing.
Write effective maintainable and reusable automated tests that validate critical
functional requirements and remain resilient to application changes and code
refactoring.
Analyze debug and troubleshoot issues across applications APIs automation
frameworks infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines; collaborate with development teams to
resolve defects and improve build quality.
Collaborate with Quality Leaders and cross-functional teams to create test plans define
automation strategies establish quality metrics dashboards KPIs and continuously
improve quality engineering practices.
Demonstrate expertise in application domains core data structures algorithms testing
tools automation best practices and modern Quality Engineering technologies
including AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot.
Mentor junior QA engineers conduct code reviews share technical knowledge and
provide guidance on automation frameworks best practices and testing methodologies.
Take ownership of deliverables identify opportunities for process improvement and
innovation implement reusable automation solutions and contribute to organizational
quality and engineering excellence.

Desired Characteristics

Have a solid understanding of the underlying infrastructure needed to run a large
distributed web application
Has the ability to break down problems and estimate time for development tasks
Has the ability to make technology choices based on experience
Demonstrates awareness about competitors and industry
Leadership
Has the ability to take ownership of small tasks and deliver without supervision while
using their discretion to seek help when necessary
Voices opinions and presents clear rationale. Uses data or factual evidence to influence
Recognizes collaborative behavior and participates in collaborative activities
Learns organization vision statement and decision-making framework. Able to
understand how team and personal goals/objectives contribute to the organization
vision

Personal Attributes

Demonstrate the ability to help team members
Seeks to understand problems thoroughly before implementing solutions. Asks
questions to clarify requirements when ambiguities are present
Identifies opportunities for innovation and offers new ideas. Takes the initiative to
experiment with new software frameworks
Adapts to new environments and changing requirements. Pivots quickly as needed.
When coached responds to need & seeks info from other sources