Quality Assurance Engineer - Playwright/Automation Testing
First seen by Alion on Oct 30, 2026.
Key Responsibilities :
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable Playwright automation frameworks.
- Develop automated test scripts for functional, regression, smoke, integration, and end-to-end testing.
- Implement Cucumber/BDD-based automation using Gherkin feature files.
- Develop and maintain reusable Page Object Model and automation components.
- Practical experience using Claude or other AI-assisted coding/testing tools.
- Integrate automation suites with Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
- Identify suitable regression scenarios for automation and continuously increase automation coverage.
- Implement stable locator strategies and handle dynamic web elements.
- Analyze and resolve flaky automation tests and execution failures.
- Develop API automation using Playwright, Postman, Rest Assured, or similar tools.
- Implement parallel and cross-browser test execution.
- Analyze automation reports and perform root-cause analysis of failures.
- Perform database validation using SQL.
- Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies and collaborate with Developers, BAs, Product Owners, and QA teams.
- Perform automation code reviews and maintain coding standards.
- Mentor QA engineers and help them adopt Playwright, Cucumber, and AI-assisted automation practices.
- Continuously identify opportunities to reduce manual regression effort and improve automation stability and execution time.
Mandatory Skills :
- 5+ years of experience in QA Automation
- Strong hands-on experience with Playwright
- Strong programming knowledge in Java or TypeScript/JavaScript
- Strong experience with Cucumber/BDD and Gherkin
- Experience in automation framework development
- API automation experience
- Good SQL/database testing knowledge
- Git experience
- CI/CD experience
- Experience with Jira or similar tools
- Experience with Claude or another AI-assisted development/testing tool
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
Skills
Automation Testing, Software Quality Assurance, Testing, Java, Javascript, TypeScript, Playwright Testing, Cucumber Testing, Defect/Bug Tracking System