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As an Automation Engineer, you will build and maintain a reliable, automated regression test suite using Playwright and Node.js, with test management and reporting through Azure DevOps.\nYou will review, organize, and bring existing manual regression tests into Azure DevOps Test Plans, prioritizing high-value candidates for automation. You will leverage AI-assisted tools such as GitHub Copilot, Playwright CodeGen, and Playwright MCP to accelerate test development, applying engineering judgment to refine generated tests and ensure their quality.\nThis is a remote, contractual role based anywhere in Canada for a period of 6 months with the potential for extension\nWhat you will do:-\nDesign, develop, and maintain automated browser-based regression tests using Playwright and JavaScript/TypeScript on Node.js.\nEstablish and maintain the regression test inventory in Azure DevOps Test Plans, including test cases, suites, and appropriate traceability.\nIdentify high-value automation candidates based on repeatability, business criticality, and potential to reduce regression execution time.\nDevelop automated Playwright tests using AI-assisted tools, including GitHub Copilot, Playwright CodeGen, and Playwright MCP, then refine the generated output into reliable, maintainable automation.\nEstablish automated execution and reporting, including publishing results to Azure DevOps and maintaining traceability to the corresponding test cases.\nIntegrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and keep them stable, fast and low in flakiness.\nInvestigate failures, log defects with clear reproduction steps, and work with developers and QA to resolve them.\nEvaluate and, where useful, adopt an Azure DevOps MCP Server to connect AI tooling to test plans and work items.\nDocument frameworks, conventions and runbooks so the team can maintain the suite after the contract ends.\nWhat do you need to succeed:-\n7+ years of hands-on test automation experience as an individual contributor.\nStrong Playwright experience with JavaScript/TypeScript on Node.js.\nExperience building maintainable test automation using reusable components, fixtures, locators, assertions, and appropriate test design patterns.\nFamiliarity with Azure DevOps Test Plans, including test cases, test suites, test runs, and results management.\nExperience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, preferably Azure DevOps Pipelines.\nPractical experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot in day-to-day test development.\nExperience reviewing and translating existing manual test documentation into structured test cases and executable automation.\nAbility to assess regression test coverage, identify duplication and gaps, and prioritize automation based on business value and execution effort.\nSolid grasp of software testing practices: regression, smoke and end-to-end strategy, and defect triage.\nClear written and verbal communication, and the ability to work with little supervision.\nNice to have\nExperience with Playwright CodeGen and Playwright MCP for AI-assisted test creation.\nHands-on experience with an Azure DevOps MCP Server, or the interest to evaluate one.\nExperience connecting Playwright results to Azure DevOps Test Plans, including tools such as playwright-azure-reporter.\nExperience establishing or expanding a test automation framework within a short-term engagement\nJoin a team that offers a competitive hourly rate, a relaxed, casual workspace, and great people to collaborate with every day. 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