Specialist - Quality Engineering (Playwright / JavaScript / TypeScript)
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 10, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 10, 2026.
Location: Bengaluru
Experience: 5-7 Years
Employment Type: Permanent
About the Role
We are looking for a Specialist - Quality Engineering with strong expertise in Playwright, JavaScript, and TypeScript for web, mobile, and API automation. The role will focus on building and enhancing automation frameworks, defining end-to-end automation strategies, and ensuring high-quality software delivery. Strong client and stakeholder collaboration skills are essential.
Job Description
The candidate will be responsible for designing and implementing robust test automation solutions using Playwright, along with JavaScript/TypeScript and supporting testing frameworks. The role includes automation strategy, code reviews, requirement analysis, effort estimation, defect investigation, and defining appropriate automation approaches across business layers.
The position also involves integrating automation frameworks with CI/CD pipelines, version-control systems, and quality engineering tools. The candidate will collaborate with client stakeholders and engineering teams to establish end-to-end automation workflows and continuously improve testing practices.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain automated test solutions using Playwright with JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Define portfolio-level automation strategies and conduct code reviews.
- Design end-to-end automation workflows across application services and business layers.
- Perform web, mobile, and API automation testing and recommend appropriate tools and approaches.
- Integrate automation frameworks with Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps, and other DevOps platforms.
- Integrate tools such as Jira, Zephyr, Xray, and Sauce Labs with automation frameworks.
- Review requirements, estimate testing effort, troubleshoot defects, and identify effective solutions.
- Collaborate with client stakeholders and technical teams while documenting testing processes.
Required Skills
- Playwright
- JavaScript / TypeScript
- Web, mobile, and API automation testing
- Playwright automation for web testing
- API testing using Chai / Mocha
- Selenium or other test automation frameworks
- HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and API fundamentals
- Software testing concepts, methodologies, and best practices
- SQL for data validation and analysis
- Git and version control
- CI/CD integration using Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or Azure DevOps
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
Preferred / Good to Have
- BDD / Cucumber experience
- Python or Java for automation scripting
- Experience with additional test automation tools and languages
- Experience leveraging GenAI tools for testing and automation
Mandatory Skills
- Playwright Java Testing
- Playwright TypeScript Automation
- Playwright JavaScript Testing
Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate will have 5-7 years of quality engineering experience with strong hands-on expertise in Playwright and JavaScript/TypeScript-based automation. The candidate should be comfortable defining automation strategies, working with client stakeholders, reviewing requirements, estimating effort, and integrating automated testing into modern CI/CD environments.
Benefits Package
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Opportunities for professional growth and development
- A collaborative and inclusive work environment
- The opportunity to work on exciting and challenging projects with leading clients