Sr. Automation QA Playwright

Senior QA Engineer – Functional \& Automation (Playwright)

About the Role

We are looking for a **Senior QA Engineer** with strong experience in functional testing and **Playwright automation using TypeScript** . The candidate will be responsible for test strategy, automation framework development, API/DB testing, CI/CD integration, and QA delivery in an Agile environment.

Must\-Have Skills

• **5–8 years** of QA experience in web\-based applications.
• **3\+ years hands\-on Playwright with TypeScript** .
• Strong experience in **functional, regression, integration, smoke, exploratory, and UAT testing** .
• Experience designing and scaling **automation frameworks from scratch** .
• Strong knowledge of **Playwright, POM, cross\-browser testing, and TypeScript** .
• Hands\-on **API testing using Postman** ; knowledge of REST, SOAP, and Swagger.
• Good **SQL/database testing** experience.
• Experience with **Jenkins/GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps CI/CD** and Git.
• Strong knowledge of **ADO** – work items, pipelines, and test plans.
• Understanding of **STLC, Agile/Scrum/Kanban, risk\-based and exploratory testing** .
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and **client\-facing experience** .
• Advanced **Playwright MCP and Playwright Agent** experience.
• AI\-assisted testing experience.

Good\-to\-Have

• Prior **Selenium** experience with exposure to migration/enhancement to Playwright.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and execute functional, regression, integration, and UAT testing.
• Build and maintain scalable Playwright automation frameworks.
• Automate UI and API test scenarios and integrate them with CI/CD.
• Perform API and database validation.
• Manage defects, QA reporting, and release quality.
• Collaborate with Product, Development, and Business teams.
• Mentor QA team members and drive QA best practices.