Playwright Automation Architect

Job Description:

• We are seeking a Playwright Automation Architect to define and own the test automation strategy framework architecture and quality engineering toolchain across enterprise applications
• You will design scalable maintainable Playwright frameworks integrate them with ALM CI CD and observability platforms and introduce AI assisted test engineering in a governed production ready way
• This is a hands on architecture role you will set standards build the reference framework guide and mentor engineers and advise stakeholders on automation approach tooling and return on investment
• Programming languages TypeScript preferred with JavaScript with knowledge of Java Python C for integration with existing enterprise assets

Key Responsibilities:

• Automation Strategy Architecture Governance
• Define test automation strategy scope automation candidates best practices and test pyramid adoption
• Conduct automation feasibility tool evaluation ROI assessment and business case creation
• Establish framework standards coding guidelines review practices and reusable components
• Lead migration from legacy tools Selenium Cypress commercial tools to Playwright
• Define and monitor quality KPIs and gates including coverage stability execution time and defect leakage
• Manage framework lifecycle dependency management Playwright upgrades and maintainability
• Test Automation Framework Design Implementation
• Design and implement Playwright automation frameworks using BDD with Gherkin playwright bdd Cucumber
• Utilize Playwright fixtures for page objects shared state management and reusable test setup
• Configure playwright
• config for environments projects cross browser execution parallelization worker processes sharding and headless headed modes
• Enable selective execution using tags grep filters and suite project configurations
• Implement resilient locators web first assertions and stable automation practices
• Develop data driven tests using Scenario Outlines Examples tables and DataTables
• Automate Web UI APIs using Playwright Request Context and mobile browser scenarios through device emulation
• Implement screenshots video recording tracing structured logging custom reporting and visual regression testing
• Design test data management environment strategies authentication handling SSO MFA storage state and secure secret management
• Generative Agentic AI in Quality Engineering
• Integrate Playwright AI capabilities such as planner generator and healer for accelerated test creation from requirements and user stories
• Configure and leverage Playwright MCP Server and related MCP tools for AI assisted exploration authoring and maintenance
• Drive measurable ROI through AI led quality engineering initiatives and automation acceleration
• Toolchain Integration Test Observability Integrate Playwright with Jira Xray Zephyr and other ALM Test Management tools
• Build CI CD pipelines using Azure DevOps GitLab CI or equivalent platforms supporting Docker execution parallel runs sharding and quality gates
• Integrate observability and reporting tools such as ReportPort
• Non Functional Test Automation Implement accessibility testing using axe core axe core playwright

Technical Requirements:

• 13 years of experience in quality engineering including 10 years in functional test automation using commercial and open source tools and frameworks
• 3 years of hands on experience designing and building frameworks with Playwright or equivalent depth in Selenium Cypress with demonstrated recent Playwright delivery
• Strong programming skills in TypeScript JavaScript and solid object oriented programming fundamentals
• Working knowledge of Java Python C
• Proven experience implementing BDD frameworks with Gherkin and Cucumber based tooling
• Proven experience designing and implementing end to end test automation across enterprise engagements
• Proven experience in automation feasibility analysis tool selection and return on investment analysis
• Hands on experience with CI CD Azure DevOps GitLab or similar and with test management ALM integration Jira with Xray or Zephyr
• Hands on experience applying Generative and or Agentic AI to quality engineering e
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• AI assisted test generation self healing or MCP based tooling in a real project with the ability to describe outcomes and lessons learned
• Experience leading or mentoring automation teams and acting as a technical authority on framework decisions

Additional Responsibilities:

• Experience with test observability and dashboards ReportPortal Allure and quality gate design
• Docker and Kubernetes for scalable containerized test execution cloud CI infrastructure Azure AWS or GCP
• Experience with API performance and contract testing tools e
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• Specmatic alongside Playwright
• Accessibility WCAG and application security OWASP testing knowledge
• Familiarity with LLM evaluation and guardrails and with securing AI tooling used in delivery pipelines
• Industry recognized certifications on Cloud Generative and Agentic AI
• Location All Locations

Preferred Skills: