Description :

Job Role : Test Automation Architect Playwright.

Experience : 10 to 15 Years.

Location : Hyderabad, Telangana.

Job Description :

Job Summary :

We are seeking a highly skilled and visionary Test Automation Architect to lead our quality engineering strategy from our Hyderabad office.

You will be the driving force behind designing, implementing, and scaling our enterprise-level test automation frameworks.

The ideal candidate will have deep technical expertise in Playwright and TypeScript, a strong architectural mindset, and a passion for mentoring engineering teams to adopt a "quality-first" culture.

Qualifications :

- 10 to 15 years of extensive experience in software engineering and quality assurance, with at least 3+ years in an Architect or Lead capacity.

- Expert-level proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and deep, architectural-level knowledge of Playwright.

- Proven track record of designing custom automation frameworks (Page Object Model, Screenplay pattern, Data-driven, BDD/TDD).

- Extensive experience with modern CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

- Strong grasp of microservices architecture, API integrations, and database concepts.

- Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and running tests in distributed environments.

- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and present technical strategies to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities :

- Framework Design : Architect, build, and scale robust, maintainable, and highly efficient test automation frameworks from scratch using Playwright and TypeScript.

- Strategy & Vision : Define the automation strategy for web UI, API, and mobile platforms across multiple product lines, ensuring alignment with overall business and technical goals.

- CI/CD & DevSecOps : Lead the integration of automated testing into advanced CI/CD pipelines, establishing quality gates, parallel execution strategies, and continuous testing feedback loops.

- Technical Leadership : Act as the ultimate technical escalation point for all automation-related challenges.

- Mentor and upskill SDETs and QA engineers through code reviews, training, and pair programming.

- Tool Evaluation : Continuously evaluate new testing tools, libraries, and best practices to keep the QA technology stack modern and efficient.

- Performance & Scale : Implement strategies for non-functional testing, including performance, security, and accessibility, alongside functional automation.

- Reporting & Metrics : Design unified dashboards and reporting mechanisms to provide leadership with clear visibility into test coverage, pass rates, and software quality metrics.