Job Description:

Immediate Joiners or less than 30 days notice period.

We are seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to design, develop, and maintain robust automation frameworks using Playwright and WebdriverIO. The role will automate critical business workflows, strengthen regression coverage, integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines, and drive continuous improvement in software quality.

Key Responsibilities:

- Design and maintain scalable Playwright and WebdriverIO automation frameworks.

- Automate critical business workflows and comprehensive regression test suites.

- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing.

- Execute automated tests across development, staging, and production environments.

- Analyze failures using Datadog, cloud logs, and monitoring tools.

- Partner with developers, product managers, and stakeholders to resolve defects.

- Improve test coverage, automation efficiency, and quality engineering practices.

- Produce automation metrics, dashboards, and quality reports.

- Support release validation, deployments, and production troubleshooting.

Mandatory Skills:

- 5+ years of professional experience in QA and software testing.

- 3+ years of hands-on Playwright framework design and implementation experience.

- Strong expertise in automation framework design, test development, and execution.

- JavaScript, TypeScript, or a comparable programming language.

- Experience integrating automated tests with CI/CD pipelines.

- Strong debugging, log analysis, and defect troubleshooting skills.

- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.

- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Preferred Skills:

- Webdriver IO automation framework.

- AI-assisted testing tools and intelligent test automation.

- Playwright Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations.

- Datadog, cloud logging, and observability platforms.

- Performance and load testing tools.

- API testing with REST and GraphQL frameworks.

- Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Git, and test management tools.

Core Competencies:

- Quality engineering and test automation.

- Framework architecture and maintainability.

- Defect investigation and root-cause analysis.

- Collaboration and stakeholder communication.

- Attention to detail and delivery ownership.

- Adaptability and continuous learning.