Automation lead

Position Title: Lead QA Automation Engineer (Playwright)

Domain EXP: (Finance/Insurance Domain)

Location: Warren, NJ (3 Day Onsite)

Required Skills & Qualifications

Core QA & Automation

8+ years of total QA experience with at least 5+ years in test automation.

3+ years of hands-on, production-grade experience with Playwright (TypeScript preferred).

Proven ability to design and scale automation frameworks from scratch.

Strong programming skills in TypeScript/JavaScript; familiarity with Java, Python, or C# is a plus.

Deep understanding of QA methodologies STLC, Agile testing quadrants, risk-based testing, exploratory testing.

Playwright Expertise
Expert with Playwright Test Runner, fixtures, projects, parallelization, and worker management.
Strong command of auto-waiting, locators, role-based selectors, and resilient test design.
Experience with Playwright API testing, network mocking, request interception, and route handling.
Hands-on with Playwright tracing, codegen, debugging, and CI integration.
Experience with component testing using Playwright Experimental Component Testing or similar.

Testing Types & Tools

API testing with Playwright APIRequest, REST Assured, Postman/Newman, or Supertest.
BDD frameworks: Cucumber, Playwright-BDD, SpecFlow, or Behave.
Accessibility testing: axe-core, Playwright accessibility checks, Lighthouse CI.
Visual regression: Playwright snapshots, Percy, Applitools, or Chromatic.
Mobile testing exposure: Playwright mobile emulation, Appium, or BrowserStack App Live (nice to have).

CI/CD, Cloud & DevOps

Hands-on with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or CircleCI for test pipelines.

Experience containerizing tests with Docker; familiarity with Kubernetes is a plus.

Familiarity with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform for test infrastructure and environments.

Hands-on with cloud-based test grids: BrowserStack, Sauce Labs, LambdaTest.

Quality Engineering Practices

Strong grasp of test pyramid, contract testing (Pact), and shift-left/shift-right testing.

Experience with test data management, synthetic data generation, and environment management.

Familiarity with feature flagging and progressive delivery (LaunchDarkly, Unleash) for safe rollouts.

Solid understanding of SDLC, defect lifecycle, and tools like Jira, Xray, Zephyr, TestRail, or qTest.

Web & API Fundamentals

Strong understanding of HTML, CSS, DOM, JavaScript runtime, and browser internals.
Solid grasp of HTTP, REST, GraphQL, WebSockets, authentication (OAuth 2.0, JWT, SSO).
Relevant certifications: ISTQB Advanced, Certified Agile Tester, AWS/Azure certifications.