SDET - Playwright

Job#: 3026291

Job Description:
SDET - Playwright

Location: Columbus, Ohio
Employment Type: Contract

Role Overview

We are seeking a SDET to design, build, and maintain reliable, scalable test automation for a ServiceNow Platform. You will leverage Playwright's capabilities to build the test suite for this platform. Communication skills and a collaborative, team-first mindset are essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and test automation using Playwright (TypeScript/JavaScript).
• Build reusable testing libraries and utilities for authentication (OAuth2/JWT), pagination, idempotency, rate limiting, and error handling.
• Define test strategy and coverage across unit, integration, contract, and end-to-end service tests; prioritize critical paths.
• Create robust negative, edge, and resilience tests, using mocking where needed.
• Manage test data and environments, including seeding, fixtures, and synthetic data, to keep tests deterministic and fast.
• Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps), including parallel runs and environment provisioning.
• Participate in design and code reviews, advocate for testability, and document frameworks, patterns, and runbooks.
• Communicate with cross-functional teams and be a dependable team player.

Required Qualifications

Experience: 3-6+ years in SDET/QA Automation roles focused on the Playwright tool.

Technical Skills:

• Hands-on experience with Playwright using TypeScript/JavaScript or any similar tools/frameworks.
• CI/CD experience, including configuring pipelines, test reporting, and gating on failures/coverage.
• Familiarity with mocking and test data management.
• Debugging skills across logs, traces, and network traffic; comfort with curl and CLI tooling.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Preferred Qualifications

• An understanding of ServiceNow is preferable.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

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Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.