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Job Title: Selenium Test Automation Engineer (Playwright)
Location: Weehawken, NJ (Onsite 5 days)
Client: Banking
C2H after 6 months Employment Type: Long-Term Contract
Experience Required: 12+ Years
Ex - Employees from BOA, UBS, Wells Fargo, Any Banking client for 3+ years.
10+ years of experience and should be local to New Jersey.
<>Job Summary</>seeking a highly skilled Selenium Test Automation Engineer with strong hands-on experience in Playwright to support large-scale financial applications. The ideal candidate will have deep experience in building automation frameworks, test scripting, CI/CD integration, and validating mission-critical platforms in a regulated financial environment.
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain test automation frameworks using Playwright and Selenium/WebDriver.
Automate functional, regression, smoke, and integration testing for complex financial applications.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including developers, product owners, and QA leads to understand requirements and define test strategies.
Participate in sprint planning and Agile ceremonies, ensuring proper test coverage and quality gates.
Maintain automated test scripts and optimize execution performance across multiple environments (Cloud, Web, API).
Implement CI/CD-based automated execution using Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or GitLab pipelines.
Perform API testing using tools like Postman, RestAssured, or similar frameworks.
Troubleshoot failures, debug issues, and prepare detailed defect reports using JIRA or equivalent defect tracking tools.
Ensure compliance with quality assurance standards, security guidelines, and audit processes.
Required Skills & Experience
10+ years of experience in QA Automation with strong command in both manual and automation testing.
Proven hands-on experience with:
Playwright Automation
Selenium WebDriver
Test frameworks: PyTest, TestNG, NUnit, or JUnit
Strong programming knowledge in Python / Java / TypeScript/ JavaScript (any one is must; multi-skill preferred).
Expertise with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab, or similar).
Experience in API Testing using Postman, Rest-Assured, Karate, or Playwright API.
Experience working in Agile (Scrum) environments.
Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, or cloud-based execution is a plus.
Knowledge of Banking/Financial domain is highly preferred.
Preferred Qualifications
Playwright certification or proven enterprise-level framework delivery experience.
Experience in performance testing (LoadRunner, JMeter) is an added advantage.
Knowledge of enterprise security and compliance testing.
Soft Skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication.
Ability to work in a fast-paced, regulated financial environment.
Collaborative mindset and ownership attitude.