Automation QA Engineer; Playwright/Typescript
Listed on 2026-07-29
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Software Development
Software Testing, AI QA / Validation Engineer
job summary:
The primary focus of this role is driving cutting-edge UI and backend test automation using Playwright (Type Script/JavaScript). While the core of your daily work will center on building robust Type Script-based automation suites, you will also leverage AI-assisted testing tools and advanced SQL to validate complex data workflows, ensuring comprehensive quality across both application layers and data pipelines.
location:Charlotte, North Carolina
job type:
Contract
salary: $60 - 63 per hour
work hours: 9am to 5pm
education:
Bachelors
responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities
- Playwright Framework Ownership: Lead the design, execution, and maintenance of scalable automation frameworks using Playwright (Type Script/JavaScript) for both UI and backend applications.
- Clean Code Practices: Write, review, and optimize high-quality automated test scripts, establishing best practices for the team around framework maintainability and reusability.
- Pipeline Automation: Own the integration of automated Playwright regression suites into active CI/CD pipelines to ensure rapid, stable deployments.
- End-to-End Data Verification: Utilize SQL and automated checks to validate data transformations and integrity within core database environments and data models (such as Microsoft Fabric).
- AI Tool Implementation: Actively leverage AI tools (LLM-assisted generation, self-healing locators) to increase automation velocity, minimize script maintenance, and reduce test flakiness.
- Quality Metrics & Reporting: Monitor and communicate actionable quality KPIs-such as automation coverage, defect escape rates, and flakiness metrics-directly to stakeholders and engineering leadership.
- Playwright Mastery: Extensive hands-on experience architecting, scaling, and maintaining automation frameworks using Playwright.
- Type Script & JavaScript: Expert-level coding skills in Type Script and/or Java Script , with a strong emphasis on writing clean, reusable, and maintainable asynchronous test code.
- Advanced Automation Concepts: Deep understanding of modern locator strategies, including self-healing locators and Playwright MCP concepts to combat test flakiness.
- API Testing: Proven expertise in automated web services and REST API testing integrated directly into your automation frameworks, alongside manual verification using Postman.
- Database Testing: Proficiency in Advanced SQL for backend data validation, source-to-target mapping, and cross-system data reconciliation.
- Data Ecosystems: Familiarity with data warehouse environments and analytics platforms, specifically validating data pipelines and semantic models within Microsoft Fabric.
- Cross-Functional Languages: Capability to work across multi-language codebases, with secondary experience or exposure to Python (Pytest) and Java (TestNG) for data validation and legacy frameworks.
- CI/CD Integration: Experience seamlessly embedding Playwright test suites into continuous integration and deployment pipelines using Git Hub Actions, Jenkins, or Azure Dev Ops.
- Version Control: Mastery of Git Hub branching strategies, including feature branching, pull requests, and peer code reviews.
- Project Management: Experience operating within an Agile/Scrum environment using JIRA and JIRA Xray for test management.
- AI Tooling: Experience using AI-augmented engineering tools like Git Hub Copilot (Agent Mode) and Copilot Studio to accelerate script development.
- Next-Gen QA: Passion for introducing innovative testing strategies, such as AI-driven test generation, anomaly detection, and predictive analytics.
- 8+ years of experience to lead the architecture, development, and scaling of our end-to-end automation frameworks.
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to troubleshoot complex system interactions and data mismatches.
- Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science, or a related technical field.
Required Skills & Qualifications
Playwright Mastery:
Extensive hands-on experience architecting, scaling, and maintaining automation frameworks using Playwright.
Type Script & JavaScript:
Expert-level coding skills in Type Script and/or JavaScript, with a strong emphasis on writing clean, reusable, and maintainable asynchronous test code.
Advanced Automation Concepts:
Deep understanding of modern locator strategies, including self-healing locators and Playwright MCP concepts to combat test flakiness.
API Testing:
Proven expertise in automated web services and REST API testing integrated directly into your automation frameworks, alongside manual verification using Postman.
Data Validation & Secondary Languages
Database Testing:
Proficiency in Advanced SQL for backend data validation, source-to-target mapping, and cross-system data reconciliation.
Data Ecosystems:
Familiarity with data warehouse environments and analytics platforms, specifically validating data pipelines and semantic models…
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