QA Automation Engineer – Frontend (Playwright, GCP)

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design and develop frontend automation scripts using Playwright

• Build and maintain scalable, reusable automation frameworks

• Execute end-to-end, regression, and smoke test suites

• Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines (GCP Cloud Build or equivalent)

• Perform cross-browser testing (Chromium, WebKit, Firefox)

• Validate UI workflows and responsive design behavior

• Collaborate with development and business teams

• Track defects using JIRA or Azure DevOps

• Support testing of cloud-native applications on GCP

• Provide reporting on test execution and quality metrics

Deliverables & Success Criteria:

• Increase UI automation coverage

• Reliable CI/CD automation execution

• Early defect identification

• Efficient parallel test execution

Must Have Skills:

• 5–7 years experience as QA Automation engineer

• 2+ years Playwright automation

• Cloud-based testing with GCP (Cloud Run, GKE, App Engine)

• Playwright UI automation expertise and Automation framework design (Playwright Test, POM)

• Proficiency in TypeScript / JavaScript

• Experience with parallel execution and cross-browser testing

• CI/CD pipeline integration experience

• API testing using Postman or similar tools

• Previous experience with Agile/Scrum

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• React or Angular application testing

• Microservices and containerized environments

• Previous experience Banking/financial services is nice to have

• Accessibility testing (WCAG)

• Test reporting tools (Allure, Playwright reports)

Soft Skills:

• Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as strong problem solving and analytic skills.

• Must be a self-starter, reliable, highly motivated, results-oriented, customer-focused and attentive to details.

• Excellent analytical, documentation, and organizational skills.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver within deadlines.

• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.