Test Automation Lead with Playwright

Job description:            

• Own and drive the overall test strategy test planning and test execution across multiple releases
• Define testing scope approach and quality metrics
• Ensure adherence to QA standards best practices and governance
• Lead and contribute to test automation framework design and implementation
• Drive automation coverage for UI API and regression testing
• Hands on experience with Playwright preferred experience with Selenium or similar frameworks is a plus
• Integrate automated tests into CICD pipelines
• Oversee functional regression integration and UAT support testing
• Review test cases automation scripts and test artifacts for quality and completeness
• Manage defect triage prioritization root cause analysis and closure
• Lead mentor and manage onshore offshore QA teams
• Coordinate closely with Product Owners Developers Scrum Master and other Test leads
• Provide daily weekly status reporting dashboards and test closure reports
• Identify gaps in test processes and drive continuous improvement initiatives
• Promote shift left testing automation first mindset and early defect detection

Required Skills:

• 10 years of experience in software testing quality engineering
• Minimum 3 to 5 years in a Test Lead QA Lead role
• 3 to 5 years of Web application testing experience
• Strong experience in test automation frameworks
• Playwright highly preferred
• Experience with API testing tools Postman REST clients
• CICD tools Azure DevOps GitHub Actions Jenkins etc.
• Test management and defect tracking tools JIRA Azure DevOps etc.
• Basic knowledge of JavaScript TypeScript for Playwright
• Database testing and SQL querying skills
• Understanding of Agile Scrum methodologies

Soft Skills:

• Strong leadership and people management skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
• Analytical detail oriented and problem-solving mindset
• Ability to work in fast paced multi release environments