QA Automation Engineer

Job Title

QA Automation Engineer

Job Description

This is a remote position. We are looking for a QA Automation Engineer with strong experience in Playwright automation, API testing, integration testing, and excellent communication skills. The candidate should be able to build and maintain automation frameworks, validate end-to-end business workflows, and collaborate effectively with technical and business teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using Playwright.
• Build scalable, reusable, and maintainable automation frameworks.
• Perform functional, regression, smoke, end-to-end, integration, and API testing.
• Automate web application test scenarios using JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Validate integration points between applications, services, APIs, and third-party systems.
• Create and execute API test cases using tools such as Postman, Playwright API, REST Assured, or similar tools.
• Verify request/response payloads, status codes, headers, authentication, error handling, and data validation.
• Integrate automation scripts with CI/CD pipelines.
• Convert business requirements into clear test scenarios and automated test cases.
• Log, track, and communicate defects clearly using Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar tools.

Required Skills:

• Strong experience in QA automation testing (5+ years).
• Hands-on expertise with Playwright or similar tools.
• Strong knowledge of JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Strong experience with API testing and RESTful services.
• Good understanding of integration testing across systems, services, and applications.
• Experience with tools such as Postman, Swagger, REST Assured, or Playwright API testing.
• Experience with Git and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
• Good understanding of Agile/Scrum, SDLC, and STLC.

Communication Skills:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work closely with product owners, business analysts, developers, QA teams, and business users.
• Strong ability to understand business processes, workflows, and system behavior.
• Experience reviewing user stories, acceptance criteria, business rules, and requirement documents.
• Ability to ask clarifying questions, identify gaps, and support requirement discussions.

Preferred Profile:

The ideal candidate is a proactive QA automation resource who can take ownership of automation, API, and integration testing activities while ensuring that delivered functionality meets both technical requirements and business expectations.