QA Automation (Selenium & Playwright)

• Automation
  Strategy & Design: Lead the design, development, and implementation
  of robust automation strategies for web application testing using
  Selenium and Playwright.
  
• Framework
  Development: Create and maintain reusable, scalable, and maintainable
  automation frameworks, ensuring adherence to best practices and optimal
  performance.
  
• Test
  Automation Processes: Define and establish test automation best
  practices, guidelines, and processes to maximize test efficiency,
  coverage, and consistency.
  
• Cross-functional
  Collaboration: Work closely with development and QA teams to gather
  application requirements, define automation test plans, and ensure
  alignment on test objectives.
  
• Test
  Execution Leadership: Oversee the execution of various test types,
  including regression, functional, smoke, and integration testing, across
  multiple platforms and environments.
  
• Script
  Development: Develop and maintain automated test scripts using Selenium
  and Playwright (JavaScript/TypeScript) to conduct comprehensive
  end-to-end testing.
  
• Cross-browser
  & API Testing: Perform automated UI, API, and cross-browser testing
  to ensure broad coverage of web applications.
  
• Test
  Result Analysis: Analyze automated test results, identify issues, and
  communicate findings to stakeholders clearly, offering actionable
  insights.
  
• Reporting
  & Metrics: Generate detailed test reports, track test progress,
  defects, and provide insights into test coverage metrics to ensure
  project goals are met.
  
• CI/CD
  Integration: Ensure seamless integration of automation suites into the
  CI/CD pipeline, continuously optimizing for better efficiency and
  effectiveness.
  
• Team
  Collaboration & Mentoring: Foster a collaborative environment
  within the QA team, as well as with other departments, ensuring that
  testing efforts are aligned with business and project objectives.
  Provide mentorship and training to manual testers on automation
  practices and tools.
  
• Tool
  & Technology Evaluation: Stay current with industry trends by
  evaluating and adopting new automation tools and technologies to enhance
  testing capabilities and improve overall software quality.
  
• Agile
  Participation: Actively participate in agile development processes,
  including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives, ensuring
  that testing activities are integrated within the agile workflow.
  
• Testability
  Feedback: Provide feedback on system design, user stories, and
  requirements to ensure they are testable and meet quality standards.
  
• Troubleshooting:
  Lead efforts to troubleshoot and resolve automation-related issues,
  ensuring minimal disruption to testing cycles.
  

Requirements

Automation Tools & Frameworks:

• Selenium
  

• Playwright
  

Programming Languages:

• JavaScript / TypeScript
  

Testing Types:

• UI Testing
  

• API Testing
  

• Cross-browser Testing
  

• Regression, Functional, Smoke, Integration Testing
  

Other Key Skills & Tools:

• CI/CD Integration (likely tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, etc.)
  

• Version Control – Git (implied)
  

• Automation Framework Development
  

• Test Reporting & Metrics
  

• Agile Methodology Participation
  

(Nice-to-Have / Implied):

• Experience mentoring manual testers
  

• Familiarity with tools for test reporting
  

• Exposure to test coverage tools (e.g., Istanbul, Allure, etc.)