Quality Engineer - Test Automation

Position Overview

We are seeking a hands-on Staff
/ Senior Staff Quality Engineer to provide technical leadership for quality
engineering across complex, enterprise-scale applications. The role combines
test strategy, advanced Playwright-based automation, API and database
validation, exploratory testing, and release-quality ownership. The successful
candidate will partner with Engineering, Product, and other stakeholders to
identify risks early, improve testability, increase automation effectiveness,
and provide evidence-based release recommendations. This is an
individual-contributor leadership role requiring strong technical depth, sound
judgment, and the ability to mentor engineers and influence quality practices
across teams.

Key Responsibilities

·       Own the quality strategy for assigned products and releases,
translating business and technical requirements into risk-based test plans,
coverage models, and acceptance criteria.

·       Design, develop, review, and maintain scalable automated tests
using Playwright and TestCraft (internal tool); contribute to
framework architecture, coding standards, reusable components, and reliable
execution.

·       Build and maintain end-to-end, integration, regression, and
data-validation coverage for complex enterprise workflows.

·       Perform hands-on manual and exploratory testing where automation
is not appropriate, with emphasis on high-risk scenarios, edge cases,
usability, and production-like behavior.

·       Use complex SQL queries, application logs, and database
logs to validate data integrity, isolate defects, and support root-cause
analysis.

·       Manage test data, test environments, system test plans, regression
plans, defect evidence, and clear test-result documentation.

·       Partner with Product, Engineering, and other stakeholders
throughout the SDLC to improve requirements, testability, defect prevention,
and delivery predictability.

·       Provide evidence-based release readiness assessments and clear
test sign-offs against agreed quality standards and acceptance criteria.

·       Identify, communicate, and track risks affecting release
timelines, product quality, environment readiness, or testing efficiency;
recommend practical mitigation actions.

·       Champion compliance, quality engineering, Agile, and SDLC
practices; continuously improve automation, defect management, and
performance-testing approaches.

·       Mentor engineers, lead technical reviews, share knowledge, and
influence quality practices across multiple teams without direct authority.

Required Skills &
Qualifications

·       8–10+ years of hands-on
software quality engineering experience, including ownership of end-to-end
testing for complex enterprise applications.

·       Advanced, recent hands-on experience creating and maintaining UI
automation with Playwright; this is a mandatory requirement.

·       Strong programming or scripting ability applicable to test
automation, including clean-code practices, debugging, code reviews, and
version control.

·       Demonstrated experience designing or extending automation
frameworks and improving test reliability, maintainability, and execution
feedback.

·       Strong experience with system, integration, regression,
exploratory, and end-to-end testing of web-based applications and APIs.

·       Proficiency in writing complex SQL queries for backend
validation, reconciliation, and data-integrity checks.

·       Ability to analyze application and database logs, troubleshoot
failures, and collaborate with developers on root-cause analysis.

·       In-depth knowledge of QA processes, risk-based test strategy,
defect lifecycle, SDLC, and Agile delivery methodologies.

·       Proven technical leadership, stakeholder communication, mentoring,
and the ability to manage competing priorities in a deadline-driven
environment.

·       Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability
to document plans, results, risks, and release recommendations clearly and
concisely.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have
Qualifications

·       Experience with API automation, source control, test reporting,
and automated execution in build or deployment workflows.

·       Experience testing cloud-based, distributed, multi-tenant, or
data-intensive enterprise platforms.

·       Working knowledge of performance-testing concepts and tools,
including workload design, bottleneck analysis, and result interpretation.

·       Experience improving quality metrics such as escaped defects,
flaky-test rate, regression duration, automation coverage, or release
confidence.

Screening Checklist

·       Mandatory: 8–10+ years
in software QA/QE with recent, hands-on Playwright automation experience.

·       Mandatory: Evidence of
building or significantly enhancing an automation framework—not only executing
existing scripts.

·       Mandatory: Ownership of
test strategy, regression coverage, risk reporting, and release-readiness
recommendations for complex workflows.

·       Preferred evidence: API
automation, CI/CD integration, enterprise-platform testing, performance
testing, and measurable improvements in quality or delivery outcomes.