Senior QA Automation Engineer – Playwright

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Portugal.

📋 Description

• Develop, implement, and maintain Playwright (TypeScript/JavaScript) automation frameworks while ensuring stability as the test suites expand.

• Conduct API and microservice testing in conjunction with UI evaluations.

• Collaborate on BDD initiatives alongside analysts, developers, and clients.

• Identify and resolve flaky and intermittent failures, focusing on root cause analysis rather than simply adding retries.

• Leverage AI coding agents to enhance the efficiency of test design, authoring, and maintenance, while meticulously validating their outputs.

• Establish protocols for AI-assisted and agent-driven testing within the project, including the creation of instruction files, reusable prompts, and review checkpoints.

• Expand automation coverage into mobile platforms as project requirements evolve, with necessary support.

• Mentor colleagues and disseminate effective practices within the QA community.

• Clearly communicate quality risks and technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.

• Work autonomously, manage your own tasks, and influence the practices of the team and the broader QA community.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in test automation, including a minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience with Playwright using TypeScript/JavaScript in a production environment.

• Deep understanding of Playwright’s core functionalities: fixtures, locator strategies, auto-waiting, network interception and mocking, trace-based debugging, and parallel execution.

• Experience in testing responsive and mobile web applications with Playwright, including device emulation, viewport handling, touch interactions, and cross-browser testing.

• Proven track record in defining and implementing framework architecture.

• Experience in API automation and microservices testing, including the use of HTTP and network inspection tools.

• Familiarity with CI/CD processes using any major pipeline tool.

• Practical experience with BDD in an Agile team environment.

• Working knowledge of AI-assisted practices, including generating tests with AI and recognizing tests that pass but do not provide meaningful validation.

• Willingness to question and challenge assumptions from a testing perspective, along with a desire to quickly become a subject-matter expert.

• Hands-on experience with native mobile automation on iOS and/or Android, preferably using Appium with WebdriverIO.

• Experience with alternative automation stacks, such as Selenium-based frameworks or non-JS frameworks.

• Experience in building or orchestrating multi-step AI agent workflows for test generation, execution, or triage.

• Exposure to performance or cloud testing.

• Experience in mentoring, giving conference talks, or blogging.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation package.

• Flexibility with options for remote and hybrid work (dependent on country).

• Opportunities for career advancement, including international mobility and professional development programs.

• Access to learning and development resources, including cutting-edge tools, training, and industry experts.

• Benefits tailored to specific locations.

• Reasonable accommodations provided during the interview process.