QA Automation Engineer

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 usingPlaywright.
• Build scalable, reusable, and maintainable automation frameworks.
• Performfunctional, regression, smoke, end-to-end, integration, and API testing.
• Automate web application test scenarios usingJavaScript or TypeScript.
• Validate integration points between applications, services, APIs, and third-party systems.
• Create and execute API test cases using tools such asPostman, 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 inQA automation testing (5+ years).
• Hands-on expertise withPlaywrightor similar tools.
• Strong knowledge ofJavaScript or TypeScript.
• Strong experience withAPI testingand RESTful services.
• Good understanding ofintegration testingacross systems, services, and applications.
• Experience with tools such asPostman, 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.

Originally posted on Himalayas