Python Automation Test Engineer with playwright

Role & responsibilities

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, reusable UI and API automation frameworks using Playwright and Python.
• Implement framework patterns such as Page Object Model, data-driven testing, modular design, fixtures, reusable utilities, and parallel execution.
• Plan and execute automation coverage for smoke, regression, integration, functional, and end-to-end testing.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and enable fast, reliable release feedback.
• Create robust cross-browser and cross-platform automation coverage using Playwright capabilities.
• Develop API automation using Playwright API testing, Python requests, Pytest, or related tools.
• Conduct root cause analysis for failures, reduce flaky tests, and improve test reliability.
• Perform code reviews and enforce coding, automation, reporting, and test design standards.
• Collaborate with developers, product owners, DevOps, and QA teams in Agile delivery models.
• Manage and triage defects using JIRA and provide clear automation reports and release readiness metrics.
• Mentor junior QA engineers and promote best practices in Playwright and Python automation.

Required Skills:

Automation & Programming

• Strong experience in Playwright automation using Python.
• Strong Python programming/scripting skills including OOP, fixtures, data handling, logging, and reusable utilities.
• Good understanding of Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, Selenium WebDriver, and TestNG is an advantage.
• Experience building and owning automation frameworks at scale.

Framework Design & Test Engineering

• Hands-on experience with Page Object Model, data-driven testing, modular frameworks, and parallel execution.
• Strong test design knowledge including BVA, equivalence partitioning, risk-based testing, and debugging.
• Experience with Pytest, Playwright Test Runner, reporting plugins, and reusable framework libraries.
• Ability to reduce flakiness through reliable waits, locator strategy, tracing, screenshots, videos, and retry design.

CI/CD, Tools & Delivery

• Experience integrating automation into Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar pipelines.
• Strong Git knowledge including branching, pull requests, and code reviews.
• Experience with JIRA for planning, defect tracking, triage, and reporting.
• Knowledge of Maven/Gradle for Java and pip/Poetry/npm/yarn for automation dependencies.

Good-to-Have Skills

• API automation using REST Assured, Postman/Newman, Playwright API, Python requests, or similar tools.
• BDD with Cucumber or Behave and Gherkin practices.
• Cloud test grids such as BrowserStack or Sauce Labs.
• Reporting and quality gates using Allure, ExtentReports, SonarQube, ESLint, Checkstyle, or similar tools.
• Microservices and messaging test strategy exposure, including Kafka-based validation.

Preferred candidate profile