Automation Engineer - Playwright - W2 role

Automation Engineer

Austin, TX - Onsite

6 Months

Responsibilities:

Test Automation & Engineering

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, reusable automation frameworks for web, mobile, and API testing
• Implement automated suites that integrate into CI/CD pipelines and improve release confidence
• Leverage AI- and ML-powered testing tools to enhance coverage, speed, and overall QA intelligence

Manual & Exploratory Testing

• Conduct hands-on functional, regression, and exploratory testing across apps and platform
• Identify edge cases, user experience gaps, and defects through deep investigative testing
• Apply risk-based testing practices to prioritize where time and focus matter most

Quality Leadership & Collaboration

• Partner with engineering and product teams to define testing strategies throughout the development lifecycle
• Advocate for quality by raising risks early, validating requirements, and improving testability
• Take ownership of quality outcomes, proactively identifying gaps and guiding continuous improvement efforts

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• Experiment with Generative AI tools to enhance efficiency and expand automation coverage
• Drive improvements to test frameworks, tooling, and processes across engineering teams
• Contribute ideas that impact product functionality, reliability, and customer experience, not just QA processes

Qualifications

• 8 years of combined automation and manual testing experience
• Proficiency in at least one programming language: TypeScript, Java, Python, or JavaScript
• Experience with automation tools such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, WebdriverIO, or Appium
• Strong understanding of manual testing, exploratory techniques, and risk-based testing
• Experience working in fast-paced startup or agile environments
• Interest in or experience with AI-powered and Generative AI testing tools
• Strong problem-solving skills and an inquisitive mindset
• Ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams and contribute beyond traditional QA responsibilities

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Familiarity with cloud environments such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Azure
• Experience with data-driven testing or validating analytics pipelines
• Contributions to open-source testing tools or personal engineering projects
• Ability to write maintainable test code that supports long-term scalability

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