Senior Test Automation Engineer JS

We are seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to own the quality strategy and automation architecture for web platforms, using Playwright and JavaScript as core tools. This role goes beyond test implementation: the Senior QE defines quality standards, drives automation strategy, mentors others, and ensures quality scales with platform complexity.

Responsibilities

• Drive adoption of shift-left testing practices
• Design and own end-to-end automation strategy using Playwright and JavaScript
• Define automation architecture, patterns and best practices
• Ensure scalable, maintainable and performant test suites
• Establish quality gates within CI/CD pipelines
• Implement and oversee UI, API and integration tests
• Design test strategies for complex user journeys and integrations
• Handle test data management and environment orchestration
• Ensure coverage of non-functional requirements (reliability, usability, performance awareness)
• Lead code reviews for test automation code, eliminate flaky tests and improve test execution reliability
• Mentor mid-level and junior Quality Engineers and act as the quality authority within the team
• Partner with Product, Engineering and Delivery leaders on release readiness, identify quality risks early and support root-cause analysis

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in Quality Engineering or Test Automation
• Hands-on expertise in Playwright at scale and advanced proficiency in JavaScript
• Strong understanding of frontend and backend architectures
• Experience testing REST APIs
• Deep experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines
• Solid understanding of test architecture, test data and environment management
• Proven experience acting as a Senior QE or Automation Lead
• Experience in complex, enterprise-scale platforms
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• English proficiency at B2 level or higher

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Apache JMeter
• Knowledge of Cypress