Job Role: Test Automation Architect – Playwright
Experience: 10–15 Years
Location: Hyderabad, Telangana
Job Description
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Job Summary:
We are seeking a highly skilled and visionary Test Automation Architect to lead our quality engineering strategy from our Hyderabad office. You will be the driving force behind designing, implementing, and scaling our enterprise-level test automation frameworks. The ideal candidate will have deep technical expertise in Playwright and TypeScript, a strong architectural mindset, and a passion for mentoring engineering teams to adopt a "quality-first" culture.
Qualifications:
10 to 15 years of extensive experience in software engineering and quality assurance, with at least 3+ years in an Architect or Lead capacity.
Expert-level proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and deep, architectural-level knowledge of Playwright.
Proven track record of designing custom automation frameworks (Page Object Model, Screenplay pattern, Data-driven, BDD/TDD).
Extensive experience with modern CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Strong grasp of microservices architecture, API integrations, and database concepts.
Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and running tests in distributed environments.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and present technical strategies to senior stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
Framework Design:
Architect, build, and scale robust, maintainable, and highly efficient test automation frameworks from scratch using Playwright and TypeScript.
Strategy & Vision:
Define the automation strategy for web UI, API, and mobile platforms across multiple product lines, ensuring alignment with overall business and technical goals.
CI/CD & DevSecOps:
Lead the integration of automated testing into advanced CI/CD pipelines, establishing quality gates, parallel execution strategies, and continuous testing feedback loops.
Technical Leadership:
Act as the ultimate technical escalation point for all automation-related challenges. Mentor and upskill SDETs and QA engineers through code reviews, training, and pair programming.
Tool Evaluation:
Continuously evaluate new testing tools, libraries, and best practices to keep the QA technology stack modern and efficient.
Performance & Scale:
Implement strategies for non-functional testing, including performance, security, and accessibility, alongside functional automation.
Reporting & Metrics:
Design unified dashboards and reporting mechanisms to provide leadership with clear visibility into test coverage, pass rates, and software quality metrics.
