Playwright Automation Test Engineer

Cognizant Technology Solutions; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions in Toronto seeks an experienced Playwright Automation Test Engineer to join our QEA team, focusing on scalable web automation for banking clients. You will design, develop, and maintain Playwright frameworks and robust test scripts for UI and API layers.

Ideal candidates have 5–10 years in QA automation, strong Java test automation experience (Selenium/TestNG/JUnit), API testing, and familiarity with CI/CD.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in QA automation for enterprise-scale data-driven systems.
• 2+ years hands-on Playwright automation experience.
• 5+ years Java-based test automation with Selenium/TestNG/JUnit.
• Experience in API automation testing.
• GitHub Copilot experience preferred.
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools and practices.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Playwright automation frameworks for web apps.
• Create automated test scripts for web apps and APIs.
• Ensure test coverage for frontend UI and backend APIs/databases.
• Perform data validation using SQL queries.
• Collaborate in Agile/Scrum with cross-functional teams and report progress.

Skills

QA automation

Playwright

Java testing frameworks

API automation

GitHub Copilot

CI/CD tools

Stakeholder management

Tools

Selenium

TestNG

JUnit

Job description

We are looking for experienced Playwright Automation Test Engineer to join our QEA team. The ideal candidate will have hands-on expertise in automation frameworks, API and data validation, and AI-assisted automation.This role requires strong problem-solving skills and the ability to build scalable, reliable automation for complex, data-driven platforms for our banking clients. In this role, you will Design, develop, and maintain robust Playwright-based automation frameworks for web applications. Create robust automated test scripts for web applications and APIs. Ensure comprehensive test coverage for both frontend (UI) and backend (API, database) components. Perform data validation using SQL DB queries and handling medium to complex queries with ease. Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high-quality software solutions. Communicate effectively with stakeholders to provide updates on testing progress and quality metrics.

We're eager to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in various ways.

Required skills

• Overall 5 to 10 years of QA automation experience in enterprise-scale, data-driven systems.
• Must have 2+ years of strong hands-on experience with Playwright automation.
• Minimum 5+ years of hands-on experience with Java-based test automation frameworks (Selenium, TestNG, JUnit).
• Must have hands-on experience in API automation testing experience.
• GitHub Copilot experience is highly preferred.
• Knowledge of CI/CD integration tools and practices.
• Should be an individual Contributor with good collaboration and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred skills

• Banking domain experience is nice to have.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted automation approaches (e.g., test generation, intelligent test maintenance)