Senior Playwright Automation Test Engineer

Cognizant; Halifax; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT services company is seeking a Senior Playwright Automation Test Engineer for a hybrid role based in Halifax, NS. Responsibilities include writing and maintaining automated test scripts using Playwright, leading automation efforts, and executing tests. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience with Playwright, API testing, and building QA pipelines. This position offers an opportunity to work in a flexible environment that promotes work-life balance.

Benefits

Hybrid work model

Well-being programs

Qualifications

• 7 to 10 years of hands-on experience in automation script development.
• 3+ years of experience in Playwright using JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Strong knowledge in testing processes/types and Agile methodology.

Responsibilities

• Write, execute, and maintain automated test scripts.
• Plan and execute tests covering functional and integration needs.
• Lead automation efforts and contribute to framework design.

Skills

Designing automation framework

Playwright tool

API automation using Rest Assured

API functional testing with Postman

Building QA pipeline

Testing process knowledge

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

Azure DevOps

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a Senior Playwright Automation Test Engineer to join in our team of IT professionals in a permanent role. You’ll leverage your automation expertise using Playwright, JavaScript/TypeScript, and API testing tools to enhance and scale our automation framework, enable comprehensive test coverage, and work closely with cross-functional teams to ship high-quality software delivery. If you are driven by quality, love solving complex problems, and thrive in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment, we’d love to have you on our team!

Required skills

• Must have 7 to 10 years hands on experience in designing automation framework, automation script development and Maintenance with strong expertise in Playwright.
• Must have Minimum 3+ years of experience in Playwright tool using JavaScript or TypeScript programming language.
• Strong Knowledge in API automation using Rest Assured automation framework.
• Expert in API functional testing using Postman tool.
• Strong hands-on experience in building QA pipeline using CI/CD concepts with tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or Azure DevOps.
• Proficient in Integration testing with multi stake holder work environment.
• Strong knowledge of Testing process/types, Agile experience, Defect management tool like qTest, JIRA, ALM, or TestRail.

Preferred skills

• Good to have Retail experience (Order Management, Logistics, Inventory Management, Payment system and Sales).
• Good to have Salesforce Marketing cloud experience.
• Good to have Azure cloud experience.

In this role, you will

• Write, execute, and maintain automated test scripts for web applications and APIs.
• Plans and executes tests to cover functional, integration, compatibility and regression needs and reports back findings to the Team.
• Helps lead test automation effort, advocating for automation and contributes to framework design and suggests process improvements.
• Reviews automated test runs, reports out on automated test execution and coverage statuses, and maintains broken automated tests.
• Creates test strategies and plans for team and assists other teams when needed.
• Participates in all Agile ceremonies for Team.
• Works with various areas of the business, grasp their processes and learn how they work together.
• Writes general documentation regarding QE processes and tools.
• Develops key quality metrics and reports to stakeholders in the organization.

About Cognizant / Legal

At Cognizant, we\'re eager to meet people who believe in our mission and can make an impact in various ways. We strongly encourage you to apply even if you only meet the required skills listed. Consider what transferrable experience and skills make you a unique applicant and help us see how you\'d be beneficial to this role.

Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Working Arrangements

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Halifax, NS location. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various well-being programs.

Note: The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.