Senior Playwright Automation Test Engineer

Cognizant; Halifax; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology company in Halifax, NS is looking for a Senior Playwright Automation Test Engineer. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in automation frameworks, particularly with Playwright. This hybrid role requires in-office work 3 days a week. Responsibilities include creating and maintaining automated test scripts, leading automation efforts, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance software quality.

Qualifications

• 7 to 10 years of hands-on experience in automation framework.
• Minimum 3+ years using Playwright with JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Strong knowledge of Testing process/types and defect management tools.

Responsibilities

• Write, execute, and maintain automated test scripts for web applications.
• Plan and execute tests to cover functional, integration, and regression needs.
• Lead test automation efforts and advocate for automation.

Skills

Designing automation framework

Automation script development and maintenance

Playwright tool expertise

API automation with Rest Assured

API functional testing using Postman

CI/CD pipeline building

Integration testing

Agile experience

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

Azure DevOps

Postman

Rest Assured

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 and working arrangements

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.