QA Automation Engineer - Playwright & AI Testing

Applaudo; Medellín; Remote; COP 180,227,000 - 294,918,000; Full time

Job summary

Applaudo is seeking a hands-on QA Automation Engineer to build reliable Playwright-based test automation and maintain scalable testing architectures. You will balance automation with manual testing, explore applications to identify risks, and design meaningful tests for critical workflows.

Collaboration with Developers, Tech Leads, and QA teams is essential, with a focus on AI-assisted testing tools and robust test data strategies.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Playwright automation and framework development.
• Designing, building, and maintaining automated test suites.
• Applying test design principles (POM, stable selectors, flaky test management).
• Functional, exploratory, and regression testing of web apps.
• Using Git-based source control and code review workflows.

Responsibilities

• Perform exploratory testing to understand application functionality.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable Playwright test suites using POM.
• Develop automated regression and core workflow tests.
• Create reusable test components and maintain reliable automation structures.
• Integrate automated tests into existing CI/CD workflows.
• Execute functional, exploratory, and regression testing for new features.
• Identify test coverage gaps and quality risks, reporting findings.
• Collaborate with Developers, Tech Leads, and QA to clarify requirements.
• Prioritize testing efforts based on user impact and business risks.
• Review and improve automation code for readability and maintainability.
• Use AI-assisted testing tools judiciously and validate results.
• Document testing activities, decisions, and defects.

Skills

Playwright automation

Framework development

Page Object Model

Functional testing

Git-based workflows

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Software Eng/IS

Tools

GitHub

Azure DevOps

Playwright MCP

Job description

Applaudo is seeking a hands-on QA Automation Engineer to build reliable Playwright-based test automation and maintain scalable testing architectures. You will balance automation with manual testing, explore applications to identify risks, and design meaningful tests for critical workflows.

Collaboration with Developers, Tech Leads, and QA teams is essential, with a focus on AI-assisted testing tools and robust test data strategies.