AI-Driven Test Automation Engineer (Playwright)

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.; Hungerford; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Klipboard in Hungerford, Berkshire, is seeking a forward-thinking QA Automation Engineer. You will design, develop and maintain Playwright-based automated tests for modern web applications, leveraging AI to accelerate test creation and refinement.

You will collaborate with software engineers, product managers and QA colleagues, integrate tests into Azure DevOps pipelines, and help improve test coverage while reducing flaky tests. Hybrid work policy applies.

Qualifications

• Experience developing automated web tests with Playwright.
• Experience testing modern, dynamic web UIs.
• Understanding of end-to-end, regression, and functional testing.
• Ability to create maintainable tests with robust locators and assertions.
• Experience debugging failed tests and distinguishing defects vs automation issues.
• Demonstrable experience using AI coding assistants in software development.
• Ability to use AI to generate and refine Playwright tests.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain automated end-to-end tests using Playwright.
• Build reliable automated test coverage for modern web applications, including complex user journeys and business workflows.
• Apply risk-based testing principles to prioritise automation where it provides the greatest value.
• Identify defects, investigate failures and provide clear, actionable feedback to engineering teams.
• Ensure tests are reliable, repeatable and suitable for CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Playwright

AI-assisted testing

CI/CD pipelines

Git

End-to-end testing

Test design

Automation debugging

AI prompting

Web app testing

Azure DevOps

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

Klipboard in Hungerford, Berkshire, is seeking a forward-thinking QA Automation Engineer. You will design, develop and maintain Playwright-based automated tests for modern web applications, leveraging AI to accelerate test creation and refinement.

You will collaborate with software engineers, product managers and QA colleagues, integrate tests into Azure DevOps pipelines, and help improve test coverage while reducing flaky tests. Hybrid work policy applies.