Playwright Automation Engineer - SaaS, Remote

Matched; England; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Matched in the United Kingdom is seeking a QA engineer to own Playwright-based automation across front-end and API layers for SaaS applications. You will collaborate with developers and product teams in a mostly remote role, with a Berkshire office day-one to collect equipment.

The role emphasizes quality assurance, implementing automation patterns, integrating tests into CI/CD, and contributing to DevOps colleagues. A degree or ISTQB is desirable and excellent communication is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience driving Playwright-based automation across front-end and API layers.
• Experience testing SaaS applications.
• Experience using Claude.
• Experience with C++ testing.
• Degree in Computer Science or related field, and/or ISTQB/ISEB qualification.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Select and apply appropriate test automation tools and patterns for Playwright.
• Participate in the change control process to assess quality implications of known defects.
• Work with the DevOps team to build and maintain an automated build verification smoke test, and integrating Playwright test suites into CI/CD pipelines
• Investigate and analyse issues within test environment and report findings to the wider team

Skills

Playwright

SaaS testing

CI/CD

C++ testing

Communication skills

DevOps collaboration

Automation testing

Education

Degree in Computer Science

ISTQB/ISEB qualification

Tools

Claude

Job description

Matched in the United Kingdom is seeking a QA engineer to own Playwright-based automation across front-end and API layers for SaaS applications. You will collaborate with developers and product teams in a mostly remote role, with a Berkshire office day-one to collect equipment.

The role emphasizes quality assurance, implementing automation patterns, integrating tests into CI/CD, and contributing to DevOps colleagues. A degree or ISTQB is desirable and excellent communication is essential.