Senior Automation QA Engineer

Reliable Business Technologies Sdn Bhd; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Reliable Business Technologies Sdn Bhd is seeking an automation engineer in Malaysia to design and implement a Playwright-based framework from scratch, including project structure, configuration, utilities, fixtures, test data handling and reporting.

You will convert manual tests to automated Playwright scripts, develop web UI and API automation for end-to-end workflows, and integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines while ensuring stability and maintainability across environments.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Playwright and the ability to build an automation framework from the ground up.
• Practical experience in web UI automation and API testing using Playwright.
• Experience converting manual test cases into automated tests.
• Good understanding of locators, assertions, fixtures, hooks, test data management, asynchronous operations, debugging, and automation reporting.
• Understanding of SDLC, SIT and UAT.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Design and build a Playwright automation framework from scratch, including project structure, config, reusable utilities, fixtures, test data handling and reporting.
• Establish automation standards for readable, reliable, maintainable tests that are easy to extend.
• Convert manual test cases into maintainable Playwright scripts and select regression scenarios.
• Develop and maintain web UI automation for user interactions, navigation, form validation, and end-to-end workflows.
• Develop API automation using Playwright to validate endpoints, payloads, status codes, auth, and error handling.
• Use robust locator strategies, assertions, waits, and debugging to reduce flaky tests.
• Configure test data, environment settings, reusable fixtures, and reporting for reliable execution across environments.
• Review results, investigate defects, document steps, and retest fixes.
• Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines and communicate results and quality risks.
• Collaborate with developers and QA to clarify behavior, review testability, and improve coverage.

Skills

Playwright

Test automation

CI/CD integration

Debugging

Tools

GitHub Actions

Postman

SQL

Job description

Key responsibilities

Design and build a Playwright automation framework from scratch, including project structure, configuration, reusable utilities, fixtures, test data handling, and reporting.

Establish automation standards and best practices so tests are readable, reliable, maintainable, and easy for the team to extend.

Convert existing manual test cases into maintainable Playwright automated scripts and identify suitable scenarios for regression automation.

Develop and maintain web UI automation for user interactions, navigation, form validation, and end-to-end business workflows.

Develop API automation using Playwright to validate endpoints, request and response payloads, status codes, authentication, and error handling.

Use robust locator strategies, assertions, waits, and debugging techniques to create stable tests and reduce flaky execution.

Configure test data, environment settings, reusable fixtures, and reporting to support reliable execution across test environments.

Review automated test results, investigate root causes, document defects with clear reproduction steps, and retest fixes.

Integrate automated test execution into CI/CD pipelines where applicable and communicate execution results and quality risks.

Collaborate with developers and QA team members to clarify application behaviour, review testability, and improve test coverage.

Requirements

Strong hands-on experience with Playwright and the ability to build an automation framework from the ground up.

Practical experience in both web UI automation and API testing using Playwright.

Experience converting manual test cases and acceptance criteria into automated tests.

Good understanding of locators, assertions, fixtures, hooks, test data management, asynchronous operations, debugging, and automation reporting.

Understanding of functional and regression testing, test design, defect lifecycle, and quality assurance practices.

Working understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and the purpose of System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Good to Have

Experience in integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions.

Familiarity with Git and version control practices, including branching and pull requests.

Basic SQL knowledge for database queries and backend data validation.

Familiarity with API testing tools such as Postman.

Exposure to AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code or similar, including prompt engineering skills to support Playwright test generation, debugging, and automation improvement.

Computer Software & Networking 11-50 employees

We are a well established TUV Star 3* rated software house. At Reliable we build innovations that drive our client’s business. We take up challenging transformation, digitalisation and cloud technology projects for our clients and build scalable software and systems.

Reliable Business Technologies Sdn Bhd delivers cutting edge Enterprise IT solutions in niche areas like Telecommunications/Finance/Government sectors using innovative technology for clients in Malaysia and Overseas.

Our motto is "Towards Technology Excellence"

This along with core human values of integrity, honesty and our go getting attitude is the recipe of our success. If you are excited about working in challenging IT environment, we invite you to grow together with us.

Our Website: http://www.rbtsb.com/

Contact: 03 - 2283 1353

We are a well established TUV Star 3* rated software house. At Reliable we build innovations that drive our client’s business. We take up challenging transformation, digitalisation and cloud technology projects for our clients and build scalable software and systems.

Reliable Business Technologies Sdn Bhd delivers cutting edge Enterprise IT solutions in niche areas like Telecommunications/Finance/Government sectors using innovative technology for clients in Malaysia and Overseas.

Our motto is "Towards Technology Excellence"

This along with core human values of integrity, honesty and our go getting attitude is the recipe of our success. If you are excited about working in challenging IT environment, we invite you to grow together with us.