Senior QA Automation Engineer — Playwright & CI/CD

Cobble - Van de Wiele Limited; Kuala Lumpur; Hybrid; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangements

Insurance and fringe benefits

Job summary

Cobble - Van de Wiele Limited is seeking a Mid/Senior Quality Assurance Engineer in Kuala Lumpur to design, build and maintain automated test suites for our IT products. The role involves developing automation frameworks with Playwright or similar tools, writing API and integration tests for microservices, and integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines for fast feedback.

You will own test coverage for critical end-to-end flows, contribute to test strategy, and collaborate with engineers and product

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Quality Assurance / Software Testing.
• Strong hands-on experience in test automation (UI + API + integration).
• Experience with Playwright (preferred), Cypress, Selenium, or similar frameworks.
• Experience testing Angular frontends and distributed system architectures.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and test integration in Azure DevOps or similar tools.
• Experience working with integration-heavy systems and end-to-end workflows.
• Ability to contribute to test strategy and quality design discussions, not just execution.
• Strong debugging skills across services, APIs, and data layers.
• Good understanding of databases (SQL/NoSQL) for validation and test setup.
• Experience in MES, industrial, or enterprise platforms is a strong plus.
• Strong analytical thinking and structured problem-solving mindset.
• Comfortable working in international, and cross-functional agile teams.
• Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus.
• Self-driven, proactive, and quality-focused.
• Agile mindset with a strong bias toward continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain automated test suites for our products.
• Develop and scale automation frameworks using Playwright (preferred) or similar tools.
• Write and maintain API and integration tests for microservices-based architecture.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to ensure fast and reliable feedback.
• Own test coverage for critical end-to-end business flows across systems and services.
• Contribute to test strategy, ensuring practical alignment between architecture and execution.
• Define and improve test approaches, automation standards, and quality practices.
• Collaborate with engineers and Software PO to define clear acceptance criteria and test scenarios.
• Investigate, debug, and resolve complex issues across UI, API, and distributed systems.
• Improve test stability, reduce flaky tests & strengthening test data & environment management.
• Drive shift-left testing practices and promote quality ownership within the development team.
• Quality champion within the team, raising standards through hands-on contribution.
• Drive and support adoption of automation best practices.

Skills

QA Automation

API Testing

UI Testing

Angular Testing

CI/CD

Debugging

Databases

MES/Industrial

English

Agile

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

Azure DevOps

Job description

Cobble - Van de Wiele Limited is seeking a Mid/Senior Quality Assurance Engineer in Kuala Lumpur to design, build and maintain automated test suites for our IT products. The role involves developing automation frameworks with Playwright or similar tools, writing API and integration tests for microservices, and integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines for fast feedback.

You will own test coverage for critical end-to-end flows, contribute to test strategy, and collaborate with engineers and product