QA Automation Engineer: Build Next-Gen Testing with Playwright

Fairphone 2; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

MacBook provided

Pension scheme

Lunch provided

Bike & commuting benefits

Udemy learning budget

Job summary

Fairphone is seeking a QA Automation Engineer to elevate quality across our web teams in Amsterdam. You will lead automation strategy, shift-left testing, and build robust end-to-end pipelines using Playwright with Python, while guiding manual tests for major launches.

You will collaborate with Product Owners, UX Designers, and developers to define stringent acceptance criteria and ensure production readiness. This role offers a hybrid work model and strong impact on sustainable electronics.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years in Software Quality Assurance for web apps.
• Hands-on automation with Playwright (Python preferred) or Cypress.
• Experience building CI/CD automated quality gates with GitHub Actions.
• Familiar with AI-assisted testing tools and modern test strategies.
• Strong Agile Scrum background and collaboration with product teams.
• Understanding of web architectures and e-commerce platforms (Odoo a plus).
• Balance automated testing with structured manual test plans and releases.
• Excellent English communication and analytical thinking.

Responsibilities

• Plan, build, and maintain end-to-end test automation suites using Playwright (Python).
• Integrate automated tests into GitHub Actions and ship quality gates weekly.
• Refine acceptance criteria with Product Owners and UX Designers.
• Establish bug severity rules and govern release decisions.
• Design manual test plans for cross-device/browser coverage and performance.
• Ensure code quality by enforcing test coverage and PR quality rules.
• Advise on Definition of Done and improve staging infrastructure.

Skills

Test automation

Playwright

Cypress

GitHub Actions

Agile/Scrum

Edge-case analysis

English communication

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Python

GitHub Actions

Odoo

Job description

Fairphone is seeking a QA Automation Engineer to elevate quality across our web teams in Amsterdam. You will lead automation strategy, shift-left testing, and build robust end-to-end pipelines using Playwright with Python, while guiding manual tests for major launches.

You will collaborate with Product Owners, UX Designers, and developers to define stringent acceptance criteria and ensure production readiness. This role offers a hybrid work model and strong impact on sustainable electronics.