Automation Test Engineer (Playwright)

Ascendion; Makati; On-site; PHP 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascendion is seeking an automation engineer to own Playwright-based testing across mobile, web and API layers. You will design modular test assets, run SIT/UAT cycles, and drive KPI/SLA-driven delivery within an enterprise program.

You will build model-based test suites, integrate with CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate with BA/Dev/Env teams to triage failures and provide diagnostics. Strong focus on maintainable assets and performance is required.

Responsibilities

• Prepare clear reports and present status/risk/mitigations to project leadership (when required).
• Be part of Playwright-based automation for enterprise programs (SIT/UAT/regression), with a strong focus on modular, maintainable assets and KPI/SLA-driven delivery
• Own end-to-end Playwright automation: Module design (TBox/XScan), TestCase Design (TCD templates & data variants), Execution Lists, and DEX (Distributed Execution).
• Build scalable model-based test suites across Mobile, Web, API (Playwright ), DB validations, and selected mobile flows.
• Stand up/maintain CI/CD integration (e.g., Azure DevOps/Jenkins) and qTest/Jira traceability for requirements-to-tests-to-defects.
• Contribute to regression automation coverage and release validation activities
• Review & refactor existing Playwright assets for best practices, reusability, and performance.
• Collaborate with BA/Dev/Env teams during SIT/UAT, triage failures, provide actionable diagnostics.
• Design, develop and maintain automated test scripts using Playwright or Java.
• Implement modular and reusable components aligned to automation standards.
• Maintain the automation framework and update the scripts as application evolves.
• Support and execution of automated test suites during SIT and UAT (where applicable).
• Analyze automation test results, log defects and collaborate with the team for resolution.

Job description

• Prepare clear reports and present status/risk/mitigations to project leadership (when required).
• Be part of Playwright-based automation for enterprise programs (SIT/UAT/regression), with a strong focus on modular, maintainable assets and KPI/SLA-driven delivery
• Own end-to-end Playwright automation: Module design (TBox/XScan), TestCase Design (TCD templates & data variants), Execution Lists, and DEX (Distributed Execution).
• Build scalable model-based test suites across Mobile, Web, API (Playwright ), DB validations, and selected mobile flows.
• Stand up/maintain CI/CD integration (e.g., Azure DevOps/Jenkins) and qTest/Jira traceability for requirements-to-tests-to-defects.
• Contribute to regression automation coverage and release validation activities
• Review & refactor existing Playwright assets for best practices, reusability, and performance.
• Collaborate with BA/Dev/Env teams during SIT/UAT, triage failures, provide actionable diagnostics.
• Design, develop and maintain automated test scripts using Playwright or Java.
• Implement modular and reusable components aligned to automation standards.
• Maintain the automation framework and update the scripts as application evolves.
• Support and execution of automated test suites during SIT and UAT (where applicable).
• Analyze automation test results, log defects and collaborate with the team for resolution.