Senior QA Automation Engineer: Cypress & Playwright Lead

EPAM Systems; Mexico; On-site; PHP 5,643,000 - 7,524,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Paid time off

Upskilling courses

LinkedIn Learning access

Global career opportunities

Volunteer opportunities

EPAM Employee Groups

Job summary

EPAM is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to drive automated testing across a suite of web products, focusing on browser automation and identity flows. You will expand Cypress and Playwright coverage, run accessibility and performance checks, and keep test assets well-organized.

You will maintain Cypress suites, introduce Playwright coverage for new features, design test scenarios for authentication flows, and execute regression, integration, and exploratory testing.

Qualifications

• Cypress automation experience (3+ years).
• Playwright testing experience (3+ years).
• Senior-level ownership and accountability for automation quality across products (3+ years).
• Test strategy execution experience across regression, integration, and exploratory testing (3+ years).
• JavaScript-based test development skills for browser automation suites (3+ years).
• Strong defect documentation skills with clear reproduction steps and environment context.
• English proficiency at B2 Upper-Intermediate.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and extend Cypress browser automation suites across multiple products.
• Introduce Playwright test coverage for new features and areas not yet covered by automation.
• Design and execute test scenarios for authentication flows, token handling, session management, and identity edge cases.
• Execute regression, integration, and exploratory testing across sprint cycles.
• Run accessibility checks with axe-core and report findings against WCAG 2.1 AA.
• Execute Lighthouse CI performance checks and flag regressions to the pod lead.
• Create, maintain, and organize test cases in TestRail.
• Triage and document defects with clear steps, expected results, and environment details.
• Collaborate with the Business Analyst to confirm acceptance criteria are testable before sprint planning.
• Align pod-level QA practices with cross-portfolio test strategy in partnership with the QA Manager.
• Use AI tools to generate test cases and test data from acceptance criteria or user stories.
• Apply AI-assisted approaches to defect triage by suggesting root causes or identifying related failing tests.

Skills

Cypress

Playwright

Automation ownership

Test strategy

JavaScript

English proficiency

Tools

Cypress

Playwright

TestRail

GitLab CI

Lighthouse CI

Job description

EPAM is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to drive automated testing across a suite of web products, focusing on browser automation and identity flows. You will expand Cypress and Playwright coverage, run accessibility and performance checks, and keep test assets well-organized.

You will maintain Cypress suites, introduce Playwright coverage for new features, design test scenarios for authentication flows, and execute regression, integration, and exploratory testing.