Automation-First QA Architect | Playwright & TS Lead (Hybrid)

Hiscox SA; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus

Health insurance

401(k) matching

PTO & holidays

Sabbatical after 5 years

Job summary

Hiscox USA in Atlanta seeks a Principal Quality Engineer to advance automation and AI-driven testing. You will design robust automation frameworks using Playwright and Cucumber to cover UI, API, and integration layers, and guide scrum teams toward higher quality through shift-left practices.

The role requires 10+ years in software test automation with 5+ years in a principal role, strong TypeScript, and CI/CD experience. Hybrid work in Atlanta with competitive pay and benefits.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software test automation or software engineering.
• 5+ years in a principal or lead role with hands-on automation.
• Deep expertise in TypeScript, Playwright, and Cucumber.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, and evolution of automation frameworks using Playwright and Cucumber.
• Drive an automation-first mindset across UI, API, integration, and regression layers.
• Partner with developers to improve testability, shift-left, and continuous testing.
• Own test strategy for value streams and align with CI/CD pipelines.
• Build and maintain scalable automation frameworks; integrate tests into CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps).
• Define best practices for test data, mocking, and service virtualization.
• Enforce quality governance, defect triage, and metrics across teams.
• Lead enablement sessions on Playwright, Cucumber, and TypeScript.

Skills

TypeScript

Playwright

Cucumber

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud-native testing

Performance testing

API testing

Test observability tools

Agile/SAFe practices

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Job description

Hiscox USA in Atlanta seeks a Principal Quality Engineer to advance automation and AI-driven testing. You will design robust automation frameworks using Playwright and Cucumber to cover UI, API, and integration layers, and guide scrum teams toward higher quality through shift-left practices.

The role requires 10+ years in software test automation with 5+ years in a principal role, strong TypeScript, and CI/CD experience. Hybrid work in Atlanta with competitive pay and benefits.