Automation QA Engineer (Playwright/Typescript)

Randstad Digital Americas; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 83,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Digital Americas is seeking a senior automation engineer to drive UI and backend test automation using Playwright (TypeScript/JavaScript). You will build robust automation suites, apply AI-assisted testing tools, and use advanced SQL to validate data workflows across applications and data pipelines.

Responsibilities include owning Playwright frameworks, integrating tests into CI/CD, and ensuring quality with data verification in Microsoft Fabric environments.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience architecting automation frameworks using Playwright.
• Expert-level coding in TypeScript/JavaScript with maintainable async test code.
• Deep understanding of locator strategies including self-healing locators.
• Proven expertise in automated REST API testing integrated into frameworks.
• Proficiency in Advanced SQL for backend data validation and data reconciliation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, execution, and maintenance of Playwright-based automation frameworks for UI and backend apps.
• Write, review, and optimize automated test scripts with best practices for maintainability.
• Integrate Playwright regression suites into CI/CD pipelines to ensure rapid deployments.
• Validate data transformations and integrity within core databases and data models (e.g., Microsoft Fabric).
• Leverage AI tooling to accelerate script development and reduce flakiness.
• Monitor quality KPIs and report findings to stakeholders and leadership.

Skills

Playwright Mastery

TypeScript/JavaScript

Automation Concepts

API Testing

SQL Data Validation

CI/CD

AI Tools

Agile/Scrum

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Playwright

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Postman

Job description

Job Summary

The primary focus of this role is driving cutting-edge UI and backend test automation using Playwright (TypeScript/JavaScript). While the core of your daily work will center on building robust TypeScript-based automation suites, you will also leverage AI-assisted testing tools and advanced SQL to validate complex data workflows, ensuring comprehensive quality across both application layers and data pipelines.

• location: Charlotte, North Carolina
• job type: Contract
• salary: $60 - 63 per hour
• work hours: 9am to 5pm
• education: Bachelors

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Playwright Framework Ownership: Lead the design, execution, and maintenance of scalable automation frameworks using Playwright (TypeScript/JavaScript) for both UI and backend applications.
• Clean Code Practices: Write, review, and optimize high-quality automated test scripts, establishing best practices for the team around framework maintainability and reusability.
• Pipeline Automation: Own the integration of automated Playwright regression suites into active CI/CD pipelines to ensure rapid, stable deployments.
• End-to-End Data Verification: Utilize SQL and automated checks to validate data transformations and integrity within core database environments and data models (such as Microsoft Fabric).
• AI Tool Implementation: Actively leverage AI tools (LLM-assisted generation, self-healing locators) to increase automation velocity, minimize script maintenance, and reduce test flakiness.
• Quality Metrics & Reporting: Monitor and communicate actionable quality KPIs-such as automation coverage, defect escape rates, and flakiness metrics-directly to stakeholders and engineering leadership.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Playwright Mastery: Extensive hands-on experience architecting, scaling, and maintaining automation frameworks using Playwright.
• TypeScript & JavaScript: Expert-level coding skills in TypeScript and/or JavaScript, with a strong emphasis on writing clean, reusable, and maintainable asynchronous test code.
• Advanced Automation Concepts: Deep understanding of modern locator strategies, including self-healing locators and Playwright MCP concepts to combat test flakiness.
• API Testing: Proven expertise in automated web services and REST API testing integrated directly into your automation frameworks, alongside manual verification using Postman.

Data Validation & Secondary Languages

• Database Testing: Proficiency in Advanced SQL for backend data validation, source-to-target mapping, and cross-system data reconciliation.
• Data Ecosystems: Familiarity with data warehouse environments and analytics platforms, specifically validating data pipelines and semantic models within Microsoft Fabric.
• Cross-Functional Languages: Capability to work across multi-language codebases, with secondary experience or exposure to Python (Pytest) and Java (TestNG) for data validation and legacy frameworks.

DevOps & Agile Workflows

• CI/CD Integration: Experience seamlessly embedding Playwright test suites into continuous integration and deployment pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps.
• Version Control: Mastery of GitHub branching strategies, including feature branching, pull requests, and peer code reviews.
• Project Management: Experience operating within an Agile/Scrum environment using JIRA and JIRA Xray for test management.

AI-Assisted Testing & Innovation

• AI Tooling: Experience using AI-augmented engineering tools like GitHub Copilot (Agent Mode) and Copilot Studio to accelerate script development.
• Next-Gen QA: Passion for introducing innovative testing strategies, such as AI-driven test generation, anomaly detection, and predictive analytics.

Domain & Professional Background

• 8+ years of experience to lead the architecture, development, and scaling of our end-to-end automation frameworks.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to troubleshoot complex system interactions and data mismatches.
• Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science, or a related technical field.

Qualifications

Required Skills & Qualifications

Playwright Mastery: Extensive hands-on experience architecting, scaling, and maintaining automation frameworks using Playwright.

TypeScript & JavaScript: Expert-level coding skills in TypeScript and/or JavaScript, with a strong emphasis on writing clean, reusable, and maintainable asynchronous test code.

Advanced Automation Concepts: Deep understanding of modern locator strategies, including self-healing locators and Playwright MCP concepts to combat test flakiness.

API Testing: Proven expertise in automated web services and REST API testing integrated directly into your automation frameworks, alongside manual verification using Postman.

Data Validation & Secondary Languages

Database Testing: Proficiency in Advanced SQL for backend data validation, source-to-target mapping, and cross-system data reconciliation.

Data Ecosystems: Familiarity with data warehouse environments and analytics platforms, specifically validating data pipelines and semantic models within Microsoft Fabric.

Cross-Functional Languages: Capability to work across multi-language codebases, with secondary experience or exposure to Python (Pytest) and Java (TestNG) for data validation and legacy frameworks.

DevOps & Agile Workflows

CI/CD Integration: Experience seamlessly embedding Playwright test suites into continuous integration and deployment pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps.

Version Control: Mastery of GitHub branching strategies, including feature branching, pull requests, and peer code reviews.

Project Management: Experience operating within an Agile/Scrum environment using JIRA and JIRA Xray for test management.

AI-Assisted Testing & Innovation

AI Tooling: Experience using AI-augmented engineering tools like GitHub Copilot (Agent Mode) and Copilot Studio to accelerate script development.

Next-Gen QA: Passion for introducing innovative testing strategies, such as AI-driven test generation, anomaly detection, and predictive analytics.

Domain & Professional Background

8+ years of experience to lead the architecture, development, and scaling of our end-to-end automation frameworks.

Strong analytical mindset with the ability to troubleshoot complex system interactions and data mismatches.

Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science, or a related technical field.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact [e-mail].

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.