Hybrid QA Engineer: Manual & Automation with Playwright

Sapient Corporation; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Unlimited PTO

401(k) match

Flexible vacation

Job summary

Publicis Sapient is seeking an Automation Tester (Associate level) for Government Services to join a team focused on web testing with some mobile testing. The role blends manual and automation tasks, with a gradual increase in automation using Playwright and TypeScript/JavaScript.

Strong QA design and communication are essential, and a hybrid schedule is required for office visits in Arlington, VA. The ideal candidate will have 1–3 years’ experience, be eligible to work in the U.S.

Qualifications

• Experience with Automation, QA lifecycle ownership, and Agile/regression testing.
• Preference for candidates with actual experience in automation tools.
• Prefers experience with JIRA, Jenkins, JMeter, and accessibility tools (508/AMP).
• Experience with Playwright Automation Framework (Preferred but required some automation framework with Typescript or JavaScript).
• Experience with automated test scripts in Gherkin syntax (Preferred but some similar structured natural language definition).
• Experience with automated regression testing.
• Comprehensive QA support, including manual and automated regression testing and sprint testing.
• Full Lifecyle QA support; test creation, execution, defect tracking in JIRA, load testing, performance testing; automation scripting.
• Experience with QA workflow to auto-generate test scenarios from acceptance criteria (through AI) (AI part preferred).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organization skills.

Responsibilities

• Manual and automated regression testing and sprint testing.
• Test design, QA processes, practical judgment, prioritization, ownership, and communication.
• Full lifecycle QA support: test creation, execution, defect tracking in JIRA, load testing, performance testing, and automation scripting.

Skills

Playwright Automation Framework

JavaScript/TypeScript

Automation scripting

QA lifecycle ownership

Agile/regression testing

JIRA

Jenkins

JMeter

Accessibility testing (508/AMP)

Tools

Playwright

JIRA

Jenkins

JMeter

SQL

Job description

Publicis Sapient is seeking an Automation Tester (Associate level) for Government Services to join a team focused on web testing with some mobile testing. The role blends manual and automation tasks, with a gradual increase in automation using Playwright and TypeScript/JavaScript.

Strong QA design and communication are essential, and a hybrid schedule is required for office visits in Arlington, VA. The ideal candidate will have 1–3 years’ experience, be eligible to work in the U.S.