Lead Automation QA Engineer - Playwright & TypeScript

BAL; Richardson (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Disability and life insurance

Unlimited vacation

401(k) with company match

Discretionary annual bonus

Job summary

BAL is a leading immigration services firm focused on delivering exceptional client outcomes. We seek an experienced QA Automation Engineer to design, develop, and maintain automated tests for web apps and backend data validation using Playwright and TypeScript.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, implement API and UI automation, and help integrate testing into our CI/CD processes. BAL offers a comprehensive benefits package and a supportive culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of Quality Assurance with a strong focus on end-to-end automation testing.
• 5+ years of Web GUI and API automation.
• 3+ years of hands-on Playwright with JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Strong SQL experience for validating large datasets.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for test automation.
• Familiarity with Playwright MCP is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated testing frameworks for web applications and backend data validation using Playwright and TypeScript.
• Collaborate with QA Lead to enhance and maintain automated GUI tests within our framework.
• Develop automation scripts to validate key regression flows across Front End, APIs and Data validations.
• Implement automated checks for data completeness and format validation.
• Participate in design and execution of comprehensive automation test strategies.
• Analyze requirements, design test scenarios, and provide feedback to improve coverage and quality.
• Collaborate with DevOps to integrate automated testing into the CI/CD pipeline.

Skills

Automation testing

Playwright

JavaScript/TypeScript

CI/CD

SQL

Analytical thinking

Independence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/SE or related field

Tools

Playwright

Postman

JIRA

Azure DevOps

GitHub

Job description

BAL is a leading immigration services firm focused on delivering exceptional client outcomes. We seek an experienced QA Automation Engineer to design, develop, and maintain automated tests for web apps and backend data validation using Playwright and TypeScript.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, implement API and UI automation, and help integrate testing into our CI/CD processes. BAL offers a comprehensive benefits package and a supportive culture.