Lead Test Automation Engineer – Playwright

InnoCore Solutions, Inc.; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

InnoCore Solutions, Inc. in Dallas, TX is seeking a Lead Test Automation Engineer to design, develop, and implement scalable automation frameworks using Playwright and TypeScript. The role emphasizes AI-powered testing strategies and building automation from the ground up.

You will lead automation initiatives, define the strategy and roadmap, and mentor engineers while integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines across web applications and APIs.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software testing, quality engineering, and test automation leadership.
• Proven experience building scalable automation frameworks from scratch.
• Strong knowledge of functional, regression, integration, smoke, and end-to-end testing.
• Experience with REST API testing and API automation.
• Hands-on experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficiency with Git and version control workflows.
• Experience using AI tools to generate, enhance, debug, or maintain automated test scripts and test scenarios.
• Understanding of prompt engineering techniques for generating test cases, test data, automation code, and test documentation.
• Familiarity with AI integration approaches such as APIs, model-based services, or LLM-powered testing utilities.
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives, mentor team members, and collaborate across teams.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and shift-left testing practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, reusable automation frameworks using Playwright and TypeScript.
• Build automation frameworks from scratch, including architecture and reusable utilities with AI-assisted testing capabilities.
• Lead automation initiatives and define the overall test automation strategy, roadmap, and AI adoption strategy.
• Leverage AI-powered tools to accelerate test script generation, scenario design, and maintenance.
• Develop framework capabilities for test data management, configuration, logging, reporting, and diagnostics.
• Integrate automated UI tests with API testing and AI-assisted quality engineering practices.
• Implement API testing using Playwright APIRequestContext or similar tools and evaluate AI-assisted generation.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and analyze pipeline failures and trends.
• Mentor automation engineers on framework development, coding standards, and best practices.
• Collaborate with developers, QA, product owners, and architects to identify automation opportunities.

Skills

Playwright

TypeScript

AI-powered testing

CI/CD

Git

Mentoring

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Playwright

TypeScript

Git

Job description

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Lead Test Automation Engineer with strong expertise in designing, developing, and implementing scalable test automation frameworks using Playwright, TypeScript, and AI-powered testing solutions. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience building automation frameworks from the ground up, defining automation strategies, leveraging AI tools to accelerate test creation and maintenance, and ensuring high-quality software delivery across web applications and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, reusable, and robust test automation frameworks using Playwright and TypeScript.
• Build automation frameworks from scratch, including framework architecture, project structure, reusable utilities, common libraries, and AI-assisted testing capabilities.
• Lead automation initiatives and define the overall test automation strategy, roadmap, and AI adoption strategy.
• Leverage AI-powered tools and Generative AI solutions to accelerate test script generation, test scenario design, test data creation, and automation maintenance.
• Develop framework capabilities for test data management, configuration management, logging, reporting, screenshots, trace analysis, and failure diagnostics.
• Integrate automated UI tests with API testing, AI-assisted quality engineering practices, and other testing solutions.
• Implement API testing using Playwright APIRequestContext or integrate with suitable API automation tools; evaluate AI-assisted API test generation and response validation where beneficial.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and explore AI-assisted analysis of pipeline failures, test results, and execution trends.
• Mentor and guide automation engineers on framework development, AI-assisted automation, coding standards, debugging, and testing best practices.
• Work closely with developers, QA engineers, product owners, business analysts, and architects to understand requirements and identify automation and AI adoption opportunities.
• Drive continuous improvement in quality engineering processes, automation maturity, and AI-enabled testing practices.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in software testing, quality engineering, and test automation, including experience leading automation initiatives.
• Proven experience building scalable test automation frameworks from the ground up.
• Strong knowledge of functional, regression, integration, smoke, and end-to-end testing.
• Experience with REST API testing and API automation.
• Hands-on experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficiency with Git and version control workflows.
• Experience using AI tools to generate, enhance, debug, or maintain automated test scripts and test scenarios.
• Understanding of prompt engineering techniques for generating test cases, test data, automation code, and test documentation.
• Familiarity with AI integration approaches such as APIs, model-based services, or LLM-powered testing utilities is an advantage.
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives, mentor team members, and collaborate across teams.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and shift-left testing practices

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field