Playwright Automation Architect / Technical Lead

QualityAI; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

QualityAI is seeking a Playwright Automation Architect / Technical Lead to design and lead scalable automation solutions across our software ecosystem. This hands-on leadership role requires expertise in Playwright, automation architecture, CI/CD, API and backend testing, and AI-enabled quality engineering.

You will design Playwright-based frameworks for UI and API testing, integrate them into CI/CD, mentor QA teams, collaborate with developers and product owners, and drive reliability,

Qualifications

• 7+ years in Automation Testing or QA roles.
• Deep hands-on Playwright expertise.
• Experience with automation architecture, CI/CD, API testing, and end-to-end testing.
• Experience applying AI-assisted QA practices.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and evolve Playwright-based automation frameworks for UI, API, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing.
• Establish automation standards, reusable patterns, governance, and best practices.
• Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines and drive continuous testing.
• Improve framework scalability, reliability, performance, and maintainability.
• Evaluate and adopt modern automation tools and technologies.
• Troubleshoot automation failures and reduce flaky tests.
• Perform API, service, integration, and backend validation.

Skills

Playwright

Automation architecture

CI/CD

API testing

Backend testing

AI-enabled QA

Leadership

Mentorship

Tools

SQL

Cloud platforms

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Are you interested in working with the World’s leading AI-powered Quality Engineering Company? Ready to advance your career, team up with global thought leaders across industries and make a difference every day? Join us at QualityAI!

We are looking for a Playwright Automation Architect / Technical Lead to join our growing team in the United States!

Location: US Remote

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Playwright Automation Architect / Technical Lead to design and lead scalable, maintainable, and robust automation solutions across our software ecosystem.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role requiring strong expertise in Playwright, automation architecture, CI/CD, API and backend testing, and emerging AI-enabled quality engineering practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and evolve Playwright-based automation frameworks for UI, API, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing.
• Establish automation standards, reusable patterns, governance, and best practices.
• Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines and drive continuous testing.
• Improve framework scalability, reliability, performance, and maintainability.
• Evaluate and adopt modern automation tools and technologies.

AI-Enabled Quality Engineering

• Leverage AI-assisted tools and techniques for test design, automation development, test-data generation, defect analysis, and coverage optimization.
• Explore capabilities such as intelligent regression selection, self-healing automation, anomaly detection, and AI-assisted defect triage.
• Ensure AI-assisted solutions are validated, maintainable, traceable, and aligned with quality and governance standards.
• Create automation from User Stories, Acceptance Criteria, technical specifications, and business requirements.
• Support exploratory, manual, API, integration, and end-to-end testing as required.
• Troubleshoot automation failures and reduce flaky or low-value tests.
• Perform API, service, integration, and backend validation.
• Use SQL for database validation and test-data management.
• Validate end-to-end business workflows and system integrations.

Technical Leadership & Collaboration

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to QA/SDET and engineering teams.
• Collaborate with Developers, Product Owners, BAs, Architects, and Delivery teams.
• Promote shift-left testing, testability, quality engineering, and continuous improvement.
• Communicate automation strategy, technical decisions, and quality risks to technical and business stakeholders.

Qualifications

Must Have

• 7+ years of experience in Automation Testing, SDET, Quality Engineering, or similar technical QA roles.
• Deep hands-on expertise in Playwright, including framework design, architecture, optimization, and governance.
• Strong experience with automation architecture, CI/CD, API testing, database validation, and end-to-end testing.
• Experience applying AI-assisted tools or AI-enabled quality engineering practices.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, architectural, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to operate as a hands-on technical contributor and technical leader.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred

• Data Engineering / Data Science (DE/DS) experience.
• Experience with cloud platforms and containerized environments.
• Experience with enterprise applications and distributed systems.
• Experience establishing automation standards across multiple teams.

Why QualityAI?

QualityAI is an AI-first quality engineering company helping enterprises deploy and scale complex systems with greater confidence. Operating across data, models, platforms, infrastructure, and operational environments, the company provides assurance and engineering expertise that helps organizations ensure systems perform reliably in real-world conditions.

Formerly Qualitest, QualityAI supports global enterprises across regulated and technology-driven industries, combining deep engineering heritage with AI-enabled delivery, operational assurance, and lifecycle expertise to help clients achieve certainty at go-live.

• Be a part of a company who strives to support for diversity and inclusion in the workplace - we are one, we are many at QualityAI. Celebrate culture, share knowledge with engineers from around the globe, and inspire each other through our differences.
• Local and global opportunities - we offer you internal rotation and international mobility opportunities to grow your career.
• Clear view of your career and progression with the company - QualityAI is growing massively (since Jan 2021 - added more than 2000 engineers) and giving you the opportunity to grow with us.
• Never stop experimenting and learning with QualityAI Tech academy: 3000+ training courses, mentorship programs, technical tribes, sponsored certifications, leadership programs and much more.
• Earn bonuses via our Client Referral and Employee Referral Program’s. Refer and earn - tap your network for net-worth.
• A Competitive pay, the salary range for the role is $150,000 - $160,000 (depending on the experience).