QA Automation Engineer - Playwright Architect

Cloud Analytics Technologies, LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 88,000 - 125,000; Part time

Job summary

Cloud Analytics Technologies, LLC is seeking a QA Automation Engineer in Chicago to develop robust UI automation across Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit. You will craft reliable Playwright-based tests, build reusable fixtures, and manage authentication state to streamline logins.

You will also implement API test automation, network interception, and mocking to validate service layers and edge-case states. Strong CI/CD and SQL skills are required in an Agile environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field.
• 3–6 years of hands-on test automation; 2+ years with Playwright.
• Experience architecting automation frameworks from scratch.
• Solid Playwright concepts: locators, auto-waiting, fixtures, parallelism.
• Proficiency in API testing: REST, JSON; Postman or REST Assured.
• CI/CD integration with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps.
• Strong Git skills, PRs, merges.
• SQL knowledge for test data setup and backend validation.
• QA fundamentals, Agile/Scrum, risk-based testing.
• Clear written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Develop end-to-end UI automation suites across Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit.
• Write resilient locators using Playwright strategies to reduce flakiness.
• Build reusable fixtures and test utilities; manage storageState to avoid redundant login flows.
• Implement API test automation using Playwright requests for service-layer validation.
• Implement network interception and mocking to isolate the UI from unstable downstream dependencies.

Skills

Test automation

Debugging

Agile/Scrum

Communication

Root cause analysis

SQL basics

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Playwright

REST Assured

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Git

Job description

Cloud Analytics Technologies, LLC is seeking a QA Automation Engineer in Chicago to develop robust UI automation across Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit. You will craft reliable Playwright-based tests, build reusable fixtures, and manage authentication state to streamline logins.

You will also implement API test automation, network interception, and mocking to validate service layers and edge-case states. Strong CI/CD and SQL skills are required in an Agile environment.