QA Automation Engineer - Playwright Expert

Valiant Technologies LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 88,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job summary

Valiant Technologies LLC in Chicago, IL seeks a QA Automation Engineer to design and implement end-to-end UI automation across Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit, building reliable Playwright-based tests.

The role covers API testing, authentication state management, and CI/CD integration within Agile teams; requires 3–6 years of test automation experience, deep Playwright knowledge, and strong debugging and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field.
• 3–6 years of hands-on test automation experience, including 2+ years with Playwright.
• Experience architecting automation frameworks from scratch.
• Strong knowledge of Playwright core concepts.
• Proficiency with API testing: REST/JSON and validation.
• CI/CD integration with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or GitLab CI.
• Strong Git skills: branching, PRs, merges, code reviews.
• Working SQL knowledge for test data setup and validation.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum and effective communication.

Responsibilities

• Develop end-to-end UI automation suites across Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit.
• Write resilient locators using Playwright strategies; minimize flakiness.
• Build reusable fixtures and test utilities; manage authentication state.
• Implement API test automation and service-layer validation.
• Implement network interception and mocking to isolate UI tests.

Skills

Playwright

CI/CD

Git

SQL

Agile/Scrum

Debugging

API testing

Test automation

Automation frameworks

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field

Tools

Playwright

Postman

REST Assured

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

GitLab CI

Job description

Valiant Technologies LLC in Chicago, IL seeks a QA Automation Engineer to design and implement end-to-end UI automation across Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit, building reliable Playwright-based tests.

The role covers API testing, authentication state management, and CI/CD integration within Agile teams; requires 3–6 years of test automation experience, deep Playwright knowledge, and strong debugging and communication skills.