QA Automation Engineer: UI/API/Performance with Playwright

Photon; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Photon is seeking experienced Test Automation Engineers to design, develop, and maintain automated test suites for UI, API, and performance testing. The role emphasizes fast feedback across the software development lifecycle and tight integration into CI/CD pipelines for continuous validation.

You will build UI automation frameworks, execute unit and integration tests, and contribute to performance testing while collaborating with developers and product owners to define acceptance criteria and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in test automation or QA engineering.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Strong hands-on experience with Selenium and at least one of Cypress or Playwright.
• Experience developing and executing unit and integration tests using JUnit and Mocha.
• Experience building and maintaining CI workflows using GitHub Actions.
• Hands-on experience with performance and load testing using JMeter.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain UI automation frameworks using Selenium, Cypress, and Playwright.
• Develop and execute unit and integration tests using JUnit and Mocha.
• Design and execute performance and load tests using JMeter.
• Integrate automated test suites into GitHub Actions pipelines to enable continuous testing and validation.
• Identify, triage, document, and report defects with clear reproduction steps.
• Analyze and reduce flaky tests to improve automation reliability and test execution stability.
• Collaborate with developers and product owners to define acceptance criteria and improve application testability.

Job description

Photon is seeking experienced Test Automation Engineers to design, develop, and maintain automated test suites for UI, API, and performance testing. The role emphasizes fast feedback across the software development lifecycle and tight integration into CI/CD pipelines for continuous validation.

You will build UI automation frameworks, execute unit and integration tests, and contribute to performance testing while collaborating with developers and product owners to define acceptance criteria and