QA Engineer

Electric Power Engineers; Dickson City (Lackawanna County); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Life Insurance

Flexible hybrid work environment

Professional growth opportunities

Job summary

Electric Power Engineers is seeking a Senior QA with strong Playwright experience to design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks for our web applications. The role emphasizes hands-on automation, API testing, and CI/CD integration in a fast-paced, agile setting.

You will mentor teammates, contribute to QA strategy, and help elevate testing standards within a growing energy-tech portfolio. This hybrid role reports to the QA team and is located in Panama City, Panama.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in QA automation engineering with hands-on Playwright work.
• Proven ability to write automated tests with Playwright in TS/JS or Python.
• Strong TypeScript/JavaScript skills for Playwright-based tests.
• Experience with modern QA methodologies, design, and management tools.
• CI/CD integration experience for automated tests in pipelines.
• REST API testing experience with Postman or Playwright API.
• Familiarity with Git version control and branches.
• Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and collaboration in agile teams.
• Interest in the energy sector and applying tech to grid projects.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated UI and API tests using Playwright.
• Build modular, reusable automation frameworks for web apps.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions).
• Perform functional, regression, smoke, and cross-browser testing.
• Collaborate with developers and product owners on test plans.
• Identify, document, and track defects; verify fixes and coverage.
• Analyze automation results and share insights with engineering.
• Continuously enhance automation processes, tooling, and practices.
• Mentor QA team members on Playwright usage and techniques.
• Contribute to QA strategy and maintain high engineering quality.

Skills

QA automation

Playwright

TypeScript/JavaScript

CI/CD

API testing

Git

Debugging

Agile

Communication

Energy sector passion

Tools

Postman

Playwright API

Job description

Overview

We are designing the grid of the future! EPE is seeking a highly skilled Senior QA with strong hands‑on experience in Playwright to design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks for our web applications. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in software quality assurance, test automation best practices, and modern CI/CD processes. You will have opportunities to work with the latest technologies and contribute to a growing portfolio of products that are helping shape the future of power systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated UI and API test suites using Playwright (TypeScript/JavaScript or Python).
• Build and extend modular, reusable automation frameworks.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions).
• Perform functional, regression, smoke, and cross‑browser testing using automation and manual testing.
• Collaborate with developers and product owners to understand requirements and define clear test plans.
• Identify, document, and track defects; verify fixes and ensure test coverage.
• Analyze automation test results and provide meaningful insights to engineering teams.
• Continuously enhance automation processes, tools, and best practices.
• Mentor QA team members on Playwright usage and automation techniques.
• Contribute to overall QA strategy and maintain high engineering quality standards.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in QA automation engineering.
• Strong, proven experience writing automated tests with Playwright.
• Solid proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript for Playwright.
• Experience with modern QA methodologies, test design, and test management tools.
• Hands‑on experience with CI/CD integration for automated tests.
• Experience with REST API testing and tools such as Postman, Playwright API, or similar.
• Familiarity with version control systems (Git).
• Strong debugging, analytical, and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work in a fast‑paced, agile environment.
• A passion for the energy sector and a desire to make a meaningful impact through technology.

Desired Skills

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, etc.) and microservices architectures.
• Familiarity with containerization and deployment tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of testing frameworks and methodologies for front‑end development.
• Familiarity with Energy Industry and power systems software.

How We Support You

• Comprehensive Health & Life Insurance: 100% premium coverage for employees, with partial coverage available for eligible dependents.
• Opportunity to work on cutting‑edge automation solutions for the power industry.
• Collaborate with a team of experts in software engineering, renewable energy, and grid technologies.
• Flexible hybrid work environment with opportunities for professional growth and innovation.
• EPE is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in its workforce.

Location: This position will be located in Panama City, Panama.

Travel: Occasional travel may be needed (10% or less).

EPE is an equal opportunity/AA/Disability/Veteran employer. The EEO is the Law poster, and its supplement are available using the following links: EEOC is a Law Poster.

EPE does not accept unsolicited resumes from third‑party recruiters. Any unsolicited third‑party resumes forwarded by recruiters to EPE via our career page or to any of our managers or employees will be considered public information, may be treated as a direct application from the person identified in the resume, and will not be eligible for placement fee payment to the agency. EPE will not pay a fee to a third‑party recruiter or agency without a previously signed third‑party agreement and has not coordinated their recruiting activity with the appropriate member of the Talent Acquisition team.