Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

RICEFW Technologies Inc; Okemos (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

RICEFW Technologies Inc in Michigan is seeking an SDET to lead test automation across UI and API layers using Playwright and TypeScript, with CI/CD integration. Face-to-face interview is mandatory.

The role includes guiding test design within Agile feature teams, building scalable automation frameworks, and supporting manual testing as needed. Collaboration with developers and QA is essential to ensure fast, reliable feedback and quality releases.

Qualifications

• Experience building and maintaining test automation frameworks.
• Ability to design and execute automated tests across UI and API layers.
• Familiarity with CI/CD integration of automated tests.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Agile feature teams to understand user stories and define acceptance criteria.
• Build, maintain, and evolve test automation frameworks using Playwright/TypeScript to support API and UI testing.
• Drive the transition from legacy to unified automation aligned with CI/CD strategy.
• Collaborate with developers and QA to ensure tests run in CI pipelines and provide fast feedback.
• Support manual testing through exploratory testing and test design within Agile teams.
• Develop and maintain automated API tests (REST/SOAP) and end-to-end tests; participate in code reviews.
• Write and maintain SQL queries to validate data integrity for test data creation.
• Act as a quality engineering champion, mentoring peers and ensuring traceability of requirements, tests, and defects.

Skills

Test Automation

CI/CD Testing

Agile

Mentoring

Tools

Playwright

TypeScript

Selenium

Postman

Job description

Job Title: SDET (QA Automation Engineer)

Job Summary:

Face to Face interview is mandatory. We are seeking a forward-thinking SDET to help modernize and lead our test automation strategy. This role will focus on building and maintaining scalable, maintainable, and integrated test automation frameworks across UI and API layers using modern tools like Playwright and TypeScript, while also contributing to CI/CD testing integration. The SDET will also play a key role in supporting manual testing efforts within Agile feature teams—guiding test case design, exploratory testing, and quality validation for areas not yet automated. This position is critical to enabling feature teams to take ownership of both automated and manual testing, ensuring faster, higher-quality release

Primary Responsibiliti

• es:Partner with Agile feature teams to understand user stories, define acceptance criteria, and promote a test-first mindset through collaboration in design and refinement sessio
• ns.Build, maintain, and evolve test automation frameworks using Playwright (preferred), TypeScript, or other enterprise-approved tools to support API and UI testi
• ng.Drive the transition from legacy frameworks (e.g., Selenium + Java, Postman/Newman) to unified automation aligned with our CI/CD strate
• gy.Collaborate with developers and QA engineers to ensure test cases are executed in CI pipelines and provide fast, actionable feedba
• ck.Supcase design, exploratory testing, and validation of complex workflows that are not yet automat
• ed.Develop and maintain automated API tests (REST/SOAP) and end-to-end tests that validate functional and non-functional requirements. Participate in code reviews and contribute to test architecture decisions to ensure reliability, reusability, and scalability of test asse
• ts.Write and maintain SQL queries to validate data integrity and support test data creation strategi
• es.Serve as a quality engineering champion—help guide automation strategy, mentoring peers, and contributing to continuous improvement of QA practices. Ensure traceability between requirements, tests, and defects, and support compliance with enterprise policies (e.g., HIPAA, security, audit readiness). port feature teams with manual testing efforts when needed, including t

Preferred Experie

• nce:Hands-on experience with Playwright (TypeScript preferred) or similar frameworks like Cypr
• ess.Migration experience from Selenium + Java or Postman to modern framewo
• rks.Familiarity with test reporting, dashboarding, and quality metrics in a DevOps environm
• ent.Experience with test case management tools (e.g., qTest, QMetry, TestRail) and requirements traceabil