Remote Mobile QA Automation Engineer — Playwright Specialist

Encore Consulting Services; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Part time

Job summary

Encore Consulting Services seeks a Mobile QA Automation Engineer (Playwright) to own the quality of mobile web and PWA experiences. You will design, build, and maintain automated tests using Playwright across real-world device and browser conditions, and work closely with developers, designers, and product managers to catch issues before they reach users.

In this contract role, you will design end-to-end Playwright tests, configure device emulation, build reusable utilities, and integrate tests

Qualifications

• 10+ years in QA automation, with 6+ years using Playwright.
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript or JavaScript.
• Experience with CI/CD integration and parallel test execution.
• Familiarity with REST API testing and mocking network requests.
• Remote collaboration and asynchronous communication in a distributed team.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain Playwright end-to-end test suites for mobile web and PWA.
• Configure device emulation for iOS Safari/WebKit and Android Chrome with various conditions.
• Build reusable page objects, fixtures, and utilities to speed tests.
• Implement visual regression, accessibility, and responsive layout checks.
• Integrate tests into CI/CD with parallel execution and trace/video artifacts.
• Run tests on cloud device providers for real-device coverage.
• Investigate flaky tests and document reproduction steps.
• Collaborate with engineers on testability and test strategy.
• Contribute to manual exploratory testing when automation isn't the right fit.

Skills

QA Automation

Playwright

TypeScript

JavaScript

CI/CD

REST API testing

Git & PR workflows

Remote collaboration

Tools

BrowserStack

LambdaTest

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Job description

Encore Consulting Services seeks a Mobile QA Automation Engineer (Playwright) to own the quality of mobile web and PWA experiences. You will design, build, and maintain automated tests using Playwright across real-world device and browser conditions, and work closely with developers, designers, and product managers to catch issues before they reach users.

In this contract role, you will design end-to-end Playwright tests, configure device emulation, build reusable utilities, and integrate tests