Remote Senior QA Automation Engineer: Playwright & Selenium

Cognizant; Boise (ID); Remote; USD 50,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays and PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is hiring a Senior QA Automation Engineer to lead test automation across Playwright and Selenium, API testing, and data validation for critical financial applications. You will design, execute, and maintain automated and manual tests in an Agile setting, partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality software delivery.

The role emphasizes automation strategies, cross-browser validation, UAT support, and integration with CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous quality

Qualifications

• Experience delivering automated and manual testing in Agile environments.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
• Experience with Playwright, Selenium, and API testing tools.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end tests.
• Develop UI automation scripts using Playwright and Selenium WebDriver.
• Create reusable automation components and data-driven tests.
• Automate API tests and validate payloads, status codes, and headers.
• Validate data with SQL and ensure UI/API/database consistency.
• Integrate tests with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/Azure DevOps).
• Analyze results, troubleshoot failures, and publish reports.
• Collaborate with BAs, developers, and stakeholders in UAT and releases.

Skills

7+ years QA experience

Agile testing

Strong analytical skills

Excellent communication

UI automation frameworks

API testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Playwright

Selenium WebDriver

Postman

REST Assured

Job description

Cognizant is hiring a Senior QA Automation Engineer to lead test automation across Playwright and Selenium, API testing, and data validation for critical financial applications. You will design, execute, and maintain automated and manual tests in an Agile setting, partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality software delivery.

The role emphasizes automation strategies, cross-browser validation, UAT support, and integration with CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous quality