SDET: Playwright QA Automation Engineer (CI/CD)

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

Job summary

RICEFW Technologies Inc in Michigan is seeking a hands-on SDET to lead our test automation efforts across UI and API layers, using Playwright and TypeScript to build scalable, maintainable frameworks.

You will integrate automated tests with CI/CD pipelines, guide manual testing within Agile feature teams, and mentor peers to raise QA standards while ensuring traceability between requirements, tests, and defects.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience designing and implementing test automation frameworks.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD integrated tests.
• Familiarity with test case management and traceability between requirements, tests, and defects.
• Proactive participation in Agile ceremonies and test strategy discussions.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Agile feature teams to understand user stories, define acceptance criteria, and promote a test-first mindset.
• Build, maintain, and evolve test automation frameworks using Playwright (preferred), TypeScript, or other enterprise-approved tools for API and UI testing.
• Drive the transition from legacy frameworks to unified automation aligned with CI/CD strategy.
• Collaborate with developers and QA engineers to ensure test cases are executed in CI pipelines and provide fast feedback.
• Support manual testing efforts through design, exploratory testing, and validation of complex workflows not yet automated.
• Develop and maintain automated API tests (REST/SOAP) and end-to-end tests; participate in code reviews and test architecture decisions.
• Write and maintain SQL queries to validate data integrity and support test data creation.
• Serve as a quality engineering champion—mentor peers, drive automation strategy, and ensure compliance with enterprise policies.

Skills

Test automation

UI testing

API testing

CI/CD

Exploratory testing

Mentoring peers

Tools

Playwright

TypeScript

Selenium

Postman

Newman

qTest

QMetry

TestRail

Job description

RICEFW Technologies Inc in Michigan is seeking a hands-on SDET to lead our test automation efforts across UI and API layers, using Playwright and TypeScript to build scalable, maintainable frameworks.

You will integrate automated tests with CI/CD pipelines, guide manual testing within Agile feature teams, and mentor peers to raise QA standards while ensuring traceability between requirements, tests, and defects.