Senior Playwright Automation Engineer – UI/API & CI/CD

Photon; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Photon is seeking experienced Test Automation Engineers to design, develop, and maintain automated test suites that provide fast, reliable feedback across the software development lifecycle. In Chicago, you will focus on UI, API, and performance testing while integrating automated quality checks into CI/CD pipelines.

You will build UI automation frameworks with Selenium, Cypress, and Playwright; develop unit and integration tests with JUnit and Mocha; run performance tests with JMeter; and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience in test automation or QA engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with Selenium and at least one of the following: Cypress or Playwright.
• Experience developing and executing unit and integration tests using JUnit and Mocha.
• Experience building and maintaining CI workflows using GitHub Actions.
• Hands-on experience with performance and load testing using JMeter.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain UI automation frameworks using Selenium, Cypress, and Playwright.
• Develop and execute unit and integration tests using JUnit and Mocha.
• Design and execute performance and load tests using JMeter.
• Integrate automated test suites into GitHub Actions pipelines to enable continuous testing and validation.
• Identify, triage, document, and report defects with clear reproduction steps.
• Analyze and reduce flaky tests to improve automation reliability and test execution stability.
• Collaborate with developers and product owners to define acceptance criteria and improve application testability.

Skills

Test automation

QA engineering

CI/CD integration

Test framework design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Selenium

Cypress

Playwright

JUnit

Mocha

GitHub Actions

JMeter

Job description

Photon is seeking experienced Test Automation Engineers to design, develop, and maintain automated test suites that provide fast, reliable feedback across the software development lifecycle. In Chicago, you will focus on UI, API, and performance testing while integrating automated quality checks into CI/CD pipelines.

You will build UI automation frameworks with Selenium, Cypress, and Playwright; develop unit and integration tests with JUnit and Mocha; run performance tests with JMeter; and