Senior QA Automation Engineer: Playwright, CI & Performance

Photon; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Photon in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a QA Automation Engineer focused on Playwright. You will build and maintain UI automation frameworks using Selenium, Cypress, and Playwright, and integrate tests into CI pipelines to validate releases.

The role requires 5+ years in QA/test automation, strong Selenium experience with Cypress or Playwright, JUnit and Mocha, and hands-on JMeter performance testing. You will collaborate with developers and product owners to define acceptance criteria and improve

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in test automation or QA engineering.
• Strong experience with Selenium and at least one of Cypress or Playwright.
• Experience with JUnit and Mocha.
• Experience building CI workflows with GitHub Actions.
• Hands‑on performance testing experience with JMeter.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain UI automation frameworks using Selenium, Cypress, and Playwright.
• Write unit and integration tests with JUnit and Mocha.
• Design and run performance and load tests using JMeter.
• Integrate automated suites into GitHub Actions pipelines for continuous validation.
• Develop test plans, test data strategies, and reporting dashboards.
• Identify, triage, and report defects with clear reproduction steps; reduce flaky tests.
• Work with developers and product owners to define acceptance criteria and improve testability.

Skills

Selenium

Cypress/Playwright

JUnit/Mocha

GitHub Actions CI

JMeter

Tools

JMeter

GitHub Actions

Job description

Photon in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a QA Automation Engineer focused on Playwright. You will build and maintain UI automation frameworks using Selenium, Cypress, and Playwright, and integrate tests into CI pipelines to validate releases.

The role requires 5+ years in QA/test automation, strong Selenium experience with Cypress or Playwright, JUnit and Mocha, and hands-on JMeter performance testing. You will collaborate with developers and product owners to define acceptance criteria and improve