Senior QA Engineer — Playwright & TypeScript Automation

inspiracareers; Oak Brook (IL); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

inspiracareers seeks a Senior Quality Engineer to lead automation efforts for Retirement & Wealth products in a fast-scaling environment. You will design and evolve Playwright/TypeScript based automation, partner with Engineering to raise quality, and mentor QA engineers on modern practices.

The role emphasizes hands-on framework development, automation strategy, and reducing regression through robust test coverage within an Agile SaaS setting.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in Quality Engineering, SDET, Test Automation Engineering, or Software Engineering.
• Experience designing automation architecture rather than only consuming existing frameworks.
• Experience mentoring engineers or leading automation initiatives.
• Strong experience operating in Agile software development environments.
• Experience supporting SaaS, cloud-based, or enterprise-scale applications.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, enhance, and maintain automated test frameworks.
• Develop automated UI, API, integration, and regression testing solutions.
• Troubleshoot automation failures and identify root causes.
• Review automation code and recommend architectural improvements.
• Build reusable utilities, helpers, fixtures, and framework components.
• Improve framework maintainability and test suite reliability.
• Support migration efforts from Selenium-based solutions to Playwright-based solutions where appropriate.
• Apply sound software engineering principles to automation development.
• Participate in framework design discussions and technical decision making.
• Partner closely with Software Engineers on testing strategies and automation architecture.
• Coach and mentor QA team members on coding best practices and automation development.
• Participate in sprint planning, refinement, estimation, and release activities.
• Identify quality risks during requirements and design reviews.
• Communicate testing status, quality metrics, and release readiness to stakeholders.
• Drive continuous quality improvement initiatives across product teams.

Skills

Playwright

TypeScript

OOP

Design Patterns

Framework Design & Maintenance

Code Review Participation

REST API Testing

API Automation

Java

Selenium

SQL

Data Validation

Integration Testing

Cloud Azure

Cloud AWS

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Git

CI/CD Pipelines

Postman

Selenium

AWS

Azure

Job description

inspiracareers seeks a Senior Quality Engineer to lead automation efforts for Retirement & Wealth products in a fast-scaling environment. You will design and evolve Playwright/TypeScript based automation, partner with Engineering to raise quality, and mentor QA engineers on modern practices.

The role emphasizes hands-on framework development, automation strategy, and reducing regression through robust test coverage within an Agile SaaS setting.