Senior Test Automation Engineer — Playwright, TS & JS

Jobtailor; Colorado; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job description

• Design, build, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks for UI, API, and end-to-end testing
• Develop and execute automated test solutions using TypeScript, JavaScript, and Playwright
• Implement API and backend automation strategies, including service validation and integration testing
• Drive adoption of BDD practices using Cucumber/Gherkin
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and support continuous testing initiatives
• Lead automation efforts from requirements gathering through implementation, troubleshooting, and production readiness
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, best practices, engineering standards, and automation strategy guidance
• Evaluate and implement AI-powered testing solutions using GitHub Copilot, AI Agents, and MCP-based automation approaches

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
• Five to six years of relevant work experience with programming concepts, development logic, or automating simple to medium complexity processes
• Expert-level experience with Playwright, TypeScript, and JavaScript
• Hands-on experience with API automation, service validation, Postman, or Bruno
• Experience with Cucumber/Gherkin, BDD, and Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Strong knowledge of GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, continuous testing, and Git-based source control
• Experience with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native testing strategies
• Experience leveraging GitHub Copilot, AI Agents, MCP, intelligent test generation, and self-healing automation
• Knowledge of performance, load, scalability, security, and penetration testing practices
• Ability to lead automation initiatives, mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, and establish engineering standards
• Experience with quality dashboards, test coverage reporting, automation metrics, and regulated environments including PCI, PII, and HIPAA
• Ability to work from a U.S. Bank location three or more days per week
• Ability to comply with U.S. Bank policies, procedures, Code of Ethics and Business Conduct, and workplace conduct and safety policies

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing and implementing scalable test automation frameworks using TypeScript, JavaScript, and Playwright, while integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines. Proven ability to lead automation initiatives, mentor engineers, and evaluate AI-powered testing solutions.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Expert-Level Experience With Playwright
• TypeScript Programming
• JavaScript Programming
• API Automation
• Cucumber/Gherkin BDD

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Test Automation Framework Design
• Automated Test Solutions Development
• Service Validation
• Integration Testing
• Continuous Testing
• Performance Testing
• Load Testing
• Security Testing
• Penetration Testing
• Automation Metrics

Soft Skills

• Mentoring Engineers
• Conducting Code Reviews
• Establishing Engineering Standards

Industry Keywords

• Agile
• Scrum
• Quality Dashboards
• Test Coverage Reporting
• Regulated Environments
• PCI
• PII
• HIPAA

Tools & Technologies

• Postman
• GitHub Actions
• GitLab
• Jenkins
• Azure DevOps
• AWS
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Git-Based Source Control
• GitHub Copilot