Test Automation (Playwright with TypeScript)

Mphasis; Berkeley Heights (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Mphasis is seeking an experienced Test Automation Lead in Berkeley Heights, NJ. You will design and implement automated testing across UI, API, and backend services and mentor automation engineers.

You will drive modular frameworks with Playwright, TypeScript, Cucumber, RestAssured/RestSharp, Appium, and enterprise-aligned practices while leveraging AI-assisted tools to boost productivity and code quality. This is a fast-paced Agile environment with leadership responsibilities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years designing and implementing automated testing solutions across UI, API, middle-tier and backend services.
• Strong expertise with Playwright, TypeScript, Cucumber and API automation.
• Solid understanding of .NET Core/.NET Framework architectures for automation.
• Experience debugging AI-generated code to ensure quality, maintainability and standards.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable automation frameworks using Playwright, TS, Cucumber, API automation (RestAssured/RestSharp), Appium.
• Architect modular, reusable automation components aligned with enterprise standards.
• Develop API automation with auth, validation, and schema checks, integrated with UI tests.
• Lead automation initiatives and perform code reviews for automation engineers.
• Promote best practices and drive continuous quality engineering across Agile teams.
• Integrate automation suites with CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).
• Explore AI-assisted workflows and ensure security and quality in generated code.

Skills

Playwright TS

.NET Core/.NET Framework

API automation (RestAssured/RestSharp)

AI-assisted development tools

AI-assisted code review/debug

Tools

RestAssured

RestSharp

CI/CD integrations

Job description

Test Automation (Playwright with TypeScript)

(BOLDED items are Mandatory)

Mandatory Skills

• Playwright with TypeScript (Strong TypeScript coding experience)
• Strong experience with .NET Core / .NET Framework applications
• API automation using Rest Assured or RestSharp
• Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude, Gemini, or similar AI coding assistants for test automation development
• Experience debugging, reviewing, validating, and optimizing automation code generated by AI assistants to ensure maintainability, reliability, and adherence to coding standards
• Exposure to Applitools, Jira integrations (AssertThat BDD, Zephyr, Xray), and Service Virtualization is a plus.

Job Responsibilities

• Minimum 8+ years of experience in designing and implementing automated testing solutions covering UI, API, middle-tier, and backend services.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks using Playwright, TypeScript, Cucumber, API automation (Rest Assured/RestSharp), Appium, and modern automation best practices.
• Design and architect modular, reusable, and maintainable automation frameworks aligned with enterprise standards.
• Strong understanding of .NET Core/.NET Framework applications and the ability to analyze application architecture to develop effective automation strategies.
• Develop and maintain API automation frameworks supporting authentication, request/response validation, schema validation, and integration with UI automation.
• Design automation solutions supporting parallel execution, reusable components, and scalable execution across multiple environments.
• Provide automation leadership, mentoring, technical guidance, and code reviews for automation engineers.
• Effectively utilize AI-assisted development tools to accelerate automation development while ensuring generated code meets enterprise coding, quality, and security standards.
• Debug, review, refactor, and validate AI-generated automation scripts and framework components to ensure accuracy, maintainability, and long-term stability.
• Keep current with advancements in Playwright, TypeScript, AI-assisted software development, automation frameworks, and emerging testing methodologies.
• Integrate automation suites with CI/CD platforms such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps.
• Promote automation best practices and continuous quality engineering across Agile development teams.
• Experience with performance testing using JMeter, LoadRunner, or equivalent tools is desirable.
• Analyze functional and technical requirements to identify automation opportunities and recommend optimal automation approaches.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives by enhancing automation framework stability, execution efficiency, maintainability, and reporting capabilities.
• Thrive in a fast-paced Agile environment while managing multiple priorities and delivering high-quality automation solutions.
• Drive automation strategy and enterprise-wide quality engineering improvements.

Preferred / Nice to Have

• Experience implementing AI-driven end-to-end Quality Engineering across the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), including:
• Jira story grooming and review
• Acceptance criteria validation
• Test execution and reporting
• End-to-end traceability between requirements, test cases, automation, defects, and execution results
• Experience working with AI-powered automation workflows, intelligent test generation, and AI agents that improve software quality and engineering productivity.
• Experience with Visual AI testing using Applitools.
• Experience with Jira integrations such as Zephyr, Xray, and AssertThat BDD.
• Experience with Service Virtualization tools.
• Experience validating backend systems using SQL and database queries.
• Experience with Git, GitHub, Azure DevOps, and modern source control practices.
• Exposure to prompt engineering and AI-assisted software development best practices.