UI Web Application Testing - Selenium / Playwright

Request Technology, LLC; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 82,656 - 110,208; Full time

Job summary

Request Technology, LLC is seeking a Quality Assurance Web & Automation Engineer based in Chicago, IL. This role focuses on UI automation testing specifically for web applications. Candidates should have strong experience with Selenium and a willingness to learn Playwright as the team transitions to this framework.

The position is onsite 2 days per week after hire, with remote work until then. The role offers a potential path to full-time employment and emphasizes long-term investment in the right candidate.

Qualifications

• Strong UI automation experience, focused on front-end testing (90%).
• Current tech stack includes Selenium with C#.
• Basic SQL skills for querying databases.

Responsibilities

• Ensure successful implementation of new features in web applications.
• Conduct integration, customer data quality, and usability testing.
• Perform regression testing and troubleshoot using AI assistance.

Skills

UI automation experience

Selenium with C#

Basic SQL skills

Basic API knowledge

Playwright knowledge

Job description

NO SPONSORSHIP - NO OPT

Quality Assurance Web & Automation Engineer

SALARY: $60-80/hour

LOCATION: Chicago, IL

Onsite 2 days a week once hired, remote until hired

Local candidates interested in a contract to hire down the road

DURATION: INDEFINITE w/ potential for fulltime conversion

Need someone with web application 90% (UI), user interface frontend experience with selenium. Would like to see some playwright a big plus because they are going from selenium to playwright.

UI Automation Engineer

The role is for a UI automation engineer focused on WEB application testing. The hiring manager is looking for a long-term candidate rather than a short-term contractor, emphasizing a willingness to invest time and training in the right person. The position is within the CTS team, which has three areas: data validation/ETL testing, API layer, and UI layer.

Technical Requirements

Primary Skills

• Strong UI automation experience (90% front-end testing focus)
• Current tech stack: Selenium with C#
• C# is a major plus since the development framework is built on .NET, but candidates with strong OOP concepts in any language can adapt
• Playwright knowledge is highly desirable as the team plans to migrate to this framework

Supporting Skills

• Basic SQL skills for querying databases (select queries, joins)
• Basic API knowledge for back-end validation and debugging
• Ability to integrate test data from APIs and databases rather than hard-coding

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Mobile application testing experience with mobileReally tool
• Knowledge of AI coding assistants (AI Codex)

Need to be interested in conversion. Internal and external web applications integration testing customer data quality testing usability testing test cases

The Quality Assurance Web & Automation Engineer will be responsible for ensuring the successful implementation of new features as well as improvement of existing functionality across internal and external Web applications. This includes Integration testing, Customer Data Quality testing, Usability (Functional and Performance) testing, Regression testing etc.

Additional Experience

• Experience using AI for QA & testing use cases such as but not limited to - writing test cases, test data, debugging/troubleshooting, automation, etc. Advanced experience below a strong plus:
• Experience using Microsoft Playwright library and framework.
• Proficiency in Prompt Engineering and working with LLMs.
• Framework architecture, test migration from one framework to another.
• Integration of MCP and agentic testing using Microsoft Playwright.