Senior Test Automation Engineer JS

We are seeking aSenior Quality Engineer to own the quality strategy and automation architecture for web platforms, using Playwright and JavaScript as core tools. This role goes beyond test implementation: the Senior QE defines quality standards, drives automation strategy, mentors others, and ensures quality scales with platform complexity.

Responsibilities

• Drive adoption of shift-left testing practices
• Design and own end-to-end automation strategy using Playwright and JavaScript
• Define automation architecture, patterns and best practices
• Ensure scalable, maintainable and performant test suites
• Establish quality gates within CI/CD pipelines
• Implement and oversee UI, API and integration tests
• Design test strategies for complex user journeys and integrations
• Handle test data management and environment orchestration
• Ensure coverage of non-functional requirements (reliability, usability, performance awareness)
• Lead code reviews for test automation code, eliminate flaky tests and improve test execution reliability
• Mentor mid-level and junior Quality Engineers and act as the quality authority within the team
• Partner with Product, Engineering and Delivery leaders on release readiness, identify quality risks early and support root-cause analysis

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in Quality Engineering or Test Automation
• Hands-on expertise in Playwright at scale and advanced proficiency in JavaScript
• Strong understanding of frontend and backend architectures
• Experience testing REST APIs
• Deep experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines
• Solid understanding of test architecture, test data and environment management
• Proven experience acting as a Senior QE or Automation Lead
• Experience in complex, enterprise-scale platforms
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• English proficiency at B2 level or higher

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Apache JMeter
• Knowledge of Cypress