QA Automation (Selenium & Playwright)

Automation Strategy & Design: Lead the design, development, and implementation of robust automation strategies for web application testing using Selenium and Playwright. Framework Development: Create and maintain reusable, scalable, and maintainable automation frameworks, ensuring adherence to best practices and optimal performance. Test Automation Processes: Define and establish test automation best practices, guidelines, and processes to maximize test efficiency, coverage, and consistency. Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with development and QA teams to gather application requirements, define automation test plans, and ensure alignment on test objectives. Test Execution Leadership: Oversee the execution of various test types, including regression, functional, smoke, and integration testing, across multiple platforms and environments. Script Development: Develop and maintain automated test scripts using Selenium and Playwright (JavaScript/TypeScript) to conduct comprehensive end-to-end testing. Cross-browser & API Testing: Perform automated UI, API, and cross-browser testing to ensure broad coverage of web applications. Test Result Analysis: Analyze automated test results, identify issues, and communicate findings to stakeholders clearly, offering actionable insights. Reporting & Metrics: Generate detailed test reports, track test progress, defects, and provide insights into test coverage metrics to ensure project goals are met. CI/CD Integration: Ensure seamless integration of automation suites into the CI/CD pipeline, continuously optimizing for better efficiency and effectiveness. Team Collaboration & Mentoring: Foster a collaborative environment within the QA team, as well as with other departments, ensuring that testing efforts are aligned with business and project objectives. Provide mentorship and training to manual testers on automation practices and tools. Tool & Technology Evaluation: Stay current with industry trends by evaluating and adopting new automation tools and technologies to enhance testing capabilities and improve overall software quality. Agile Participation: Actively participate in agile development processes, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives, ensuring that testing activities are integrated within the agile workflow. Testability Feedback: Provide feedback on system design, user stories, and requirements to ensure they are testable and meet quality standards. Troubleshooting: Lead efforts to troubleshoot and resolve automation-related issues, ensuring minimal disruption to testing cycles. Requirements Automation Tools & Frameworks: Selenium Playwright Programming Languages: JavaScript / TypeScript Testing Types: UI Testing API Testing Cross-browser Testing Regression, Functional, Smoke, Integration Testing Other Key Skills & Tools: CI/CD Integration (likely tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, etc.) Version Control – Git (implied) Automation Framework Development Test Reporting & Metrics Agile Methodology Participation (Nice-to-Have / Implied): Experience mentoring manual testers Familiarity with tools for test reporting Exposure to test coverage tools (e.g., Istanbul, Allure, etc.)