QA Automation Developer

About the role

Requirements: What you'll need

Skills, Knowledge, Experience, and Qualifications:

Test Automation Architecture & Technical Expertise

• Automation Framework Architecture (Playwright): Deep expertise in designing, building, and evolving scalable automation frameworks using Playwright, including a thorough understanding of architecture patterns (Page Object Model, modular frameworks, hybrid frameworks).
• Reusable Automation Design: Experience developing reusable environments, shared libraries, templates, while reducing redundancy across test suites.
• Advanced Scripting & Hands-on Development: Strong hands-on coding skills (TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar) to develop, maintain, and troubleshoot automation scripts.
• Multi-layer Automation Coverage: Experience implementing automation for:
• UI testing (Playwright)
• API testing
• Performance testing (e.g., JMeter)
• Accessibility (AODA tools such as Axe, Lighthouse)
• CI/CD Integration: Strong understanding of integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, enabling continuous testing and release readiness.
• AI in Test Automation: Experience with, or exposure to, AI-powered testing capabilities (e.g., test generation, self-healing, intelligent reporting).

Automation Strategy, Governance & Process Improvement

• Automation Strategy Development: Proven experience defining and executing enterprise or branch-wide automation strategies, including roadmap planning and phased adoption.
• Standards and Governance: Ability to define automation standards, guidelines, and best practices, ensuring consistency across teams.
• Metrics & Reporting: Experience defining and tracking key automation KPIs (test coverage, execution efficiency, defect detection rates) and reporting to stakeholders.
• Process Optimization: Implement continuous improvement initiatives including:
• QA audits (compliance, security, performance)
• Process standardization and optimization
• Framework Evolution: Ability to continuously refine frameworks for scalability, maintainability, and performance.

Leadership, Team Scaling & Mentorship

• Technical Leadership: Experience leading automation initiatives and acting as a subject matter expert across multiple projects.
• Team Building & Scaling: Proven ability to scale QA Automation teams, integrating resources across multiple teams, sections, or branches.
• Mentorship & Capability Development: Provide hands-on coaching and mentoring to QA and development teams to improve automation skills and adoption.
• Training & Knowledge Sharing: Design and deliver structured training programs, workshops, and monthly knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Resource Planning: Ability to assess and ensure required capacity (people, tools, time) to sustain automation goals.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Cross-functional Collaboration: Strong ability to work with Development, QA, DevOps, and Business teams to embed quality practices early in the developement lifecycle.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Engage stakeholders to drive automation adoption, communicate progress, and align priorities.
• Adoption & Change Management: Experience leading branch-wide rollout initiatives, including pilot onboarding and support structures.
• Documentation & Knowledge Management: Ability to establish and maintain centralized repositories (e.g., MS Teams and SharePoint) for artifacts, frameworks, and documentation.

Project Management & Organizational Skills

• Planning & Execution: Ability to define clear automation project plans, manage deliverables, and meet timelines.
• Pilot Management: Experience selecting and delivering pilot projects involving CI/CD, AI, API, performance, and accessibility testing.
• Continuous Improvement Tracking: Document lessons learned and refine strategies for future phases.
• Prioritization & Delivery: Manage multiple concurrent initiatives while ensuring alignment with strategic goals.

Must Have:

• Identifies opportunities for automation within software processes
• Designs and executes QA tests using scripts that automatically test functionality.
• Designs and writes test automation scripts
• Automation Framework Architecture (Playwright) - Deep expertise in designing, building, and evolving scalable automation frameworks using Playwright, including a thorough understanding of architecture patterns (Page Object Model, modular frameworks, hybrid frameworks).
• Reusable Automation Design experience developing reusable environments, shared libraries, templates, while reducing redundancy across test suites.
• Advanced Scripting & Hands-on Development - Strong hands-on coding skills (TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar) to develop, maintain, and troubleshoot automation scripts.
• Experience implementing automation for- UI testing (Playwright) / API testing
• Accessibility experience (AODA tools such as Axe, Lighthouse) and using AI in script