Playwright Automation Lead

Are you interested in working with the world’s leading AI-powered Quality Engineering company? Are you ready to advance your career, collaborate with global thought leaders across industries, and make a difference every day? Join us at QualityAI!

We are seeking an Automation Lead to join our growing team.

Role: Playwright Automation QA Lead 
Location: Canada (Remote)

What You'll Do

• Lead Quality Engineering and automation initiatives across Agile teams.
• Partner with Product Owners, Developers, Engineering Managers, and Scrum teams to define QA strategies and automation roadmaps.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks, with a strong focus on Playwright.
• Lead and mentor QA engineers while establishing automation standards and best practices.
• Develop and execute automated tests for functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines.
• Communicate project status, remove blockers, and maintain QA documentation.
• Drive continuous improvement in test automation, framework design, and quality processes.

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience leading Automation QA or Quality Engineering teams.
• Hands-on experience with Playwright using TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, or Python.
• Strong experience designing and maintaining automation frameworks.
• Experience with keyword-driven, data-driven, hybrid, and BDD automation frameworks.
• Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently and mentor team members.

Nice to Have

• Experience building automation frameworks from scratch.
• Experience with API testing and modern automation practices.
• Familiarity with Git, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar CI/CD tools.
• Experience providing QA consulting or leading automation transformation initiatives.

Interview Process

Candidates should be prepared for a live coding exercise during technical interviews (L1, L2, and client rounds).

Please ensure the following are installed and configured on your laptop before the interview:

• Visual Studio Code
• Node.js
• Playwright

You will be asked to write, execute, and troubleshoot Playwright automation scripts during the interview.

Benefits:

Why QualityAI?
QualityAI is an AI-first quality engineering company helping enterprises deploy and scale complex systems with greater confidence. Operating across data, models, platforms, infrastructure, and operational environments, the company provides assurance and engineering expertise that helps organizations ensure systems perform reliably in real-world conditions.

Formerly Qualitest, QualityAI supports global enterprises across regulated and technology-driven industries, combining deep engineering heritage with AI-enabled delivery, operational assurance, and lifecycle expertise to help clients achieve certainty at go-live.

• Be a part of a company who strives to support for diversity and inclusion in the workplace - we are one, we are many at QualityAI. Celebrate culture, share knowledge with engineers from around the globe, and inspire each other through our differences.
• Local and global opportunities - we offer you internal rotation and international mobility opportunities to grow your career.
• Clear view of your career and progression with the company - QualityAI is growing massively (since Jan 2021 - added more than 2000 engineers) and giving you the opportunity to grow with us.
• Never stop experimenting and learning with QualityAI Tech academy: 3000+ training courses, mentorship programs, technical tribes, sponsored certifications, leadership programs and much more.
• Earn bonuses via our Client Referral and Employee Referral Program’s. Refer and earn - tap your network for net-worth.
• A Competitive pay, the salary range for the role is $100,000 - $120,000 CAD.

• If you like what you have read, send us your resume and let’s start talking!
  Intrigued to find more about us?
  Visit our website at https://www.QualityAIgroup.com/
• If you like what you have read, send us your resume and let’s start talking!
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