Test Engineer – QA-DevOps

We are seeking a highly skilled Test Engineer with Playwright and DevOps experience to ensure the quality, usability, and performance of our web applications. This role requires a strong balance of manual testing expertise and test automation using Playwright. You will be responsible for the end-to-end testing lifecycle , including requirement analysis, test case design, exploratory testing, and automation. The ideal candidate will act as a bridge between manual QA and automation , ensuring high test coverage, faster releases, and early defect detection. Key Responsibilities - Analyze business requirements and technical specifications to define test strategy and test scenarios - Design, develop, and maintain test cases and test scripts - Perform manual functional, exploratory, regression, and usability testing - Develop and maintain automation scripts using Playwright (TypeScript/JavaScript preferred) - Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (DevOps environment) - Collaborate with developers, product managers, and DevOps teams to ensure high-quality releases - Identify, log, track, and verify defects using defect management tools - Ensure test coverage, traceability, and quality metrics reporting - Participate in Agile ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Stand-ups, Retrospectives) - Continuously improve QA processes, automation frameworks, and testing strategies Mandatory Skills Core QA Skills - Strong experience in manual testing & QA fundamentals - Expertise in test case design techniques and defect lifecycle - Experience in functional, regression, integration, and exploratory testing Automation (Must-Have) - Hands-on experience with Playwright - Proficiency in JavaScript / TypeScript - Experience building and maintaining automation frameworks - Knowledge of cross-browser and cross-platform testing DevOps & CI/CD (Mandatory) - Strong experience in DevOps practices - Experience integrating automation tests with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, etc.) - Familiarity with version control systems (Git) - Exposure to containerization tools (Docker) is a plus