SDET (Playright)

We’re looking for an experienced QA Automation Engineer to support test coverage expansion within our QDS platform. This is a contract position aimed at accelerating our progress toward robust unit, visual, and end-to-end test automation. You'll work closely with a highly collaborative engineering team and play a pivotal role in ensuring quality at every level of the stack.

🎯 Project Goals:

• Improve automated test coverage from under 25% to 50% by end of Q2 and 100% by year-end.
• Transition test ownership to the QE engineer over time, with contractor support fast-tracking the initial efforts.

🔧 Responsibilities:

• Automate unit, functional, visual, and accessibility test cases based on defined Scope & Estimates.
• Contribute to the development of tests using Playwright + Storybook, Jest, and Axe.
• Collaborate in daily scrum meetings, weekly planning, and backlog refinement.
• Ensure integration with CI pipelines (Jenkins/GitLab CI).

🧰 Tech Stack:

• Unit testing – Jest
• Visual/Functional/Accessibility testing – Playwright, Storybook, Axe
• CI/CD – Jenkins, GitLab CI
• Frontend Framework – React (nice to have)

✅ Ideal Candidate:

• Strong experience with Playwright and Storybook integration for test automation.
• Hands-on experience in writing unit tests (Jest) and accessibility tests (Axe).
• Familiarity with modern CI pipelines.
• Prior work in Agile/Scrum teams.
• React knowledge is a plus.