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Job Summary

Skill Category Requirement Required expertise MANDATORY SKILLS — all required Playwright – UI automation Test Automation Mandatory Locators, auto-waiting, fixtures, parallel execution, trace viewer; functional, integration and E2E coverage TypeScript Programming Mandatory Types, interfaces, async/await, modules, reusable utilities and typed test helpers API automation Test Automation Mandatory REST automation via Playwright request context: auth flows, cookies and tokens, headers, multipart, JSON schema validation Framework development and maintenance Framework Engineering Mandatory Building a framework from scratch; page-object and reusable component patterns; config, utilities, reporting; ongoing refactoring Regression automation Test Strategy Mandatory Suite design and scope selection, stability, execution time control, coverage of critical journeys CI/CD integration Engineering Practice Mandatory Integrating suites into Jenkins, GitHub Actions or Harness; triggers, parallel runs, artifacts, published reporting Debugging, triage and failure analysis Test Automation Mandatory Trace and report analysis; isolating product defects from test defects; root cause of intermittent failures Test data management Engineering Practice Mandatory Repeatable, independent test data; setup and teardown; environment-specific handling Git and version control Engineering Practice Mandatory Branching, pull requests, code review and merge discipline on GitHub or equivalent Test and defect management Process Mandatory JIRA and Xray or equivalent for test cases, execution records and defect tracking Automation coding standards Framework Engineering Mandatory Establishing and upholding standards; reviewing peers' automation code Agile and Scrum delivery Process Mandatory Working within sprints, refinement, estimation and retrospectives Total mandatory weight GOOD TO HAVE — none required, used to differentiate between candidates who meet the bar Playwright with Python Test Automation Good to have Cross-language capability where a team standardises on Python GCP data validation Data Validation Good to have Verifying behaviour beyond the UI via Pub/Sub events, Cloud Storage and BigQuery read-backs SQL and database validation Data Validation Good to have Querying to validate data created or changed by a test Docker Engineering Practice Good to have Containerised, consistent test execution across environments Contract testing Test Strategy Good to have Consumer-driven contract verification between services Accessibility automation Test Strategy Good to have Automated accessibility assertions within the UI suite Visual regression Test Strategy Good to have Screenshot comparison and visual diffing Performance testing exposure Test Strategy Good to have Awareness of load and performance validation approaches Cross-browser and responsive coverage Test Automation Good to have Executing suites across browser engines and viewports Reporting dashboards Engineering Practice Good to have Allure, Playwright HTML reporting or equivalent published to stakeholders

Key Responsibilities

Skill Category Requirement Required expertise MANDATORY SKILLS — all required Playwright – UI automation Test Automation Mandatory Locators, auto-waiting, fixtures, parallel execution, trace viewer; functional, integration and E2E coverage TypeScript Programming Mandatory Types, interfaces, async/await, modules, reusable utilities and typed test helpers API automation Test Automation Mandatory REST automation via Playwright request context: auth flows, cookies and tokens, headers, multipart, JSON schema validation Framework development and maintenance Framework Engineering Mandatory Building a framework from scratch; page-object and reusable component patterns; config, utilities, reporting; ongoing refactoring Regression automation Test Strategy Mandatory Suite design and scope selection, stability, execution time control, coverage of critical journeys CI/CD integration Engineering Practice Mandatory Integrating suites into Jenkins, GitHub Actions or Harness; triggers, parallel runs, artifacts, published reporting Debugging, triage and failure analysis Test Automation Mandatory Trace and report analysis; isolating product defects from test defects; root cause of intermittent failures Test data management Engineering Practice Mandatory Repeatable, independent test data; setup and teardown; environment-specific handling Git and version control Engineering Practice Mandatory Branching, pull requests, code review and merge discipline on GitHub or equivalent Test and defect management Process Mandatory JIRA and Xray or equivalent for test cases, execution records and defect tracking Automation coding standards Framework Engineering Mandatory Establishing and upholding standards; reviewing peers' automation code Agile and Scrum delivery Process Mandatory Working within sprints, refinement, estimation and retrospectives Total mandatory weight GOOD TO HAVE — none required, used to differentiate between candidates who meet the bar Playwright with Python Test Automation Good to have Cross-language capability where a team standardises on Python GCP data validation Data Validation Good to have Verifying behaviour beyond the UI via Pub/Sub events, Cloud Storage and BigQuery read-backs SQL and database validation Data Validation Good to have Querying to validate data created or changed by a test Docker Engineering Practice Good to have Containerised, consistent test execution across environments Contract testing Test Strategy Good to have Consumer-driven contract verification between services Accessibility automation Test Strategy Good to have Automated accessibility assertions within the UI suite Visual regression Test Strategy Good to have Screenshot comparison and visual diffing Performance testing exposure Test Strategy Good to have Awareness of load and performance validation approaches Cross-browser and responsive coverage Test Automation Good to have Executing suites across browser engines and viewports Reporting dashboards Engineering Practice Good to have Allure, Playwright HTML reporting or equivalent published to stakeholders

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