Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer - Playwright Testing

Senior Test Automation Engineer / Senior Software Development Engineer in Test Experience : 3 to 8 Years. About the role : IQGeo is seeking Senior Test Automation Engineers / Senior Software Development Engineers in Test to help move quality assurance to being majority-automated. These roles span Platform Shared Services and Engineering Infrastructure teams. You will play a key role in developing and maintaining comprehensive automated test suites, with manual testing only where automation is not practical. Key responsibilities : - Ensure that our enterprise applications are delivered with the appropriate level of quality. - Capture the requirements and acceptance criteria of newly developed functionality in test cases, and manage the overall inventory of test cases to ensure it remains up to date. - Minimise the need for manual testing by transforming suitable test cases into automated tests. - Collaborate with Product Management on refining feature requests, ensuring testability stays top of mind when transforming requirements to implementation. - Conduct manual exploratory and regression testing when automation is not practical or timing demands it. - Use AI to generate initial test suites from BDD acceptance criteria, reviewing and refining AI-generated tests for behavioural accuracy before committing them. - Define and maintain AI-assisted testing standards for the team, including prompt templates for test generation and quality criteria for AI-generated test coverage. - Apply AI tools to accelerate coverage gap analysis, defect triage, and test case documentation. - Provide guidance and mentorship to Test Automation Engineers on best practices and tooling. - Participate in an on-call rotation. Mandatory AI Engineering Competencies : - Candidates must demonstrate the ability to work effectively in an AI-First Software Development Lifecycle. - Proficient in AI-assisted software development using modern coding assistants to accelerate design, implementation, testing and documentation. - Ability to translate business requirements into structured specifications prior to implementation (Spec-Driven Development). - Strong prompt engineering skills for software engineering tasks including code generation, test generation, debugging, documentation and architecture. - Ability to critically evaluate AI-generated outputs for correctness, security, performance and maintainability. - Experience using AI to generate and maintain automated unit, API and integration tests. - Demonstrated ability to work with AI agents while retaining full engineering ownership and accountability. Essential Qualifications & Experience : You must have all of the following : - Experience maintaining test automation frameworks. - Experience with end-to-end testing using Playwright. - Experience with a test case management tool (e.g., TestRail). - Proficiency in Python, JavaScript, or a similar programming language. - A keen eye for detail and the ability to identify, isolate, and document defects. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. - Experience guiding and mentoring QA Test Engineers. - Experience using Git or other distributed version control systems. - Fluent written and spoken English. Desired Qualifications & Experience : Ideally, you'll have some of the following : - ISTQB certification or similar proof of experience in quality assurance. - Experience with Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) or web mapping software. - Experience working in an Agile environment, with an understanding of Scrum methodology. - Experience in the telecommunications and/or utilities industries. - Experience using containers for development environments. - Experience with Linux system architecture/administration and supporting network architecture. - Experience working in cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure). Education : Bachelor's degree from an accredited university in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent industry experience.