Senior Automation Quality Engineer (JavaScript & Playwright)

We are seeking a Senior Automation Quality Engineer to join in our team of IT professionals in a permanent role. This role is ideal for someone with deep test automation expertise in Java and JavaScript(Playwright), solid QA experience, and a passion for improving quality in complex, evolving systems. If you are driven by quality, love solving complex problems, and thrive in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment, we’d love to have you on our team!

Required skills: what you need to be considered:
• Overall 7 to 10 years hands on experience in designing automation framework, automation script development and Maintenance with strong expertise in Playwright.

· Must have 2+ years of hands-on experience in test automation development using JavaScript with Playwright framework.

· Strong programming skills in languages such as JavaScript or TypeScript.

· Hands-on experience in API automation Postman and Rest Assured.

· Experience integrating test suites into CI/CD pipelines.

· Strong knowledge of Testing process/types, Agile experience, Defect management tool like qTest, JIRA, ALM, or TestRail.

Preferred skills: what will help you stand out:
• Good to have Retail experience (Order Management, Logistics, Inventory Management, Payment system and Sales).
• Experience with testing frameworks like Jest , Mocha , JUnit , or PyTest.

In this role, you will:

• Develop robust and maintainable automation test scripts using Playwright.

• Write, execute, and maintain automated test scripts for web applications and APIs.

• Develop scalable and reusable test automation frameworks using Selenium, Java, and TypeScript.

• Conduct comprehensive API testing to validate functionality, reliability, and performance.

• Helps lead test automation effort, advocating for automation and contributes to framework design and suggests process improvements.

• Reviews automated test runs, reports out on automated test execution and coverage statuses, and maintains broken automated tests.

• Identify, log, and track software defects, and work with teams to resolve issues.

• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.

At Cognizant, we're eager to meet people who believe in our mission and can make an impact in various ways. We strongly encourage you to apply even if you only meet the required skills listed. Consider what transferrable experience and skills make you a unique applicant and help us see how you'd be beneficial to this role.

Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Working Arrangements:
We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Halifax, NS location. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various well-being programs.
Note: The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.