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SDET - Playwright Automation
CHENNAI, Tamil Nadu, India Full-time On-site
About the role
Cognizant's Technology & Engineering department seeks a Senior/Lead QA Playwright Automation Engineer to design, develop, and maintain robust automation solutions for web and mobile applications. Day-to-day work includes building scalable test automation frameworks, creating Playwright scripts, designing API and SQL-based tests, performing cross-browser testing, integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines, and providing technical leadership and mentoring within an Agile environment. The role is based across multiple Indian locations (Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Coimbatore, Kolkata, Noida) with a 12:00 PM – 10:00 PM IST shift.
What you’ll do
- Develop, maintain, and enhance scalable test automation frameworks for web and mobile applications
- Create and maintain automated test scripts using Playwright and appropriate programming languages
- Design and execute functional, regression, integration, and API automation tests
- Develop and maintain API automation suites using REST Assured
- Write and execute complex SQL queries to validate backend data and application workflows
- Perform cross-browser and cross-platform testing using BrowserStack, Sauce Labs, or similar solutions
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and support continuous testing practices
- Provide technical leadership in automation strategy, framework architecture, and testing best practices
What you’ll bring
- 4–10 years of professional experience in software quality assurance and test automation for web and mobile applications
- Minimum 2–3 years of hands-on experience with Playwright
- Strong programming experience in at least one language such as Java, JavaScript, or TypeScript
- Proven ability to design and build test automation frameworks from scratch
- Strong experience in API automation testing using REST Assured
- Good knowledge of relational databases with ability to write complex SQL queries using Oracle Database or other relational databases
- Hands-on experience with cross-browser testing and automation using BrowserStack and Sauce Labs
- Experience with functional, regression, integration, and API testing
Nice to have
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies, CI/CD practices, and modern software development processes
- Knowledge of Git/GitHub and version-control best practices
- Exposure to Generative AI/GenAI tools and applications is an added advantage
- Knowledge in Healthcare domain is an added advantage
Skills
PlaywrightAPI automationREST AssuredSQLCross-browser testingTest automation frameworksBrowserStackSauce Labs