Associate Staff Engineer(Automation QA)
Summary
Automation QA engineer at global IT services firm Nagarro, based in Shanghai, who designs and maintains Playwright E2E test scripts in TypeScript, independently owns release testing, debugs test failures in Harness CI and BrowserStack, and continuously improves the automation framework while collaborating with QA, dev, and product teams.
Must have Skills : Playwright with TypeScript, Good To Have Skills : NeoLoad, Selenium, Java (Capable)
Job Description :
Roles and Responsibilities:
- (major) Design & Develop: Build and maintain robust Playwright E2E test scripts across multiple product renderers.
- Release Testing Ownership: Independently analyze release scope, identify testing requirements, and execute comprehensive release validation to ensure production readiness.
- CI/CD: Debug, analyze, and fix test failures in Harness CI pipelines and BrowserStack cloud execution environments.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with manual QA, developers, and product teams on test case mapping, coverage analysis, and defect reproduction.
- Framework Evolution: Continuously improve and extend our existing automation framework with best practices.
- Testing Risk Management: Proactively identify testing risks, escalate blockers, and drive mitigation strategies.
- Agile Participation: Actively contribute in Scrum ceremonies and sprint planning.
Must-Have:
- Solid hands-on experience with Playwright for end-to-end UI automation (locators, auto-waiting, fixtures, reporters, parallel execution).
- Strong proficiency in TypeScript with a focus on writing clean, maintainable test code.
- Proven experience implementing Page Object Model (POM) with clear separation of concerns (actions, assertions, locators).
- Familiarity with YAML / JSON for test data management and environment-specific configuration.
- Proven ability to independently analyze release requirements, plan testing scope, and drive end-to-end release testing with minimal supervision.
- Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
- Ability to analyze CI test failures, identify root causes, and resolve flaky or unstable tests.
- Proficiency with Git, pull request workflows, and code review in a collaborative engineering team.
- Knowledge of multi-locale test execution and localization testing.
Nice-to-Have: - Experience with Cursor or similar AI coding agent tools. - Familiarity with Harness CI and BrowserStack cloud testing platforms. - PlayWright Agents Selenium + Java
