Hiring: Test Automation Lead – Playwright

Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Experience: 10+ years in Software Testing / Quality Engineering

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We are looking for an experienced Test Automation Lead with strong Playwright expertise to lead test strategy, automation initiatives, and quality engineering across multiple releases. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in test automation frameworks, CI/CD integration, API testing, and QA team leadership.

Key Responsibilities:

- Own and drive test strategy, planning, and execution across multiple releases.
- Define testing scope, approach, quality metrics, and QA governance standards.
- Lead the design, development, and implementation of test automation frameworks.
- Drive automation coverage for UI, API, and regression testing.
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
- Oversee functional, regression, integration, and UAT support testing.
- Review test cases, automation scripts, and test artifacts for quality and completeness.
- Manage defect triage, prioritization, root cause analysis, and closure.
- Lead, mentor, and manage onshore and offshore QA teams.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Developers, Scrum Masters, and other Test Leads.
- Prepare daily/weekly status reports, dashboards, and test closure reports.
- Identify testing process gaps and drive continuous improvement.
- Promote shift-left testing,



an automation-first mindset, and early defect detection.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

- 10+ years of experience in Software Testing / Quality Engineering.
- Minimum 3–5 years of experience in a Test Lead / QA Lead role.
- 3–5 years of web application testing experience.
- Solid experience designing and implementing test automation frameworks.
- Hands-on experience with Playwright is highly preferred.
- Experience with Selenium or similar automation frameworks is an advantage.
- API testing experience using Postman or REST clients.
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins.
- Experience with test management and defect tracking tools such as Jira and Azure DevOps.
- Basic knowledge of JavaScript / TypeScript for Playwright automation.
- Database testing and SQL querying skills.
- Good understanding of Agile and Scrum methodologies.

Soft Skills:

- Strong leadership and team management capabilities.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, multi-release environment.

How to Apply -

Interested candidates can share their updated resume with:

[email protected] / [email protected]

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📌 Test Automation Lead – Playwright (Ontario)
🏢 Aptino
📍 Ontario