QA Automation Engineer (Playwright / JavaScript)

About the Job As a QA Automation Engineer at Aspire, you will combine your hands-on automation and manual testing experience to build and maintain reliable, high-quality software solutions. You will work across web application testing, automation frameworks, CI/CD, and API testing while collaborating with developers, product owners, and QA engineers to improve software quality and delivery. What You’ll Do Develop, maintain, and execute automated test scripts for web applications. Perform manual functional, regression, and exploratory testing where automation is not the right fit. Design test cases and test scenarios based on requirements and user stories. Identify, document, and track defects through resolution. Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous testing. Improve test coverage and maintain scalable, reliable automation frameworks. Participate in sprint planning, reviews, and Agile team discussions. Communicate testing progress, risks, defects, and quality concerns to relevant stakeholders. Collaborate with developers, Product Owners, and QA teams to ensure quality throughout the SDLC. Increased automated test coverage and reduced manual testing effort. Improved software quality through effective functional, regression, and API testing. Faster and more reliable releases through CI/CD test automation. Improved defect detection and resolution throughout the SDLC. Increased adoption of scalable and maintainable QA automation practices. Improved overall quality visibility across Agile development teams. What You’ll Need Hands-on experience with manual testing and test case design. Experience developing automation scripts for web applications. Strong understanding of the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and defect management. Ability to analyze requirements and translate them into clear test scenarios. Strong JavaScript skills; TypeScript is a plus. Proficiency in Playwright is preferred. Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or Jenkins. Basic experience with API testing using Postman or Playwright API testing. Experience working within Agile/Scrum teams. Experience with Git and code reviews. Good written and spoken English. Knowledge of performance or accessibility testing is a plus. ISTQB or other relevant testing certification is a plus. Awareness and application of IT security best practices aligned with ISO / SOC standards. Why Aspire Be part of a (Remote is here-to-stay) organization Work and learn from great minds Explore new opportunities to learn and grow every day by attending technical and nontechnical training Get market exposure by working with international tech leaders Nursery reimbursement benefit Attend virtual and onsite international tech conferences Exposure to work in an IT environment that adheres to rigorous security and compliance standards defined by ISO / SOC Show more Show less