Valtech

Senior QA Automation Engineer (Playwright)

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9 hours ago
Remote, PortugalSenior

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, roll out, and maintain Playwright automation frameworks using TypeScript or JavaScript.
  • Test APIs, microservice-based systems, responsive web behavior, mobile-web experiences, and cross-browser functionality.
  • Diagnose flaky and intermittent failures, identify root causes, and improve automation reliability.
  • Use and govern AI coding agents for test design, authoring, maintenance, execution, and triage.
  • Define AI-assisted testing practices, including instruction files, reusable prompts, and review gates.
  • Collaborate with analysts, developers, clients, and non-technical stakeholders on BDD, quality risks, and technical trade-offs.
  • Extend automation to native mobile platforms when needed and coach colleagues through QA community knowledge sharing.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of test automation experience, including at least 2 years of hands-on Playwright experience with TypeScript or JavaScript in production.
  • Strong knowledge of Playwright fixtures, locator strategies, auto-waiting, network interception and mocking, trace-based debugging, and parallel execution.
  • Experience defining and implementing automation framework architecture rather than only extending an existing framework.
  • Experience with API automation, microservices testing, HTTP, network inspection tools, and CI/CD pipeline tools.
  • Practical BDD experience in an Agile team and the ability to demonstrate effective AI-assisted test generation and validation.
  • Preferred qualifications include native iOS or Android automation with Appium or WebdriverIO, another automation stack such as Selenium, multi-step AI agent workflows, performance or cloud testing, and mentoring or technical writing experience.

Benefits

  • Remote and hybrid work options, depending on country and location.
  • Career advancement, international mobility, professional development programs, training, and access to industry experts.
  • The position is based in Portugal, with location-specific benefits provided during the hiring process.

Tech Stack

AppiumiOSJavaScriptSeleniumTypeScript

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About Valtech

5,001-10,000 employees

Valtech provides digital consulting and engineering services to large enterprises, delivering customer experience design, commerce platforms, data/AI solutions, and transformation programs. It works across sectors such as retail, financial services, manufacturing, mobility, health, and travel, offering strategy, design, build, and managed services. Founded in 1993, Valtech is a global company privately held under Kharis Capital.

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