Cognizant

Senior QA Automation Engineer - Playwright & Selenium

Cognizant
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16 hours ago
Dallas, TX, USASenior

Base Salary

$50k - $93k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, execute, and maintain functional, regression, integration, system, and end-to-end test cases for web-based and business-critical applications.
  • Develop UI automation scripts using Playwright with TypeScript/JavaScript and Selenium WebDriver with Java.
  • Build reusable automation components using Page Object Model, fixtures, reusable utilities, and data-driven testing.
  • Automate business workflows and regression scenarios to improve test coverage, repeatability, and execution efficiency.
  • Perform cross-browser UI validation and troubleshoot automation failures, locator issues, synchronization conditions, and application changes.
  • Perform API functional and integration testing using Postman, REST Assured, Playwright API testing, or similar technologies.
  • Develop automated API tests covering payloads, HTTP status codes, headers, authentication, error handling, and backend integration flows.
  • Use SQL queries to validate data accuracy, integrity, transformation, and consistency across user interfaces, APIs, and backend databases.
  • Integrate UI and API tests with Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or similar CI/CD tools to support continuous testing.
  • Analyze test execution results, troubleshoot failures, publish reports, and document and track defects through resolution.
  • Collaborate with business analysts, developers, and stakeholders during UAT and release validation activities.
  • Validate system integrations and application stability across multiple environments.
  • Maintain test plans, scenarios, cases, automation suites, test data, traceability, and execution reports.
  • Participate in Agile ceremonies and support shift-left testing and continuous quality engineering practices.
  • Support functional and automated testing for financial and business-critical applications, with emphasis on quality, reliability, and production readiness.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
  • Minimum seven years of experience in Software Quality Assurance and Testing.
  • Experience working in Agile development environments.
  • Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

Benefits

  • Remote position open to qualified applicants in the United States.
  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
  • Paid holidays and paid time off.
  • 401(k) plan and contributions.
  • Long-term and short-term disability coverage.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
  • Eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, subject to applicable plans.

Tech Stack

JavaJavaScriptJenkinsPostmanSeleniumSQLTypeScript

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About Cognizant

10,000+ employees

Cognizant is a public IT services and consulting firm that designs, builds, and runs enterprise technology, including digital engineering, cloud modernization, data/AI, and managed services. It sells consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing on multi-year engagements to large enterprises in healthcare, banking, retail, communications, and manufacturing. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, Cognizant is NASDAQ-listed (CTSH) and a Fortune 500 company.

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