Automation Specialist (Selenium with Java & Playwright)

Position: Automation Specialist (Selenium with Java & Playwright)
Location : Pleasanton, CA Client Location (No Remote Work)

Role Summary
We are looking for a highly skilled Automation Specialist with 15 years of experience in software quality engineering and test automation. The ideal candidate should possess strong hands-on experience in Selenium WebDriver with Java and Playwright, along with expertise in automation framework development, CI/CD integration, API testing, and team leadership.
The candidate will be responsible for driving automation strategy, leading a team of automation engineers, designing scalable automation frameworks, and ensuring high-quality software delivery across multiple projects.
The skill expectations are aligned with internal hiring references that emphasize Selenium, Java, Playwright/TestNG, CI/CD, Git, cloud exposure, and leadership of automation programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end automation testing activities across web, API, and enterprise applications.

• Design, develop, and maintain robust automation frameworks using Selenium WebDriver, Java, and Playwright.

• Define automation strategy, test approach, and automation roadmap for releases and product lines.

• Mentor and lead a team of automation engineers across onsite and offshore locations.

• Review automation code, establish best practices, and improve framework maintainability.

• Integrate automated test suites with CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or similar tools.

• Drive automation coverage for Functional, Regression, Smoke, Sanity, Integration, and End-to-End testing.

• Collaborate with Product Owners, Developers, DevOps teams, and QA stakeholders.

• Own test execution, defect triage, root-cause analysis, and release quality reporting.

• Create automation dashboards and metrics for leadership visibility.

• Support estimation, sprint planning, resource planning, and risk management activities.

• Continuously evaluate and implement automation improvements to reduce execution time and maintenance efforts.

Mandatory Skills
Automation

• Selenium WebDriver with Java

• Playwright Automation

• TestNG / JUnit

• Maven / Gradle

• Page Object Model (POM)

• Data-Driven & Hybrid Frameworks

• Cross-browser Automation

Programming

• Core Java

• OOP Concepts

• Collections Framework

• Exception Handling

• Design Patterns

• File Handling

API Testing

• REST Assured

• Postman

• API Validation

• JSON/XML Processing

DevOps & CI/CD

• Azure DevOps

• Jenkins

• GitHub Actions

• Git / Bitbucket / Azure Repos

• Build & Pipeline Management

Test Management

• Jira

• Azure Test Plans

• Zephyr / Xray

• Agile Scrum Methodologies

Preferred Skills

• Playwright with TypeScript/JavaScript

• Cucumber BDD Framework

• Appium Mobile Automation

• Docker

• Selenium Grid

• Azure or AWS Cloud Platforms

• SQL Database Testing

• JMeter Performance Testing

• Healthcare / Medical Device Domain Experience

• AI-assisted Test Automation exposure

Technical Expectations
The candidate should have hands-on experience in:

• Creating automation frameworks from scratch.

• Building reusable libraries and utilities.

• Implementing Playwright-based modern UI automation solutions.

• Developing API automation suites.

• Managing test data and environment configurations.

• Pipeline execution monitoring and troubleshooting.

• Automation reporting using Extent Reports, Allure Reports, or equivalent tools.

Conducting code reviews and enforcing automation standards