QA Automation-Playwright & C#

Title: QA Automation-Playwright & C#

Location: Sacramento, California (Hybrid)

Duration: Long term

Employment type: Contract- Hire (C2H)

Need only USC & GC 

Workers Compensation Division involves extensive software QA technical expertise to join our dynamic QA team. This individual will design, develop, and maintain test scripts and automation Frameworks. The ideal candidate should have strong experience in Selenium/Python, Playwright/Test Script and C Sharp , along with a deep understanding of UI, API, and Database automation environments.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Design, develop, and maintain automation for various applications – UI, API, and Databases.
2. Review in detail, test plans and test cases to transform them into automation regressions.
3. Collaborate with QA team members and other stakeholders to understand test requirements and implement automation.
4. Implement best practices for DevOps and CI/CD pipelines, ensuring smooth and automated deployments across environments.
5. Participate in automation code reviews, providing constructive feedback to peers and ensuring high code quality and adherence to coding standards.
6. Collaborate with Development teams to performance and load test applications and services, providing automation test support.
7. Implement best practices for test automation dashboards for modern SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) purposes.
8. Stay up to date with new technology trends and frameworks.
9. Work with the infrastructure team to ensure automation framework environments are stable, secure, and meet business performance expectations.
10. Document automation process – coding guidelines, reviews, check-ins, execution, and test results.

RISK AND COMPLIANCE

1. Ensure that all business applications comply with industry regulations and internal security standards, including SOX, PCI-DSS, and other financial sector regulations.
2. Work with the cybersecurity team to ensure applications are secured against potential threats and vulnerabilities.
3. Develop and maintain test documentation, including test scripts, and test data management.
4. Implement processes to ensure traceability of test cases to requirements and automated defect tracking/reporting.
5. Work with Agile/Scrum software development processes to implement version control automation and deployments.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. EDUCATION: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related discipline, required.
2. Strong knowledge of software development and software test life cycles.
3. Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot and debug complex technical issues.

EXPERIENCE

1. Proven experience as a Software Automation Engineer (2-3 years) with strong hands-on skills in Playwright/TypeScript.
2. Proven experience as a Software QA Engineer (5-8 years) with strong hands-on skills in Selenium, Python, and Java.
3. Experience in creating CI/CD pipelines and executing automation scripts every time Dev code or automation code is checked in.
4. Experience in building and using test framework tools such as pytest and JUnit.
5. Experience in automating API cases using standard tools such as SoapUI & Postmaster.
6. Experience with load test such as Artillery, Jmeter, or NeoLoad.
7. Experience in automating Database test cases.
8. Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and agile development methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. 5-8 years’ experience in developing automation for UI, API, and backend applications/services.
2. Proven experience in developing test scripts for UI automation using Playwright / TypeScript
3. Proven experience in developing test scripts for UI automation using Selenium/Python and Selenium/Java.
4. Experience in automating test cases using various browsers – Edge, Safari, and Chrome.
5. Experience using Azure DevOps or other DevOps tools to drive quality upstream by executing automation code using CI/CD environment.
6. Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams and collaborating with architects, business analysts, and stakeholders.