Associate Staff Engineer(Automation QA)

Job Description

Must have Skills : Playwright with TypeScript, Chinese speaking

Good To Have Skills : Selenium, Java (Capable)

Job Description :

Roles and Responsibilities:

• (major) Design & Develop: Build and maintain robust Playwright E2E test scripts across multiple product renderers.
• Release Testing Ownership: Independently analyze release scope, identify testing requirements, and execute comprehensive release validation to ensure production readiness.
• CI/CD: Debug, analyze, and fix test failures in Harness CI pipelines and BrowserStack cloud execution environments.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with manual QA, developers, and product teams on test case mapping, coverage analysis, and defect reproduction.
• Framework Evolution: Continuously improve and extend our existing automation framework with best practices. - Testing Risk Management: Proactively identify testing risks, escalate blockers, and drive mitigation strategies.
• Agile Participation: Actively contribute in Scrum ceremonies and sprint planning.

Must-Have: - Solid hands-on experience with Playwright for end-to-end UI automation (locators, auto-waiting, fixtures, reporters, parallel execution).

• Strong proficiency in TypeScript with a focus on writing clean, maintainable test code.
• Proven experience implementing Page Object Model (POM) with clear separation of concerns (actions, assertions, locators).
• Familiarity with YAML / JSON for test data management and environment-specific configuration.
• Proven ability to independently analyze release requirements, plan testing scope, and drive end-to-end release testing with minimal supervision.
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to analyze CI test failures, identify root causes, and resolve flaky or unstable tests.
• Proficiency with Git, pull request workflows, and code review in a collaborative engineering team.
• Knowledge of multi-locale test execution and localization testing.
• good oral English

Nice-to-Have:

• Experience with Cursor or similar AI coding agent tools.
• Familiarity with Harness CI and BrowserStack cloud testing platforms. - PlayWright Agents