Automation Test Lead - Playwright

Job description

Role - Automation Test Lead - Playwright.

Experience - 8 to 12 Years

Location - Mumbai

• 7 to 9 years in automation testing, including at least 2 years in a lead or senior individual contributor role with informal team supervision.
• Strong hands-on proficiency in Playwright.
• Must have experience in API Testing.
• Experience automating MS Dynamics CRM-based banking applications at the UI and API level.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD tooling (Jenkins/Azure DevOps/GitLab) and test management tools (JIRA, Zephyr/qTest).
• Demonstrated ability to plan and allocate work across a small automation team.
• Client-facing communication experience, including status reporting and defect triage discussions.
• Own sprint-level automation planning, including scoping, estimation, and task allocation across a pod of Automation Engineers.
• Lead hands-on development of complex automation scripts in Python and Java and review scripts created by the team for framework compliance.
• Extend and maintain automation coverage for MS Dynamics CRM-based banking workflows across UI and API layers.
• Coordinate with the Automation Architect on framework enhancements and represent the pod in framework governance discussions.
• Act as the first point of contact for client stakeholders regarding automation status, defect trends, and sprint-level risks.
• Drive CI/CD pipeline health for the automation suite, including flaky test triage and execution stability.
• Mentor and upskill Automation Engineers and Sr. Automation Engineers, and support onboarding of new team members.
• Introduce AI-led automation practices, such as AI-assisted script generation and self-healing locators, into day-to-day scripting where appropriate.