QA Automation Engineer (Node.js / Playwright / GraphQL)

HireTalent is a staffing and recruiting firm seeking a QA Automation Engineer with expertise in Node.js, Playwright, and GraphQL. The role involves designing, testing, and maintaining automated tests for client services while collaborating with teams to triage bugs and enhance the development workflow.

Responsibilities:

• Design, test, and maintain automated tests for client services
• Lead efforts in drafting test scenarios and writing tests to cover functional use cases for each feature
• Collaborate with teams across services to triage bugs and investigate failures in various environments
• Monitor and maintain test pipelines, and use observability tools and test logs to identify and fix failures
• Clearly communicate bugs and proactively initiate discussions to aid issue discovery and resolution
• Leverage cutting-edge AI tools to enhance the development workflow and improve delivery velocity

Requirements:

• Solid proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript; experience with test runners such as Mocha
• Hands-on experience with UI test automation frameworks, including Playwright
• Experience testing MQTT or similar Pub/Sub interfaces (e.g., WebSockets, SSE)
• Experience testing GraphQL APIs, including writing and maintaining tests for complex queries
• Working knowledge of cloud environments and containerized deployments, including Docker images and container registries
• Working knowledge of Git and Git-based workflows, including CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins)
• Experience analyzing and correlating application and service logs across multiple services (e.g., tracing errors, debugging test failures)
• Experience using Jira (or similar tools) for task and issue tracking
• Familiarity with Android test automation using frameworks such as Appium