Lead QA Automation Engineer Python & Playwright San Jose, CA (Hybrid)

Job Title: Lead QA Automation Engineer   Python & Playwright 
Location: San Jose, CA (Hybrid)
Experience: 10+ years
Contract: 12 months plus
 
Please send your updated resume to pranayatburgeonitsdotcom 
Mandatory Skills:

• Strong hands-on experience with Python, Playwright, Pytest, and UI/E2E test automation.

• Experience building and maintaining scalable automation frameworks.

• Strong knowledge of smoke, sanity, regression, integration, and performance testing.

• Hands-on experience integrating automated tests with Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.

• Experience in API testing, database validation, and test data management.

• Expertise in cross-browser testing, parallel execution, reporting, tracing, and flaky-test stabilization.

• Experience defining automation strategies, quality gates, and test coverage.

• Experience leading QA teams, conducting code reviews, and mentoring automation engineers.

• Exposure to AI/GenAI-enabled QA automation is preferred.