SDET Playwright, AI

Role Name - SDET Playwright, AI

REQUIREMENT_CITY - Jersey City, NJ

ROLE_DESCRIPTION -

Experience

10+ Years

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Lead SDET to drive quality engineering for Digital platforms for a leading P&C insurer , including agent portals, client-facing applications, partner integrations, and digital modernization initiatives. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Playwright-based test automation, modern QA engineering practices, and hands-on experience validating AI/Agentic AI-driven workflows.

The candidate should demonstrate strong leadership capabilities, manage distributed offshore/onshore teams, and establish automation-first quality practices across complex enterprise digital ecosystems.

Key Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end Quality Engineering and Test Automation initiatives for digital applications and APIs.

Design and implement scalable automation frameworks using Playwright and TypeScript/JavaScript.

Define and execute automation strategy across UI, API, integration, and end-to-end testing.

Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, Developers, and Business Stakeholders to ensure quality throughout the SDLC.

Validate Agentic AI solutions, AI-driven workflows, conversational interfaces, and intelligent automation use cases.

Establish CI/CD-integrated automated testing pipelines.

Drive test strategy, test planning, defect management, and release readiness assessments.

Mentor and lead a globally distributed QA team including offshore engineers.

Define quality metrics, automation KPIs, and provide executive-level reporting.

Participate in Agile ceremonies and provide quality leadership for multiple scrum teams.

Required Skills

Test Automation

Strong expertise in Playwright.

Hands-on experience with TypeScript or JavaScript.

Experience building automation frameworks from scratch.

Cross-browser and cross-platform testing experience.

UI, API, and integration test automation expertise.

API & Backend Testing

REST API testing.

Postman/Newman.

Contract testing and service virtualization.

Microservices testing experience.

CI/CD & DevOps

Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or similar.

Test execution in CI/CD pipelines.

Docker and container-based testing experience preferred.

Good understanding of DevOps and shift-left testing practices.

Agentic AI / AI Validation

Experience testing AI-powered applications.

Understanding of LLM-based solutions, AI Agents, RAG systems, or Copilot-style applications.

Experience validating

Agent workflows

Prompt orchestration

Multi-agent interactions

AI response quality

Guardrails and hallucination testing

Human-in-the-loop workflows

Leadership

Led teams of 5+ QA engineers.

Experience managing offshore teams and coordinating global delivery.

Strong stakeholder communication and status reporting skills.

Experience working directly with business and client leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

Insurance or Financial Services domain experience.

Experience testing digital portals, mobile applications, or customer-facing platforms.

Exposure to Agent, Client, Partner, or Direct-to-Consumer digital ecosystems.

Experience with Accessibility Testing (WCAG).

Knowledge of performance testing tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner.

ISTQB or equivalent certification preferred.

Nice to Have

Experience with AI-assisted testing tools.

Experience testing Mobile/Web Digital Experience platforms.

Knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure/AWS).

Experience with analytics and observability tools.

Success Factors

Automation coverage >80% across critical user journeys.

Reduced regression execution cycle through Playwright automation.

Improved release quality and production stability.

Effective leadership of onsite-offshore QA delivery teams.

Strong contribution to AI-driven and Digital Transformation initiatives.

Mandatory Screening Questions

• Have you built a Playwright automation framework from scratch? Describe the architecture.
• What Agentic AI or AI application testing have you personally performed?
• How have you handled validation of AI agent outputs and hallucination scenarios?
• How many QA engineers have you led, and what was the onsite/offshore team structure?
• Describe a digital transformation program where you owned the QA strategy end-to-end.

Skills

Playwright

Experience Required

8-10