Senior Quality Assurance Engineer (Playwright)

About the role

Electric Power Engineers, Inc. (EPE), an Austin, Texas-based energy consulting firm, is building a software team that develops cloud-based analytics and engineering products for the power systems industry. It is looking for a Senior QA Engineer with strong hands-on experience in Playwright to design, build and maintain automated test frameworks for its web applications.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain automated UI and API test suites using Playwright (TypeScript/JavaScript or Python)
• Build and extend modular, reusable automation frameworks
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions)
• Perform functional, regression, smoke and cross-browser testing, combining automation and manual testing
• Work with developers and product owners to understand requirements and define test plans
• Identify, document and track defects, verify fixes and ensure test coverage
• Analyze test results and share insights with engineering teams
• Mentor QA team members on Playwright and automation techniques

Required profile

• 3-5+ years of experience in QA automation engineering
• Proven experience writing automated tests with Playwright
• Hands-on experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with REST API testing and tools such as Postman, Playwright API or similar
• Familiarity with Git and with modern QA methodologies and test management tools
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, agile environment

Desired skills

• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and microservices architectures
• Docker and Kubernetes
• Front-end testing frameworks and methodologies
• Knowledge of the energy industry and power systems software

What we offer

• Work on automation solutions for the power industry
• A flexible remote work environment
• Opportunities for professional growth and innovation