Contract SDET Engineer – Playwright & API Automation

**This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Contract SDET Engineer – Playwright & API Automation based in India.** This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to a high-impact quality engineering initiative focused on building scalable and modern automation solutions. As a hands-on automation expert, you will work across UI, API, and service virtualization layers to improve software quality and accelerate delivery pipelines. The position combines advanced test automation practices with AI-assisted development tools, enabling faster and more efficient engineering workflows. You will collaborate closely with developers, product teams, and quality engineers in an Agile environment while helping shape automation standards and best practices. This role is ideal for experienced SDETs who enjoy solving complex testing challenges, driving innovation, and delivering reliable, enterprise-grade automation frameworks. ### Accountabilities: - Design, develop, and maintain end-to-end UI automation frameworks using Playwright and TypeScript, ensuring scalability, reusability, and maintainability. - Build and enhance API automation solutions using Python and pytest for REST, GraphQL, and SOAP services. - Develop reusable testing components, fixtures, client abstractions, and parameterized test suites to maximize automation efficiency. - Maintain and optimize Postman and Newman collections for API smoke testing, contract validation, and regression coverage. - Integrate automated test suites into Jenkins CI/CD pipelines and support continuous testing initiatives across development workflows. - Configure and manage smoke, sanity, functional, and regression test execution strategies to improve release confidence. - Design and maintain WireMock stubs and service virtualization solutions to support microservices testing and contract validation. - Leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate automation delivery, generate test artifacts, identify coverage gaps, and improve engineering productivity. - Review and validate AI-generated code to ensure quality, maintainability, and alignment with engineering standards. - Participate in Agile ceremonies, perform peer code reviews, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the quality engineering function. - Document automation frameworks, testing processes, and best practices to promote knowledge sharing across teams. ## Requirements - Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), Automation Engineer, or related quality engineering role. - Strong expertise in end-to-end UI automation using Playwright and TypeScript. - Extensive hands-on experience with Python and pytest for API automation development. - Proven experience testing REST APIs, including request validation, response verification, schema validation, and chained workflows. - Working knowledge of GraphQL testing, including queries, mutations, variables, and schema validation techniques. - Familiarity with SOAP API testing methodologies and enterprise integration scenarios. - Experience integrating automation frameworks into Jenkins-based CI/CD environments. - Hands-on experience with WireMock or comparable service virtualization and mocking solutions. - Strong understanding of Git workflows, pull request processes, and version control best practices. - Practical experience using AI-assisted development platforms such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or equivalent tools. - Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail. - Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in distributed teams. - Experience with Postman, Newman, AWS environments, Linux shell scripting, or microservices architectures is considered an advantage. - Familiarity with Java, Selenium, performance testing tools, Spr…