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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # QA Engineer - Playwright Automation - **Company:** UST Inc - **Location:** Bentonville, AR, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Airflow, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, BigQuery, Software Bug Management, Code Review, Databases, Continuous Integration, Data Validation, Data Integrity, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Transformation, IBM DB2, Relational Databases, Database Storage Structures, Database Testing, Github, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle (Applications), Scrum Methodology, E2e Testing, Cloud Services, SQL Databases, Data Streaming, Test Execution Engine, Strategies of Testing, TypeScript, Freeform SQL, Postman, Apache Spark, Backend, Git, Playwright, Apache Kafka, Cosmos DB, Api Management, SDET, Jenkins - **Published:** August 29, 2026 - **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/88170820/1 ## About the Role * Minimum 5+ years of Retail/E-commerce domain experience. * Experience in Replenishment, Inventory, Supply Chain, Merchandising, or Forecasting applications preferred. * Experience validating complex end-to-end business processes across integrated systems. * Soft Skills: * Strong stakeholder management and client-facing communication skills. * Ability to confidently interact with Directors, Product Managers, Architects, and Engineering Leaders. * Proven experience leading discussions, providing status updates, and driving actions to closure. * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. * Ability to work independently in a fast-paced onsite environment. * Preferred Qualifications: * Experience in Large retail transformation programs. * Experience working with distributed onsite-offshore delivery models. * Exposure to Kafka, Spark, Airflow, and cloud-native data platforms. * Ideal Candidate Profile A technically strong Senior SDET who can comfortably sit with business stakeholders and development teams, understand requirements and architecture, challenge gaps, drive quality discussions, automate critical E2E retail workflows, and act as the bridge between client stakeholders, development teams, and offshore QE delivery., Playwright, Test Automation, Defect Tracking, End-to-End Testing, Postman, Database Testing, BigQuery, SQL ## Description UST is looking for highly skilled Senior SDET / QA Automation Engineer with expertise in Playwright automation, database testing, and retail domain applications to support a large-scale End-to-End Quality Engineering (QE) transformation program. The opportunity: * The role requires a strong technical foundation along with the ability to work directly with product owners, business stakeholders, architects, development teams, and offshore QA teams. * The candidate will act as the onsite quality engineering representative, driving end-to-end testing initiatives, requirement analysis, defect triage, test automation adoption, and stakeholder communication across multiple applications and integrations. * The role involves testing enterprise retail systems, validating complex data flows, and ensuring successful delivery of business-critical programs leveraging Playwright automation and database validation capabilities. * The responsibilities include Playwright-based automation, API testing, database validation, and testing of E2E retail workflows. * Stakeholder & Development Team Collaboration. * Serve as the primary QE point of contact for client stakeholders and product teams. * Participate in requirement discussions, architecture reviews, sprint planning, and release readiness reviews. * Work closely with development teams to understand application functionality, technical designs, APIs, database structures, and business workflows. * Lead defect triage meetings and drive timely issue resolution with developers and SMEs. * Coordinate with offshore QE teams to ensure alignment on priorities, execution status, and deliverables. * Present test strategy, test execution status, quality metrics, risks, and recommendations to leadership and business stakeholders. * Facilitate requirements of clarification sessions and proactively identify testing risks and dependencies. * Test Automation & Quality Engineering Design and develop robust automation frameworks using Playwright. * Automate UI, API, and End-to-End business workflows across multiple retail applications. * Develop reusable automation components and accelerate automation adoption. * Support CI/CD integration and continuous testing practices. * Perform root cause analysis of production and pre-production defects. Database & Data Validation. * Develop complex SQL queries for backend validation. * Validate data consistency across multiple enterprise platforms. * Perform testing against BigQuery, Cosmos DB, DB2, and relational databases. * Validate ETL, CDC, integration, and data transformation processes. * Ensure end-to-end data integrity across retail business workflows. * Retail Domain Testing Validate business processes across: * Inventory Management o Replenishment o Supply Chain * Merchandising Item Management Forecasting & Planning. * Create and execute end-to-end test scenarios covering complex retail workflows. * Partner with business SMEs to ensure adequate functional and business coverage. * Mentor junior automation engineers. * Conduct code reviews and automation best practice reviews. * Drive quality engineering standards and automation strategy. * Support estimations, planning, roadmap discussions, and release planning activities. This position description identifies the responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the performance of the position. Other relevant essential functions may be required. What you need: * Technical Skills: * Strong proficiency in: TypeScript / JavaScript, SQL. * Hands-on experience with: Playwright o REST Assured/Postman, Git, CI/CD pipelines, Azure DevOps/Jenkins/GitHub Actions. * Strong database testing expertise including: BigQuery, Cosmos DB, DB2, SQL Server / Oracle Domain ## Related Videos - [AIQSpecFlow: Improves and automates your agile process of specification and creation of testcases.](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100084-aiqspecflow-improves-and-automates-your-agile-process-of-specification-and-creation-of-testcases) - [Innovating Developer Tools with AI: Insights from GitHub Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1268-innovating-developer-tools-with-ai-insights-from-github-next) - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [Are Classical Automation Frameworks Dead? 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