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# Playwright Automation Architect / Technical Lead

- **Company:** Q1 Technologies, Inc.
- **Location:** Aurora, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $124,800.0 - $128,960.0
- **Contract:** Temporary to permanent
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Application Frameworks, Automation of Tests, Code Coverage, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, Microsoft UI Automation, Object-Oriented Software Development, Webui, Software Testing Automation Framework, Test Management, TypeScript, Web Applications, Web Testing, Technical Debt, Playwright, Codebase, Browser Testing, Software Coding
- **Published:** November 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=3047946157-2

## About the Role

The candidate must combine strong architecture capabilities with recent hands-on Playwright and TypeScript/JavaScript coding experience. This is not a traditional QE management or coordination role., 10 years in Quality Engineering, including strong enterprise web application testing experience and 4 years of recent hands-on UI automation experience with Playwright or comparable modern frameworks

## Description

"We are seeking a highly experienced, hands-on Playwright Automation Architect / Technical Lead to lead the technical discovery, architecture, design, and implementation of a scalable UI automation framework., Assess the existing web application, automation framework, codebase, reusable components, and test coverage.
Identify technical debt, automation gaps, scalability concerns, and maintainability challenges.
Define the target-state Playwright automation architecture and implementation roadmap.
Design scalable and reusable frameworks using Page Object Model, fixtures, utilities, and common components.
Define coding standards, test-data approaches, reporting, framework governance, and best practices.
Establish approaches for parallel execution, cross-browser testing, CI/CD integration, synchronization, and flaky-test management.
Actively write, review, debug, and optimize Playwright/TypeScript automation code.
Solve complex automation challenges involving locators, dynamic UI elements, waits, browser contexts, assertions, and end-to-end workflows.
Lead technical discussions and code reviews across onsite and offshore teams.
Mentor the automation team and ensure consistent implementation of the target architecture.
Mandatory Skills

Expert hands-on Microsoft Playwright
Advanced TypeScript/JavaScript
Expert web/UI automation", Role Descriptions: Assess the existing web application automation framework codebase reusable components and test coverage.Identify technical debt automation gaps scalability concerns and maintainability challenges.Define the target-state Playwright automation architecture and implementation roadmap.Design scalable and reusable frameworks using Page Object Model fixtures utilities and common components.Define coding standards test-data approaches reporting framework governance and best practices.Establish approaches for parallel execution cross-browser testing CI/CD integration synchronization and flaky-test management.Actively write review debug and optimize Playwright/TypeScript automation code.Solve complex automation challenges involving locators dynamic UI elements waits browser contexts assertions and end-to-end workflows.Lead technical discussions and code reviews across onsite and offshore teams.Mentor the automation team and ensure consistent implementation of the target, Essential Skills: Assess the existing web application automation framework codebase reusable components and test coverage.Identify technical debt automation gaps scalability concerns and maintainability challenges.Define the target-state Playwright automation architecture and implementation roadmap.Design scalable and reusable frameworks using Page Object Model fixtures utilities and common components.Define coding standards test-data approaches reporting framework governance and best practices.Establish approaches for parallel execution cross-browser testing CI/CD integration synchronization and flaky-test management.Actively write review debug and optimize Playwright/TypeScript automation code.Solve complex automation challenges involving locators dynamic UI elements waits browser contexts assertions and end-to-end workflows.Lead technical discussions and code reviews across onsite and offshore teams.Mentor the automation team and ensure consistent implementation of the target