Senior Automation Test Engineer (UI / TypeScript / Playwright)

Senior Automation Test Engineer (UI / TypeScript / Playwright)

Premier are partnering with a high-growth technology company building a complex, data-driven SaaS platform used at scale. They’re looking for a Senior Automation Test Engineer to take ownership of UI automation and help shape how quality is engineered across the product.

This is an engineering-first position where you’ll design frameworks, solve complex system challenges, and directly influence product velocity, reliability, and user experience.

Why This Role
• Work on a high-scale SaaS platform where automation directly impacts performance and reliability.
• Own and shape automation strategy end-to-end with real technical autonomy.
• Influence engineering standards, tooling, and long-term quality practices.
• Join a growing product environment with strong momentum and long-term stability.
• Fully remote flexibility.

What You’ll DoAutomation Engineering & Framework Ownership
• Architect, build, and evolve modern UI automation frameworks using TypeScript and Playwright.
• Design scalable testing strategies for complex, dynamic UI environments.
• Establish best practices across test design, code quality, and tooling.
• Evaluate and introduce tools that improve coverage and reduce flakiness.

Technical Leadership & Execution
• Write clean, maintainable, production-grade automation code.
• Own automation strategy across new features, services, and integrations.
• Solve challenges around asynchronous behavior and complex UI states.
• Mentor and guide engineers on automation strategy and best practices.

Quality & Collaboration
• Partner closely with Product and Engineering to embed quality early in the development lifecycle.
• Work with developers to build testable systems and quickly diagnose issues.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, reliable feedback loops.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and architecture planning.

Tooling & Infrastructure
• Integrate automation into CI workflows and orchestration pipelines.
• Implement reporting, logging, and debugging tools (e.g. traces, video capture).
• Analyze test reliability trends and continuously optimize performance.
• Explore tools for visual testing, API validation, and parallel execution.

What You’ll Bring
• Strong experience in QA automation, with a focus on UI testing.
• Hands-on experience with TypeScript/JavaScript and Playwright.
• Proven experience building automation frameworks from scratch.
• Solid understanding of modern web application behavior and architecture.
• Ability to debug complex, flaky tests and asynchronous systems.
• Collaborative mindset with strong ownership and problem-solving instincts.

Nice to Have
• Experience with distributed or high-scale systems.
• Exposure to performance testing or monitoring tools.
• Familiarity with component testing frameworks.
• Cloud platform experience.
• Experience building internal tools or developer utilities.

What’s on Offer
• Competitive base salary + strong benefits package (healthcare, 401k, Unlimited PTO).
• High-impact role with real ownership and visibility.
• Opportunity to shape engineering quality in a growing product environment.