SDET - Playwright

SDET - Playwright

Location: Columbus, OH (Onsite)

Role Overview

We are seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to design, build, and maintain reliable, scalable test automation for a ServiceNow Platform. The selected candidate will leverage Playwright's capabilities to build a comprehensive test suite. This role requires strong communication skills and a collaborative, team-first mindset.

Key Responsibilities

Design, implement, and test automation using Playwright (TypeScript/JavaScript).

Build reusable testing libraries and utilities for authentication (OAuth2/JWT), pagination, idempotency, rate limiting, and error handling.

Define test strategy and coverage across unit, integration, contract, and end-to-end service tests, prioritizing critical paths.

Create robust negative, edge, and resilience tests, using mocking where needed.

Manage test data and environments, including seeding, fixtures, and synthetic data, to keep tests deterministic and fast.

Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) for parallel runs and environment provisioning.

Participate in design and code reviews, advocate for testability, and document frameworks, patterns, and runbooks.

Communicate with cross-functional teams and be a dependable team player. Required Qualifications

3 6+ years in SDET/QA Automation roles focused on the Playwright tool.

Hands-on experience with Playwright using TypeScript/JavaScript or similar tools/frameworks.

CI/CD experience, including configuring pipelines, test reporting, and gating on failures/coverage.

Familiarity with mocking and test data management.

Solid debugging skills across logs, traces, and network traffic; comfort with curl and CLI tooling.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Preferred Qualifications

An understanding of ServiceNow is preferable.