Senior QA Automation Engineer - Playwright, TS Expert

Frontier Technology Inc.

Washington, District of Columbia, USFull-timeSenior100,000 - 130,000Posted Jun 28, 2026

Playwright

Best fit for

This role is best for senior QA engineers or SDETs with hands-on experience in Playwright, Agile / Scrum open to working from Washington, District of Columbia, US.

Skills you need for this role

Detected from the job title, description, and tags.

Automation skills

Playwright — Modern cross-browser automation with auto-waits — increasingly the default at product companies.

Domain & process

Agile / Scrum — You'll be expected to describe how you fit QA into short iterations.

Job description

Frontier Technology Inc. is looking for a Senior Software Test Engineer in Washington, D.C. This position involves developing automation frameworks using Playwright and collaborating closely with developers in a fast-paced environment. The successful candidate must have a Bachelor's degree in a STEM field and possess a minimum of 5 years of experience in software quality engineering. U.S. citizenship and a secret security clearance are mandatory. The role offers the potential for exceptional remote candidates, emphasizing hands-on coding skills and an agile development mindset.

Job highlights

•Role: Senior QA Automation Engineer - Playwright, TS Expert
•Company: Frontier Technology Inc.
•Location: Washington, District of Columbia, US
•Type: Full-time
•Experience: Senior
•Compensation: 100,000 - 130,000
•Seniority: Senior
•Posted: Jun 28, 2026

Key skills: Playwright

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Likely interview questions for this role

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Q1.How does Playwright's auto-waiting differ from Selenium's explicit waits?
Q2.Walk through how you'd parallelise Playwright tests in CI with sharding.
Q3.Walk me through a bug you found that shipped anyway — how did you handle it?
Q4.How do you decide what to automate vs test manually for a new feature?
Q5.How would you set up a test strategy for this team in your first 30 days?

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Salary context

Compensation disclosed by the employer.

100,000 - 130,000

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