Job Description
Position: Automation Specialist (Selenium with Java & Playwright)
Location : Pleasanton, CA Client Location (No Remote Work)
Role Summary
We are looking for a highly skilled Automation Specialist with 15+ years of experience in software quality engineering and test automation. The ideal candidate should possess strong hands-on experience in Selenium WebDriver with Java and Playwright, along with expertise in automation framework development, CI/CD integration, API testing, and team leadership.
The candidate will be responsible for driving automation strategy, leading a team of automation engineers, designing scalable automation frameworks, and ensuring high-quality software delivery across multiple projects.
The skill expectations are aligned with internal hiring references that emphasize Selenium, Java, Playwright/TestNG, CI/CD, Git, cloud exposure, and leadership of automation programs.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end automation testing activities across web, API, and enterprise applications.
- Design, develop, and maintain robust automation frameworks using Selenium WebDriver, Java, and Playwright.
- Define automation strategy, test approach, and automation roadmap for releases and product lines.
- Mentor and lead a team of automation engineers across onsite and offshore locations.
- Review automation code, establish best practices, and improve framework maintainability.
- Integrate automated test suites with CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or similar tools.
- Drive automation coverage for Functional, Regression, Smoke, Sanity, Integration, and End-to-End testing.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Developers, DevOps teams, and QA stakeholders.
- Own test execution, defect triage, root-cause analysis, and release quality reporting.
- Create automation dashboards and metrics for leadership visibility.
- Support estimation, sprint planning, resource planning, and risk management activities.
- Continuously evaluate and implement automation improvements to reduce execution time and maintenance efforts.
Mandatory Skills
Automation
- Selenium WebDriver with Java
- Playwright Automation
- TestNG / JUnit
- Maven / Gradle
- Page Object Model (POM)
- Data-Driven & Hybrid Frameworks
- Cross-browser Automation
- Core Java
- OOP Concepts
- Collections Framework
- Exception Handling
- Design Patterns
- File Handling
- REST Assured
- Postman
- API Validation
- JSON/XML Processing
- Azure DevOps
- Jenkins
- GitHub Actions
- Git / Bitbucket / Azure Repos
- Build & Pipeline Management
- Jira
- Azure Test Plans
- Zephyr / Xray
- Agile Scrum Methodologies
Preferred Skills
- Playwright with TypeScript/JavaScript
- Cucumber BDD Framework
- Appium Mobile Automation
- Docker
- Selenium Grid
- Azure or AWS Cloud Platforms
- SQL Database Testing
- JMeter Performance Testing
- Healthcare / Medical Device Domain Experience
- AI-assisted Test Automation exposure
Technical Expectations
The candidate should have hands-on experience in:
- Creating automation frameworks from scratch.
- Building reusable libraries and utilities.
- Implementing Playwright-based modern UI automation solutions.
- Developing API automation suites.
- Managing test data and environment configurations.
- Pipeline execution monitoring and troubleshooting.
- Automation reporting using Extent Reports, Allure Reports, or equivalent tools.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | San Jose, CA |
| Industry | Computer Software |
| Company Size | 20 to 49 employees |
| Year Founded | 2014 |
| Website | http://www.tekfortune.com/ |
About Company
Tekfortune is a software solutions company providing project development and staff augmentation services to companies in various industries including Healthcare, Banking, Finance, Telecommunication and Aviation.
Tekfortune Inc delivers solutions to a wide variety of organizations of various sizes and industries. Our clients include mid-market to Fortune 1000 companies spanning across industries such as: Insurance, Financial, Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, Retail and many others.
In Tekfortune Inc, we are offering selection of services and solutions at very reasonable rates. With years of experience in the placement and recruitment Industry and over time we have acquired the knowledge essential to comprehend the exact need and dependence on customers. Therefore we provide the customers the best and also the brightest candidates for vacancies. Moreover, by understanding the working interest of customers who is able to place them within the companies where they are able to get maximum opportunity for professional growth.
Tekfortune Inc has a strong emphasis on quality. Its goal would be to achieve client satisfaction by looking into making deliveries satisfaction of customer's business needs. Our ability to quickly identify and effectively employ proven fundamental principles, techniques and resources yields highly desirable results for our clients.
We understand that each industry and organization share a level of uniqueness that requires a tailored approach in order to deliver specific solutions. Such factors as client culture, industry regulations, organizational maturity, financial health and many more items may impact our approach to delivering client solutions.
Having served a wide variety of clients has provided Tekfortune the ability to build subject matter expertise across numerous industries. Our industry expertise combined with our specialized knowledge of Business Process Improvement, Requirements Management and Program & Project Management provides a powerful combination and a tremendous value to our clients.
We are run by a group of industry experts who have decades of experience in delivering custom solutions to our clients.
Tekfortune Inc delivers solutions to a wide variety of organizations of various sizes and industries. Our clients include mid-market to Fortune 1000 companies spanning across industries such as: Insurance, Financial, Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, Retail and many others.
In Tekfortune Inc, we are offering selection of services and solutions at very reasonable rates. With years of experience in the placement and recruitment Industry and over time we have acquired the knowledge essential to comprehend the exact need and dependence on customers. Therefore we provide the customers the best and also the brightest candidates for vacancies. Moreover, by understanding the working interest of customers who is able to place them within the companies where they are able to get maximum opportunity for professional growth.
Tekfortune Inc has a strong emphasis on quality. Its goal would be to achieve client satisfaction by looking into making deliveries satisfaction of customer's business needs. Our ability to quickly identify and effectively employ proven fundamental principles, techniques and resources yields highly desirable results for our clients.
We understand that each industry and organization share a level of uniqueness that requires a tailored approach in order to deliver specific solutions. Such factors as client culture, industry regulations, organizational maturity, financial health and many more items may impact our approach to delivering client solutions.
Having served a wide variety of clients has provided Tekfortune the ability to build subject matter expertise across numerous industries. Our industry expertise combined with our specialized knowledge of Business Process Improvement, Requirements Management and Program & Project Management provides a powerful combination and a tremendous value to our clients.
We are run by a group of industry experts who have decades of experience in delivering custom solutions to our clients.
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