Quality Automation Engineer (Playwright)

TL;DR

Quality Automation Engineer (Playwright): Designing, building, and evolving test automation frameworks and internal tooling for a leading restaurant booking platform with an accent on scalability, reliability, and developer enablement. Focus on optimizing CI/CD pipelines, implementing structural solutions for test stability, and integrating AI-driven testing capabilities to enhance overall engineering quality.

Location: Hybrid (2 days home office per week with additional seasonal remote flexibility).

Company

hirify.global is a leading European restaurant booking platform and part of the Tripadvisor Group, dedicated to connecting diners with restaurants through innovation and a people-first culture.

What you will do

• Design and evolve test automation frameworks and internal tooling using TypeScript and Playwright.
• Own the test ecosystem, including architecture, repositories, and long-term maintainability.
• Optimize CI/CD test pipelines to improve speed, reliability, and scalability.
• Define and enforce testing standards, guidelines, and best practices across engineering teams.
• Enable developers to write effective tests by providing reusable abstractions and utilities.
• Integrate AI-driven testing capabilities to improve productivity and test robustness.

Requirements

• Strong experience as an SDET or Quality Engineer with a focus on frameworks and tooling.
• Excellent programming skills in TypeScript or JavaScript.
• Proven experience designing and maintaining test frameworks at scale.
• Hands-on experience with modern automation tools, specifically Playwright.
• Solid experience with CI/CD systems like Jenkins and pipeline optimization.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken).

Nice to have

• Experience building internal developer platforms or test platforms.
• Deep expertise in the Playwright ecosystem (fixtures, parallelization, custom reporters).
• Experience with GraphQL testing and schema-driven validation.
• Familiarity with quality gate systems like SonarQube.
• Exposure to AI-assisted testing or LLM-based tooling.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible working environment with hybrid office policy.
• Competitive fixed salary and performance bonus.
• Lunch vouchers for every working day.
• Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance covered by the company.
• Dedicated parental and caregiver leave policies (12 weeks fully paid).
• Continuous learning programs and free access to the Calm app for mental health.