Quality Engineer
CDWAbout the role
Quality Engineer (Playwright Automation)
Onsite 3 days per week – Seattle, WA
Contract with CDW – 6 months, potential extension
CDW is seeking a Quality Engineer to build our UI automation practice from the ground up. This is not a maintenance role. You'll be the first automation-focused QA on the team, responsible for designing and implementing a Playwright automation framework for a React application and .NET backend.
Must-Have Experience
✅ Playwright UI Automation (hands-on framework design and build experience)
✅ TypeScript/JavaScript test automation development
✅ Manual and automated testing experience (initially ~50% manual / 50% automation)
✅ Experience testing React applications and .NET APIs
✅ CI/CD integration experience (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.)
✅ 5+ years in Software QA/Test Automation
What You'll Do
Design and build a scalable Playwright framework from scratch
Create automated UI, API, and end-to-end test coverage
Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines
Partner with developers to improve application testability
Develop test data, authentication, and reporting strategies
Perform manual testing while automation coverage is being established
Own test stability, defect reporting, and quality best practices
Nice to Have
C# / Playwright for .NET
Azure DevOps
Docker
Accessibility or visual regression testing
OAuth2, Entra ID / Azure AD
Experience as the first automation hire on a development team
Ideal Background
Quality Engineer | SDET | Test Automation Engineer | QA Automation Engineer | Software Quality Engineer
This role is best suited for someone who has successfully built a Playwright automation framework from scratch and is comfortable balancing hands-on manual testing with automation development during the first six months.
Responsibilities
- Design and build a scalable Playwright framework from scratch
- Create automated UI, API, and end-to-end test coverage
- Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines
- Partner with developers to improve application testability
- Develop test data, authentication, and reporting strategies
- Perform manual testing while automation coverage is being established
- Own test stability, defect reporting, and quality best practices
Qualifications
- Playwright UI Automation experience
- TypeScript/JavaScript test automation development
- Manual and automated testing experience
- Experience testing React applications and .NET APIs
- CI/CD integration experience
Skills mentioned
About CDW
At CDW, we know how to make technology work so people can do great things. Our experts bring a full-stack, full-lifestyle approach with custom solutions, services and relationships to bring your vision to life. Through decades of experience, scale, and deep industry expertise, we deliver the full promise of what technology can do to help you reach your goals and drive innovation. Partner with CDW, and together, let’s Make amazing happen. A Fortune 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Index, CDW helps its customers to navigate an increasingly complex IT market and maximize return on their technology investments. For more information about CDW, please visit www.CDW.com.