Join Clario, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, and help engineer the intelligent quality solutions behind enterprise clinical trial technology. As a Sr Engineer, R&D Software Quality (Playwright Automation), you will lead the design and development of scalable automated testing solutions for a modern microservices-based platform. Playwright will be your primary automation framework, enabling robust end-to-end, API, and cross-browser testing across enterprise applications. You will also leverage AI-powered testing approaches to improve test design, coverage, maintenance, and quality insights.
Working closely with Product Management, Software Development, DevOps, and Quality Engineering teams, you will define testing strategy, solve complex technical challenges, and help deliver reliable software that accelerates clinical research worldwide.
What We Offer
- Competitive pay and incentives
- Provident fund and medical insurance
- Engaging employee programs and local events
- Modern office spaces and hybrid work flexibility
What You’ll Be Doing
- Serve as a senior technical contributor within the Software Quality Engineering team.
- Lead the design, development, and evolution of scalable Playwright-based automation frameworks for web, API, and end-to-end testing.
- Develop and maintain reusable automation libraries and testing solutions using JavaScript and modern test automation practices.
- Review product requirements and engineering specifications to define testing strategies, estimate effort, and identify quality risks.
- Create comprehensive test plans that combine manual validation, automated testing, and risk-based coverage.
- Implement automated testing solutions that integrate seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines to support rapid and reliable software delivery.
- Apply AI-assisted approaches to test creation, script maintenance, test data generation, failure analysis, and quality improvement.
- Establish repeatable testing methods and automation standards that support parallel product development and delivery.
- Test microservices-based solutions through functional, integration, system, regression, and end-to-end testing.
- Troubleshoot complex failures by analysing SQL results, application and server logs, test environments, and service interactions.
- Collaborate closely with Software Development, Product Management, DevOps, System Administration, and Database Administration teams to resolve quality issues.
- Maintain requirements traceability, test cases, execution evidence, and defect records within test management systems.
- Review work completed by other engineers and provide technical guidance, mentoring, and constructive feedback.
- Investigate root causes of quality issues and drive corrective actions through to resolution.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of automation tools, AI-enabled testing practices, quality processes, and engineering standards.
- Communicate testing progress, risks, findings, and recommendations clearly to technical and business stakeholders.
What We Look For
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Minimum 5 years of software quality engineering and test automation experience.
- Demonstrated expertise designing, developing, and maintaining automated test frameworks using Playwright.
- Strong programming skills in JavaScript and/or TypeScript.
- Hands-on experience implementing Playwright-based UI, API, and end-to-end automation solutions within CI/CD environments.
- Strong experience testing web applications, RESTful APIs, and microservices-based architectures.
- Practical knowledge of AI-assisted software testing, automation development, or quality analysis.
- Strong knowledge of the software development lifecycle and functional, integration, system, regression, and end-to-end testing methodologies.
- Experience working directly with software developers to diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve complex quality and automation challenges.
- Strong SQL skills for data validation, troubleshooting, and test analysis.
- Experience with requirements, test case, and defect management tools; Polarion experience is advantageous.
- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies, DevOps practices, cloud technologies, and modern software delivery pipelines.
- Experience with GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or similar CI/CD platforms is preferred.
- Experience migrating or modernising automation frameworks from Selenium, Cypress, Katalon, or similar technologies is advantageous.
- Knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), 21 CFR Part 11, GxP, or regulated software development environments is advantageous.
- Experience mentoring or providing technical leadership to other engineers is preferred.
- Excellent analytical, communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
- Professional fluency in English.
At Clario, a part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, our purpose is to transform lives by unlocking better evidence. It’s a cause that unites and inspires us. It’s why we come to work and how we empower our people to make a positive impact every day. Whether you're advancing clinical science, building innovative technology, or supporting our global teams, your work helps bring life-changing therapies to patients faster.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- At least 5 years of software quality engineering or software testing experience
- Strong experience designing and maintaining automated tests for web, API, or mobile applications
- Proficiency with JavaScript and SQL
- Experience with Selenium, Katalon, Playwright, or comparable automation technologies
- Practical knowledge of AI-assisted software testing, automation development, or quality analysis
- Strong knowledge of the software development lifecycle and functional, integration, system, and regression testing
- Experience diagnosing and resolving complex test failures with software developers
- Experience with requirements, test case, and defect management tools
- Experience with Polarion
- Familiarity with Agile development, DevOps practices, cloud solutions, and microservices architectures
- Knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework practices, 21 CFR Part 11, or current Good Practice requirements
- Experience mentoring or providing technical guidance to other engineers
- Strong analytical, communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
- Professional fluency in English
Clario Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Clario and has not been reviewed or approved by Clario.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is described as generous, including flexible PTO for some roles and up to 26–31 PTO days for eligible staff. The calendar includes 15 paid company holidays and a Winter Break.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare offerings include multiple medical plan options via Highmark with coordinated care navigation, plus dental and vision through established carriers. Employer HSA contributions and mental-health support broaden the package.
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Inclusive Benefits Coverage — Coverage highlights include domestic-partner eligibility, transgender-inclusive care, and HIV prevention/treatment. These inclusive elements are presented alongside broader inclusion commitments.
Clario Insights
What We Do
-- Clario has been named a Top Workplace by Energage for the 2022 Top Workplaces USA national awards. -- Clario generates the richest clinical evidence by fusing our deep scientific expertise and global scale into the broadest endpoint technology platform. By doing this, we empower our partners to transform lives. With almost 50 years of experience, 19,000 clinical trials, and 870 regulatory approvals, Clario has mastered the ability to generate rich evidence across a Trial Anywhere™ portfolio: decentralized (DCT), hybrid and site-based clinical trials. With 30 facilities in nine countries across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, Clario delivers the power of certainty. Partners ————— Clario brings the best of ERT and Bioclinica together to work alongside our partners to solve some of their biggest questions on topics such as: - eCOA vs. paper - Decentralized Clinical Trial (DCT) - Rescue a clinical trial - Broad endpoint technology: cardiac safety, imaging, respiratory And many more. People ———— We are so honoured to be named a 2022 Top Workplace by Energage. One of our leading values at Clario is People First Always. We help individuals build meaningful careers at Clario as they serve to help transform patients lives. Join us on this journey and check out our careers page: https://clario.com/careers/
