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Join one of the fastest growing, most dynamic companies in the furniture industry. For over 25 years, Four Hands has been a leading designer and wholesaler of furniture and décor, helping people create spaces that feel like home.  Recognized on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies and named one of Austin’s Top Workplaces year after year. We invest in exceptional people — with a team of over 800 and growing — fostering our employees’ careers and celebrating them at every step of the way. Four Hands is where passion meets purpose and where your next chapter begins. The QA Automation Engineer/SDET will play a key role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our software products by designing, developing, and executing scalable automated test suites. Leveraging hands-on experience with Playwright, cross-browser testing tools such as BrowserStack, and modern CI/CD practices, you will help strengthen automation coverage and improve testing efficiency. This role will contribute to advancing our automation frameworks and driving quality across the entire software development lifecycle.   In This Role   Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites using Playwright, ensuring strong coverage for functional, regression, and end-to-end scenarios   Execute cross-browser and cross-device testing using tools like BrowserStack or similar platforms   Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, Azure DevOps) to support continuous testing and faster releases   Collaborate with QA and development teams to convert manual test cases into reliable automated scripts   Develop and run API and integration tests to validate system interactions and data flows.   Investigate and resolve automation test failures, improving framework reliability and stability   Work with DevOps to maintain test environments aligned with production   Contribute to code reviews and continuous improvement of automation practices   Other duties as assigned, in accordance with training and qualifications   Uphold the Core Values and be a valuable member of the Four Hands Team    Be open and honest   Reach for excellence   Act with responsibility   Value the whole person   Enjoy the journey       The Ideal Person     5+ years of hands-on experience designing, developing, and maintaining test automation frameworks and supporting infrastructure as an Automation Engineer or SDET   4+ years of experience in modern UI test automation using Playwright (JavaScript/TypeScript preferred) or similar frameworks   3+ years of experience in API, contract, and performance/load testing using tools such as Postman, REST Assured, k6, JMeter, or similar   Hands-on experience executing cross-browser and cross-device testing using cloud platforms such as BrowserStack or similar tools   Proven ability to design and build scalable, maintainable automation frameworks from the ground up, focusing on reliability and reusability   Experience integrating automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or similar   Proficient in Git for version control and collaborative development workflows   Experience working with Jira or similar issue tracking systems for defect management and traceability   Strong experience testing complex distributed systems and multi-component data pipelines, ensuring end-to-end validation   Demonstrated ability to evaluate testing tools, conduct proof-of-concepts (POCs), and recommend automation solutions that improve quality and efficiency   Self-motivated with s