Consulting
Playwright consultant for faster, more reliable test automation
Fixed-scope help for engineering leaders whose test automation is slow, flaky or no longer trusted, and who want release decisions backed by evidence. Delivered by Qambar Raza (Uncle Aaroh): Microsoft MVP, former BBC Principal Test Engineer and LinkedIn Learning Playwright instructor. Remote, or on site in the UK and Europe.
- Microsoft MVP, Developer Technologies
- LinkedIn Learning instructor, 90,000+ learners
- Stanford Code in Place section leader
- Former BBC Principal Test Engineer
- 20+ years in software engineering
Two bounded engagements
Defined scope, deliverables and time commitment, so you know what you are buying before anyone starts. Each is priced as a fixed quote once the scope is agreed on a 30-minute call.
Diagnostic, two weeks, part-time
AI Quality & Engineering Productivity Diagnostic
Where is delivery friction coming from, and is your AI adoption helping or hiding it? An evidence-based assessment with a prioritised improvement plan.
- Interviews
- Up to 8 stakeholder interviews (engineering, QA, product, delivery), 45 minutes each
- Scope
- One product team or up to 3 repositories; larger scopes quoted separately
- You provide
- Read access to repositories and CI, recent pipeline and defect data, current test strategy documents, access to interviewees
- Deliverables
- Written assessment across delivery flow, test strategy, automation effectiveness and AI tool usage; a scored maturity view; a prioritised 90-day improvement plan; a 60-minute readout to leadership
- Your time
- About 8 hours across the two weeks, plus the readout
- Not included
- Implementation of the plan, tool procurement, hands-on code changes (see the Sprint)
For: Heads of Engineering and QA who have been asked "why is delivery slow?" and want an answer backed by evidence.
Enquire about the Diagnostic
Pilot sprint, five working days
Playwright Modernisation Sprint
A focused pilot that gives your team a migration strategy, reference implementation and measurable path to a faster, more reliable test suite.
- Scope
- One repository or test suite; migration from Selenium, Cypress or legacy Playwright patterns
- You provide
- Repository and CI access, a representative slice of the suite (typically 10 to 20 tests), one engineer as counterpart
- Deliverables
- Migration strategy document; framework architecture (fixtures, structure, configuration); reference implementation of the agreed slice in your repository; CI configuration for parallel runs; a measured before-and-after on the slice; two enablement sessions
- Your time
- Counterpart engineer available about 2 hours a day; two 90-minute team sessions
- Not included
- Migrating the whole suite (quoted after the pilot), ongoing maintenance, infrastructure changes outside CI configuration
For: Teams losing time to slow feedback, flaky results and automation they cannot confidently trust.
Enquire about the Sprint
Need training rather than hands-on help? See Playwright and AI agent testing training. Remote, or on site in the UK and Europe. Prices exclude VAT.
Problems this usually starts with
- A Playwright, Selenium or Cypress suite that is slow, flaky, or no longer trusted by the people who have to act on it.
- A migration to Playwright that has stalled, or one that nobody wants to start without a reference implementation.
- Leadership asking "why is delivery slow?" and getting opinions instead of evidence.
- AI coding assistants or AI agents being adopted faster than the team can prove they are helping.
- An AI agent about to act on users' behalf, with nobody sure how to sign it off. For that, start with the free guide to testing AI agents with Playwright or the 2-minute scorecard.
How Qambar works
Evidence, not vibes. Every recommendation comes with the data behind it, and every change comes with a measured before-and-after.
Qambar Raza has 20+ years in software engineering across development, test automation, quality engineering and engineering leadership. As a Principal Test Engineer at the BBC he was responsible for testing strategy on national-scale services. He is a Microsoft MVP in Developer Technologies and teaches Playwright to more than 90,000 learners on LinkedIn Learning. He speaks on AI testing at BCS SIGiST and SEETEST 2026. Views on this site are his own; he is not affiliated with Microsoft's Playwright team.
Book a 30-minute discovery call
Describe the suite, the pipeline and what "better" would look like. You will get a recommendation on which engagement fits, and a fixed quote.
Email uncleaaroh@gmail.com
Frequently asked questions
Do you work remotely or on site?
Both. Engagements run remotely for teams anywhere, or on site in the UK and Europe.
How long does a Playwright consulting engagement take?
The Playwright Modernisation Sprint is five working days on one repository or suite. The AI Quality and Engineering Productivity Diagnostic is two weeks, part-time. Larger scopes are quoted after the pilot.
Can you migrate our Selenium or Cypress tests to Playwright?
The Sprint delivers a migration strategy, framework architecture and a reference implementation of a representative slice (typically 10 to 20 tests) in your repository, with a measured before-and-after. Migrating the whole suite is quoted after the pilot.
What does it cost?
Each engagement is a fixed quote once the scope is agreed on a 30-minute call. Prices exclude VAT.
What access do you need?
For the Sprint: repository and CI access, a representative slice of the suite and one engineer as counterpart. For the Diagnostic: read access to repositories and CI, recent pipeline and defect data, current test strategy documents and access to interviewees.
Can you help us test an AI agent before release?
Yes. The one-day AI Agent Testing Workshop teaches your team to prove what an agent actually did, with Playwright evidence. Ongoing evaluation work is scoped through the Diagnostic.
Qambar Raza (Uncle Aaroh)
Manchester-based software engineer and test automation specialist. Taught Stanford's CS106A Python course as a Code in Place section leader (2023). Microsoft MVP in Developer Technologies, LinkedIn Learning instructor with 90,000+ learners across multiple courses, former BBC Principal Test Engineer, and speaker at BCS SIGiST and SEETEST 2026. Views are his own; he is not affiliated with Microsoft's Playwright team.