Senior QA Automation Engineer

Senior Automation Engineer

Collaborate with software engineers, developers, UI/UX designers, and QA team members to continuously improve product quality across all phases of the SDLC.

Serve as a full-stack Senior Automation Engineer within agile teams, designing and implementing automated tests using Selenium with Maven in IntelliJ, following industry-standard object-oriented design and Java coding practices.

Design, implement, and maintain automation for functional, integration, API, and back-end tests, including data validation (SQL), file uploads/downloads, email parsing, multi-browser testing, and security validations.

Develop advanced SQL queries for data integrity verification and automated test data creation.

Build and maintain automation frameworks within Docker containers, collaborating with DevOps to support scalable, consistent environments.

Partner with QA and DevOps teams to define and evolve the architecture, maintenance, and deployment of automation frameworks.

Implement and execute performance and load testing frameworks, and support analysis of test results.

Contribute to unit test strategies and collaborate with developers to strengthen application-level test coverage.

Establish and enforce object-oriented coding standards and conduct code reviews for QA automation projects.

Mentor and guide other automation engineers, fostering technical growth and best practices within the QA team.

Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve blocker issues arising from automated regression suites.

Research, define, and maintain requirements for test data management and environment configuration.

Review business and technical specifications to provide actionable QA feedback during design and development phases.

Support QA leadership in metrics collection, analysis, and reporting to measure automation effectiveness and quality trends.

Document, prioritize, manage defects, and facilitate bug triage and backlog grooming.

Participate actively in scrum ceremonies and other software lifecycle meetings, contributing as both an individual contributor and a collaborative team member.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in software quality assurance, with exposure to enterprise SaaS environments.
• At least 3+ years of hands-on test automation experience, including framework design and implementation.
• Prior experience as a Full Stack Automation Engineer or Software Engineer

Technical Expertise

• Proficient in Java or another object-oriented programming language; strong understanding of OOP principles and design patterns.
• Extensive experience developing automated tests using Selenium, Maven, IntelliJ, and TestNG.
• Experience with API and microservice testing using Rest Assured or comparable frameworks.
• Strong command of SQL for data validation, integrity checks, and test data creation.
• Working knowledge of JavaScript and PHP is a plus.
• Experience with distributed applications and AWS environments; familiarity with AWS GovCloud
• Hands-on experience with Docker; understanding of containerized test execution and automation within Docker environments.
• Experience with Agile development processes and the "whole-team" approach to testing.
• Familiarity with performance, load, and stress testing tools and frameworks.
• Strong working knowledge of Linux command-line utilities (e.g., Bash, PuTTY).

Tools & Practices

• Proficiency with Git for version control and JIRA or similar tools for issue tracking and workflow management.
• Experience designing, scaling, and refactoring enterprise-level automation frameworks.
• Ability to translate technical requirements and design specifications into detailed, maintainable test cases.
• Experience writing and integrating unit tests within automation frameworks.