Senior QA Automation Engineer

Senior Automation Engineer

0 manualTrue full stack automation - UI automation is importantDirect Hire100% remote - working PST hours

Responsibilities:

• 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.

Experience/Requirements:

• 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.
• 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.