This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Test Automation Engineer based in the United States.
This role is centered on building and evolving high-quality test automation systems that ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of modern software applications. You will act as a key quality engineering contributor, designing automation frameworks, writing production-grade test code, and embedding testing deeply into CI/CD pipelines. The position spans UI, API, microservices, performance, and security testing within distributed environments. You will collaborate closely with developers, product teams, and architects to identify risks early and improve software quality throughout the development lifecycle. The environment is highly engineering-driven, emphasizing clean code, automation-first practices, and continuous improvement. This role also provides opportunities to influence testing strategy and mentor other engineers while working in a fast-moving Agile setting.
Accountabilities
- Design and develop scalable test automation frameworks for web, API, mobile, and microservice-based applications.
- Write and maintain production-quality automated test scripts using languages such as Java, Python, JavaScript, or C#, leveraging tools like Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, and RestAssured.
- Build and integrate automated testing pipelines within CI/CD systems such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
- Implement API contract testing, integration testing, and end-to-end validation across distributed systems.
- Develop performance and load testing suites using tools such as JMeter, Gatling, k6, or Locust.
- Incorporate security testing practices including SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, and OWASP-based validations.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define test strategy, identify risks, and improve shift-left testing practices.
- Analyze production issues and translate findings into automated regression and preventive test coverage.
- Mentor junior QA engineers and contribute to raising engineering standards across the team.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience in test automation engineering, SDET, or software quality engineering roles.
- Strong programming skills in at least one language such as Java, Python, JavaScript, or C#.
- Hands-on experience with UI automation frameworks such as Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright.
- Solid experience testing REST APIs and working with microservices architectures.
- Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and test automation integration practices.
- Experience with SQL and database validation in test scenarios.
- Deep under