Automation Engineer 5 (AI Accelerated API & UI Automation)

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed.  We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

Job Description

Job Description

The Automation Engineer is responsible for the analysis, design, testing, development, and maintenance of enterprise-grade automation solutions supporting API and UI testing. This individual will build scalable automation frameworks, leverage AI-assisted engineering practices, and integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines to enhance product quality, reliability, and delivery speed.

The role requires strong collaboration across engineering teams and adherence to U.S. Bank development, quality, and security standards to ensure a seamless customer experience.

Essential Responsibilities

• Design, develop, execute, and maintain automated test solutions across API (REST/GraphQL) and UI applications
• Build and enhance scalable, reusable automation frameworks optimized for performance and parallel execution
• Leverage AI-assisted tools (e.g., Playwright MCP) to accelerate test development, refactoring, debugging, and defect triage
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions/GHCP) to enable continuous testing and quality gates
• Analyze test failures, identify root causes, and improve test stability and reliability
• Collaborate closely with development teams to improve product testability and drive quality engineering practices
• Track, analyze, and report quality metrics such as automation coverage, test stability, and defect leakage
• Manage and scale test execution environments using Selenium Grid and distributed systems
• Ensure automation solutions comply with enterprise standards for security, performance, and maintainability
• Contribute to continuous improvement efforts by adopting emerging tools, technologies, and automation strategies

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
• 10 or more years of relevant experience with programming, automation, or software development processes

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Hands-on experience with modern test automation frameworks such as Playwright and Selenium
• Experience using AI-assisted tools to enhance automation development and debugging
• Strong expertise in API (REST/GraphQL) and UI/web automation testing
• Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript or similar programming languages
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or equivalent)
• Strong understanding of automation best practices including parallel execution, maintainability, and flaky test mitigation
• Experience managing distributed test environments (e.g., Selenium Grid) and test data strategies
• Familiarity with test management and reporting tools such as Practitest
• Experience working in Agile/DevOps environments with cross-functional engineering teams
• Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership through mentorship, code reviews, and best practice adoption

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

Benefits: 

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

• Basic term and optional term life insurance

• Short-term and long-term disability

• Pregnancy disability and parental leave

• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan

• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)

• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities

• Adoption assistance

• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

Review our full benefits available by employment status here.

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.

E-Verify

U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the E-Verify program.

The salary range reflects figures based on the primary location, which is listed first. The actual range for the role may differ based on the location of the role. In addition to salary, U.S. Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package, including incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase 401(k) contribution and pension (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Pay Range: $119,765.00 - $140,900.00

U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment. U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. U.S. Bank is subject to, and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). In addition, certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA, NMLS registration, Reg Z, Reg G, OFAC, the NFA, the FCPA, the Bank Secrecy Act, the SAFE Act, and/or federal guidelines applicable to an agreement, such as those related to ethics, safety, or operational procedures.

Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and related workplace conduct and safety policies.

Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.