Sr. Test Automation Engineer

Job Description:
This position is remote within the US only.

Summary
Position is intended for highly skilled, experienced Test Automation Engineers with advanced knowledge of automated testing frameworks, tools, and practices. Primary focus is on developing, enhancing, and maintaining automated test suites and scalable automation environments. This individual, working with minimal supervision as an individual contributor, partners with business and technical subject matter experts to ensure project deliverables meet quality standards. They also advise and guide other Test Engineers and Software Engineers in automation practices and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test strategies, scripts, testcase suites and frameworks for functional, regression, API, UI, and integration testing.
• Design, build, and document reliable test and debug tools for yourself and other developers.
• Identify automation process improvements and enforce automation quality standards with a goal towards an overall high percentage of automation.
• Take part in Agile events to refine, estimate and deliver application features.
• Execute automated test suites and record results.
• Execute test cases manually when needed.
• May own framework components, CI/CD test stages, and/or test strategy for a service or domain.
• Document, track, and help resolve defects discovered during automated execution. Collaborate with developers to identify root causes and prevent recurrence.
• Work effectively with developers, technical SMEs, QA peers and business partners to ensure automation deliverables are met. Communicate regularly with IT management and cross functional teams.

Experience and Skills

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in test automation
• Experience building a test automation framework and creating test cases
• A successful track record of working within a team to launch enterprise products
• Comfortable with multiple automation testing categories including unit, API, end-to-end, regression, smoke and performance
• Skilled in a major test automation tool such as Pytest, Selenium, Cypress or Playwright
• Experience with testing tools such as Postman
• Excellent design, problem solving and debugging skills
• Experience in one or more of JavaScript, Typescript, or Node.js
• Experience with API testing
• Familiarity with DevOps practices
• Experience with CI/CD deployments, such as Azure DevOps
• Effective use of collaborative and productivity platforms such as Microsoft Teams 
• Proactive with a strong sense of ownership and responsibility
• Strong collaboration and communication skills with technical and non-technical peers
• Strong problem solving and organizational skills
• Experience in Agile methodologies

Preferred Credentials:

• Experience in Python, Pytest, and Postman
• Experience developing modern serverless solutions on AWS
• Experience with Azure DevOps pipelines
• Experience with new solution design and architecture
• Experience with CICD (Github actions, Azure DevOps pipelines)
• Experience with SQL/database

Education Required
College degree or equivalent work experience.
Typical Years of Experience
5-8 years of cumulative, relevant automation engineering experience.

Pay Range: $65.00 – $70.00 per hour, depending upon experience.
Health & Medical Benefits, 401K, Employee Assistance Program, and Sick Time applicable by state.