Senior QA Automation Engineer
About The Position
Great Gray is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to join its Technology team and champion software quality and reliability. The role focuses on building and maintaining automated testing solutions and integrating them into the development process. As a key member of a cross-functional agile delivery team, the engineer will help define quality standards and support the team’s accountability for its outcomes. The position is based in Great Gray’s Boston, Massachusetts office under a hybrid work model: four days onsite and one day remote. Visa sponsorship or transfer is not available; applicants must be authorized to work for any U.S. employer without sponsorship or transfer.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of testing and automation experience, including responsibility for test design and development.
- Proficiency with Cypress, Selenium, or Playwright for UI automation.
- Experience testing REST/Web APIs using tools such as Postman, SoapUI, or JMeter.
- Knowledge of performance and load testing methodologies and techniques.
- Basic understanding of relational database testing with SQL Server, including the ability to write SQL queries and manipulate datasets.
- Working knowledge of cloud-hosted web applications and CI/CD integration.
- Demonstrate the company’s core values: Growth Mindset, Disciplined Curiosity, Grit, Results Ownership, and Collaboration.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree and at least 7 years of testing and automation experience.
- Experience building test suites from scratch and integrating them into CI/CD pipelines.
- Extensive experience with cloud-based, multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
- Fintech experience, including knowledge of security, compliance, and regulatory procedures and processes.
- Experience with both Azure and AWS.
- Proficiency with React, Angular, and C#-based platforms.
- Experience with SQL automation and test data management.
- Experience using containers such as Docker for test isolation.
- Experience working on cross-functional software engineering teams with nearshore and offshore components.
- Ability to thrive amid ambiguity in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
- Entrepreneurial mindset and willingness to bring best-practice ideas to the team.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with developers, product managers, and stakeholders to define testing objectives, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Design and architect automated test suites, tailoring solutions to business needs.
- Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines to improve efficiency and deployment outcomes.
- Develop and maintain an organized testing strategy that supports a reliable development and deployment environment.
- Triage and troubleshoot bugs, refining testing strategies to improve defect detection.
- Perform functional and non-functional testing, including performance, load, and security testing.
- Conduct manual testing as needed to complement automated coverage and validate edge cases.
- Serve as the business expert in a fast-paced, cross-functional scrum team.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package.
- Group medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Employer-paid life and disability insurance.
- Annual well-being stipend.
- Eligible employees may contribute to a 401(k) plan with an advantageous employer contribution model.
- Participation in an annual incentive bonus plan.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
