Senior Quality Engineer - Automation Engineering
About The Position
The Senior Quality Engineer carries out procedures to ensure that all information systems products and services meet organization standards and end-user requirements. The Senior Quality Engineer work assignments involve moderately complex to complex issues where the analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Quality Engineer with Automation expertise who is passionate about building modern quality engineering solutions and driving innovation in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. This role is ideal for Team player and a hands-on automation leader who thrives on solving complex problems and can iteratively deliver high-quality software through scalable automation. The Senior Quality Engineer will design, develop, and maintain automated test solutions that improve software quality, reduce manual effort, and support reliable product releases. This individual will partner closely with Engineering, Product Management, Business Analysis, Project Management, DevOps, and Quality Engineering teams to build scalable test coverage across functional, regression, integration, and API testing. The role also uses AI-assisted tools to accelerate test design, execution, maintenance, and analysis. The ideal candidate combines strong automation expertise, with analytical thinking, attention to detail, sound judgment, and a continuous improvement in mindset. This role will also leverage AI responsibly and effectively throughout the software quality lifecycle.
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience in Quality Assurance and Test Automation with a demonstrated track record of team leadership and building automation from the ground up.
- 12+ Expertise in End-to-End User Acceptance Testing (UAT), functional testing, black box testing and overall software quality practices.
- 12+ Experience with test management and defect tracking tools such as qTest, Azure, or equivalent platforms.
- 10+ Experience with automation frameworks such as Selenium, Cypress, and/or Playwright.
- 10 + Experience with one of the following languages: Python, Typescript, Java, or JavaScript
- 8+ Experience developing automated tests for APIs in scripting or programming languages.
- 8+ Experience with API automation frameworks such as Pytest or REST Assured, or similar tools.
Nice To Haves
- Experience leveraging AI-powered development and testing tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, Playwright, or similar technologies for test development.
- Experience using Eclipse or other IDE tools for development and debugging.
- Experience with distributed version control systems such as GitHub or Bitbucket.
- Familiarity with code quality governance tools such as Sonar, FindBugs, or Checkmarx.
- Experience in Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience in Azure Databricks, Postgres
- Experience establishing and reporting quality engineering metrics such as test coverage, automation coverage, flake rate, false positive rate, and mean time to detect and mean time to triage.
Responsibilities
- Define and implement automation framework and strategy at each layer of the testing pyramid, including unit, integration, API, and end-to-end testing.
- Develop and maintain automated tests to help ensure high test coverage and fast feedback on defects.
- Help define the test architecture across all test frameworks and tooling.
- Manage test strategy, product testing, and planning within your sprint team.
- Create testing-related documentation including test plans and test cases.
- Find and report bugs and track these to resolution in a timely manner.
- Collaborate with the Product team to provide valuable insight and input to help create impactful features.
- Provide clear test results to Development and Product teams to help manage project expectations and track progress.
- Utilize AI tools like Playwright MCP, Claude, and Copilot to realize efficiencies in your daily work.
- Maintain and refine quality metrics to help track and communicate overall product health.
- Drive QA release process, activities, and work to unblock issues with collaboration from engineering and product teams.
- Partner closely with developers and architects on design discussions to ensure testability, automation coverage, and quality gates are built in from the start (shift-left).
- Drive modernization initiatives by enabling faster, safer integrations through automated testing of APIs and foundational services, integrated into CI/CD.
- Improve platform stability, performance, and resilience by building automated checks (functional, contract, performance) and proactively identifying risks before they reach production.
- Support modernization of legacy components, ensuring compliance, risk remediation, and industry leading quality standards are maintained.
- Own automation outcomes and look for continuous improvements for test automation stability and coverage. Partner with all QA teams, pairing with engineers, contributing code, and ensuring every sprint ships with reliable automated coverage.
- Lead through influence by fostering collaboration, providing constructive feedback, and elevating team performance.
- Serve as a trusted technical partner who helps shape engineering, quality, and delivery decisions across the organization.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision benefits
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave)
- short-term and long-term disability
- life insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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