Senior Software Automation Engineer (UI/API)
About The Position
We are seeking a hands-on Senior Software Automation Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable test automation solutions across web applications, APIs, and cloud-native platforms. This role will focus on creating reliable automation frameworks, improving test coverage, integrating quality gates into CI/CD pipelines, and enabling faster, higher-confidence releases. The ideal candidate combines strong technical automation skills with a solid understanding of software quality engineering principles and collaborative ways of working. This is a highly technical role requiring expertise in modern UI and API automation, cloud environments, and continuous testing practices.
Requirements
- 3-5 years of experience in software quality engineering or test automation
- Strong hands-on experience with Python
- Strong experience with Playwright for UI automation
- Experience using PyTest and automation framework development
- Strong understanding of API testing and REST services
- Experience with tools such as Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, or equivalent
- Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
- Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar automation platforms
- Working knowledge of AWS services and cloud-hosted applications
- Experience with test reporting and debugging production-quality systems
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, product, and QE teams
Nice To Haves
- Experience working in healthcare, insurance, or regulated environments
- Experience validating distributed systems and microservices architectures
- Familiarity with contract testing and service virtualization
- Exposure to performance or reliability testing
- Experience with container technologies such as Docker
- Familiarity with log analysis and monitoring tools such as Splunk, Datadog, Grafana, or CloudWatch
- Experience working with test data management and environment management
- Knowledge of AI-assisted testing tools and modern QE practices
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable UI and API automation frameworks
- Create automated test suites using Playwright, Python, and PyTest
- Develop and execute API automation tests for RESTful services
- Build reusable test utilities, libraries, and reporting capabilities
- Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar tools
- Partner closely with developers, product managers, and QE teams to define quality strategies and test coverage
- Perform root-cause analysis of failures and drive defect prevention
- Support test execution in AWS-hosted environments
- Validate application functionality, integrations, and end-to-end workflows
- Participate in requirements reviews, design discussions, and sprint activities
- Continuously improve automation reliability, maintainability, and execution efficiency
- Contribute to quality metrics, reporting, and release readiness assessments
- Promote quality engineering best practices across teams
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision coverage
- paid time off
- retirement savings options
- wellness programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
