Senior Test Automation Engineer

HJ Staffing•Houston, TX

About The Position

The Senior Test Automation Engineer will help build and scale the automated testing backbone that keeps software releases fast, stable, and defect-free. The role owns the design and development of automated test frameworks, partners with software developers and QA engineers on test strategy, and integrates test automation directly into CI/CD pipelines that ship production code. The position covers functional, regression, performance, and scalability testing, as well as test data and environment maintenance, defect and bottleneck analysis, production issue investigation, and contributions to build, test, and deployment automation. The engineer also participates in reviews and sprint planning to promote testability and quality from the start of feature development.

Requirements

  • Programming experience with C, C#, JavaScript, and VBScript.
  • Experience with Oracle, SQL Server, SQL, and T-SQL.
  • Experience with Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, and WebLoad.
  • Experience with TeamCity, Jenkins, GitLab, and Azure DevOps.
  • Working knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, and the full SDLC.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

Nice To Haves

  • Experience with LoadRunner, JMeter, UFT, and ALM / Quality Center.
  • Experience building test frameworks from scratch.
  • Experience with performance and load testing at scale.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks, tools, and scripts for functional, regression, performance, and scalability testing.
  • Collaborate with software developers and QA engineers to define test strategies, test cases, and acceptance criteria.
  • Execute automated test suites, analyze results, and identify defects and performance bottlenecks.
  • Build and maintain test data and test environments.
  • Participate in code reviews, design reviews, and sprint planning to drive testability and quality into features from day one.
  • Contribute to CI/CD pipelines that automate build, test, and deployment processes.
  • Investigate and troubleshoot production issues, identify root causes, and propose solutions.
  • Stay current on industry trends, best practices, and emerging test automation tools and techniques.
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