Staff Engineer - Automation

American Eagle Outfitters • Pittsburgh, PA

2d • Remote

About The Position

AEO Employment Services CO LLC seeks a Staff Engineer – Automation to develop and maintain automated testing strategies for large-scale enterprise retail systems. The role develops reusable automation libraries for microservices, REST APIs, and UI testing; drives consistent Test Driven Development (TDD) and QA practices across teams; supports quality standards through code reviews and CI/CD integration; creates test strategies and scripts aligned with requirements; and ensures appropriate version control, code merging, and review workflows.

This is a fully remote position, and the employee may work from anywhere in the United States. Periodic in-person presence is required at a Pittsburgh or NYC headquarters, distribution center, or field location for interviews, orientation, and quarterly meetups.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Five years of post-baccalaureate, progressively responsible experience in a related quality engineering position.
• Three years of experience developing UI/API automation frameworks for e-commerce and retail platforms to validate core functionality.
• Three years of experience using Selenium, Java, Spring, and the BDD tools Cucumber and JBehave to validate complex workflows across web and mobile channels.
• Three years of experience developing and executing tests for microservices and REST APIs supporting retail functions such as order processing, product search, cart, and checkout.
• Three years of experience designing test strategies, writing detailed test cases, and executing tests to verify business logic across multi-channel retail platforms.
• Three years of experience using Java and Spring Boot for test development and Maven or Gradle for build automation.
• Three years of experience using Bamboo or Jenkins for version control and CI/CD pipelines.
• Three years of experience writing SQL queries and scripts to validate data integrity in PostgreSQL and MongoDB databases for product updates and order creation status.
• Three years of experience working in GCP or AWS cloud environments for serverless deployments and build-status monitoring.
• Three years of experience leading automation discussions with developers, QA, and other stakeholders and advising on appropriate automation solutions.
• Experience requirements may be met concurrently.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain reusable automation libraries for microservices, REST APIs, and UI testing.
• Drive consistent Test Driven Development (TDD) and QA practices across teams.
• Ensure quality standards through code reviews and CI/CD integration.
• Create test strategies and scripts aligned with requirements.
• Ensure appropriate version control, code merging, and review workflows.
• Lead automation discussions with developers, QA, and other stakeholders, and advise on appropriate automation solutions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior