Staff Engineer - Automation

American Eagle Outfitters • Pittsburgh, PA

1d • Remote

About The Position

AEO Employment Services CO LLC seeks a Staff Engineer – Automation to handle automated testing strategies for large-scale enterprise retail systems. This is a fully remote position; the employee may work 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.

The role develops and maintains reusable automation libraries for microservices, REST APIs, and UI testing; drives consistent Test Driven Development (TDD) and QA practices across teams; ensures quality standards through code reviews and CI/CD integration; creates test strategies and scripts aligned with requirements; and supports appropriate version control, code merging, and review workflows.

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 of 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 ensure business logic accuracy 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 utilizing 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 monitoring build status.
• Three years of experience leading automation discussions with developers, QA, and other stakeholders and advising on appropriate automation solutions. Experience may be concurrent.

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.
• Develop UI/API automation frameworks for e-commerce and retail platforms to validate core functionality.
• Use Selenium, Java, Spring, Cucumber, and JBehave to validate complex workflows across web and mobile channels.
• Develop and execute tests of microservices and REST APIs supporting retail functions such as order processing, product search, cart, and checkout.
• Design test strategies, write detailed test cases, and execute tests to verify business logic accuracy across multi-channel retail platforms.
• Use Java and Spring Boot for test development and Maven or Gradle for build automation.
• Use Bamboo or Jenkins for version control and CI/CD pipelines.
• Write SQL queries and scripts to validate data integrity in PostgreSQL and MongoDB databases for product updates and order creation status.
• Work in GCP or AWS cloud environments for serverless deployments and build-status monitoring.
• Lead automation discussions with developers, QA, and other stakeholders, and advise on appropriate automation solutions.

Benefits

• Health care benefits, including medical, vision, and dental, subject to eligibility requirements.
• Wellness benefits, subject to eligibility requirements.
• 401(k) retirement benefits, subject to eligibility requirements.
• Life and disability insurance, subject to eligibility requirements.
• Employee stock purchase program, subject to eligibility requirements.
• Paid time off and paid sick leave; availability and terms vary by job level and type, location, employment classification, and years of service.
• Parental leave and benefits, subject to eligibility requirements.
• Holiday pay; availability and terms vary by job level and type, location, employment classification, and years of service.
• Discretionary bonuses and other incentives may be provided at the company’s discretion.

What This Job Offers

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