Role Overview

As a Quality Assurance Automation Engineer, you will play a key role in building, scaling, and maintaining automated testing solutions that ensure the delivery of reliable, high‑quality software. You’ll work hands-on with automation frameworks, collaborate across engineering and product teams, and help shape our test strategy through continuous improvement and innovation.

Responsibilities

Automation Framework & Environment

• Set up, configure, and maintain test automation environments, frameworks, and supporting tools.

• Architect, design, and develop modular, reusable, and extensible automated test harnesses and scripts.

• Maintain and expand automation infrastructure to support UI, API, integration, and performance testing.

Test Development & Execution

• Develop accurate, efficient, and scalable automated test cases that support functional, regression, and performance testing.

• Build and manage a comprehensive test automation library mapped to requirements and regression needs.

• Evaluate and execute automated suites across multiple environments and platforms.

Quality Advocacy & Collaboration

• Participate in design and requirements reviews, providing insights on testability, automation feasibility, and quality risks.

• Work closely with developers, product managers, and QA teammates to identify defects, clarify requirements, and ensure alignment on test coverage.

• Communicate test estimates, progress, risks, and blockers clearly and proactively.

Defect Management & Documentation

• Identify, document, track, and retest defects with clear, concise reporting.

• Create and maintain test documentation including test plans, procedures, and coverage analyses.

• Assist with manual functional, regression, and integration testing when necessary to support product releases.

Operational Support

• Participate in a rotational on‑call schedule, occasionally requiring availability outside standard business hours.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience.

• 1+ year of experience developing and executing automated test scripts.

• 1+ year of experience writing and executing manual test cases and test plans.

• Solid understanding of software QA best practices, testing methodologies, and SDLC.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and non‑technical teams.

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities with a focus on identifying gaps, risks, and root causes.

• Ability to interpret business requirements and translate them into test cases, scenarios, and automation opportunities.

• High attention to detail with strong documentation and organizational skills.

• Ability to work both independently and within highly collaborative, deadline‑driven teams.

Preferred

• Experience with structured or Agile delivery methodologies.

• Experience across web, desktop, or mobile applications built with technologies such as Java, .NET, JavaScript, Linux, and relational databases.

• Working knowledge of where and how test automation is best applied, including maintenance strategies.

• Hands-on experience with Selenium or equivalent automation tools.

• Ability to interpret and write scripting languages (e.g., JavaScript) used within automation frameworks.

• Familiarity with Node.js, XPath, and web element identification techniques.

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