QA Automation Engineer

Overview

We are seeking a Software QA Automation Engineer to play a key role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of a new platform. This individual will work closely with developers, product owners, and release teams to design, build, and maintain scalable automated testing solutions across web applications, APIs, messaging systems, and production environments.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in Java-based test automation, CI/CD practices, API testing, and Agile software development, with experience supporting high-volume, customer-facing applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate in the development of user stories by defining testing strategies, identifying automation opportunities, and providing effort estimates.
• Design, document, and maintain comprehensive test strategies, test plans, and test scenarios.
• Develop and execute automated and manual testing across:
  • Unit Testing
  • Component Testing
  • Integration Testing
  • Acceptance Testing
  • Load and Performance Testing
  • Security Testing
  • Scalability Testing
  • Usability Testing
  • Platform Testing
• Build, enhance, and maintain automated test frameworks and test suites.
• Execute automated tests across multiple environments and CI/CD pipelines.
• Analyze test results, troubleshoot failures, and identify root causes.
• Partner closely with software developers to ensure applications are thoroughly tested and automation-ready.
• Perform code reviews to promote quality, consistency, and reusability of automation assets.
• Create detailed defect reports and validate fixes through regression and automated testing.
• Present test results and quality metrics to support production release approvals.
• Coordinate with QA, Development, Operations, NOC, and Release Management teams throughout the software delivery lifecycle.
• Perform exploratory testing to uncover edge cases, unexpected behaviors, and additional test coverage opportunities.
• Contribute to the ongoing improvement of QA automation frameworks, coding standards, and best practices.
• Participate in Major Incident and Emergency Change reviews to identify opportunities for preventative automated testing.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 7+ years of software quality assurance experience, preferably within Agile development environments.
• 5+ years of hands-on Java development and automation experience.
• Strong experience with test automation frameworks and tools including:
  • Selenium WebDriver
  • Playwright
  • Cucumber/Gherkin
  • Java
• Experience with API test automation using:
  • Spring Boot
  • Rest Assured
  • GraphQL
  • Postman
• Experience testing messaging and event-driven architectures utilizing:
  • Kafka
  • RabbitMQ
  • ActiveMQ (AMQ)
  • Other JMS-based messaging platforms
• Experience with source control systems including Git.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and processes, preferably Jenkins and Jenkins X.
• Experience creating SQL queries for test data preparation, validation, and troubleshooting.
• Experience using defect management tools such as JIRA.
• Strong manual testing and exploratory testing capabilities.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced Agile environment while managing multiple priorities.