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Test Automation Engineer

Salary: $60,000-$80,000

Benefits include:

• Paid vacation, holiday and sick time
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance options
• 401(k)/profit sharing

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Position Overview

We are seeking a Test Automation Engineer to drive quality assurance and automation initiatives across web, mobile, and API platforms. This individual will play a key role in designing scalable automation solutions, expanding test coverage, improving release quality, and accelerating delivery through CI/CD integration. The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on automation expertise, a proactive quality mindset, and the ability to collaborate effectively with Product, Engineering, and QA teams in an Agile environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks for web, mobile, and API applications using tools such as Playwright, WebDriverIO, Appium, and related technologies.
• Develop and execute automated test coverage for functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing across multiple platforms.
• Create and maintain BDD test scenarios using Cucumber, SpecFlow, or similar frameworks, ensuring alignment and traceability to business and technical requirements.
• Build, integrate, and optimize automated tests within CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or equivalent tools.
• Perform API testing and automation using Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, Karate, and other API testing frameworks.
• Lead testing efforts for Android and iOS applications, including native, hybrid, and mobile web environments.
• Conduct cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross-device testing to ensure a consistent user experience across supported environments.
• Perform exploratory testing to uncover edge cases, usability concerns, and potential quality risks.
• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily standups, retrospectives, and release planning sessions.
• Collaborate with developers, business stakeholders, and QA team members to review requirements, test strategies, and acceptance criteria.
• Own defect management activities, including defect reporting, documentation, prioritization support, validation, and root cause analysis.
• Provide testing insights, quality metrics, and risk assessments to support Go/No-Go release decisions.
• Troubleshoot automation failures and continuously improve framework stability, performance, and maintainability.
• Evaluate emerging testing technologies, including AI-enabled testing solutions for test generation, execution optimization, and flakiness detection.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor//'s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• 3+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance and Test Automation.
• Hands-on experience developing and maintaining automation frameworks using Playwright, WebDriverIO, Appium, Selenium, or comparable technologies.
• Strong experience testing and automating web, mobile, and API applications.
• Proven experience testing and automating Android and iOS applications, including native, hybrid, and mobile web platforms.
• Hands-on experience with Appium or similar mobile automation solutions.
• Experience performing cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross-device testing across multiple operating systems, browsers, and mobile devices.
• Strong knowledge of API testing and automation using Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, Karate, REST Assured, or equivalent tools.
• Experience creating and maintaining BDD automation frameworks using Cucumber, SpecFlow, or similar technologies.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, or Python.
• Experience integrating automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies and software development lifecycle practices.
• Experience with defect tracking, test management, and release validation processes.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in DevOps and continuous delivery environments.
• Exposure to cloud-native, microservices, or distributed system architectures.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or containerized testing environments.
• Familiarity with performance, security, or accessibility testing practices.
• Exposure to AI-powered quality engineering tools, automated test generation, self-healing automation, or flakiness detection solutions.
• Experience mentoring junior QA or automation engineers.

Core Competencies

• Test Automation Framework Development
• Mobile Test Automation (Android & iOS)
• API Testing & Automation
• CI/CD Quality Engineering
• Agile Testing Practices
• Defect Management & Root Cause Analysis
• Cross-Platform Validation
• Release Readiness Assessment
• Continuous Improvement
• Stakeholder Collaboration

Success Measures

• Increased automation coverage across web, mobile, and API platforms.
• Improved test reliability and reduced flaky test occurrences.
• Faster feedback cycles through CI/CD integration.
• Reduced escaped defects and production incidents.
• Improved release confidence and software quality.
• Strong collaboration across Product, Engineering, and QA teams to deliver business-critical functionality successfully.