Remote Software Automation Engineer Jobs
Remote software automation engineer jobs are open across the U.S. at remote-first companies and distributed engineering teams in sectors including software, fintech, and healthcare technology. Employers hiring right now include Jack Henry & Associates, Coalition, and Keysight Technologies. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Complex Systems
Learning New Technologies
REQ#: RQ232185
Public Trust: Other
Requisition Type: Pipeline
Your Impact
Own your opportunity to work alongside federal civilian agencies. Make an impact by delivering solutions that improve citizen services millions depends on.
Job Description
Transform technology into opportunity as a Senior Software Engineer (AI & Automation) at GDIT. Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career.
MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
As a Senior Software Engineer (AI & Automation), the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of the United States Postal Service through the application of agentic AI to the software development lifecycle.
- Work in a unique environment and stack, offering challenging problems and interesting opportunities
- Deliver new features and improve reliability of our core services including the major read/write paths for customer intake, application screening, and information dissemination
- Help identify system bottlenecks or flaws in business logic and work with the team to address them
- Take ownership over product problems, develop solutions you're proud of, and prove through data that they deliver impact Work across the stack to solve problems
- - there is no reliance on another engineer or team to get something done for you
- Mentor junior developers and contribute to the technical growth of the team
- Communicate technical decisions and trade-offs effectively within your team
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
Required Experience:
- 8+ years of hands-on AI software development experience
Evidence of Engineering Accomplishment:
- Demonstrated track record of delivering impactful, production ready, software solutions of varying complexity
- Experience designing and implementing components of distributed systems (multi-tier architectures) including storage layers, caching layers, and application layers
- Working experience with microservice architectures, with exposure to high-throughput systems
- Familiarity with system transformation patterns and ability to contribute to modernization efforts
Technical Excellence:
- Strong proficiency in Java
- Solid understanding of cloud engineering paradigms, asynchronous systems, and service integration patterns
- Working knowledge of design patterns, reliability, and scaling principles
- Ability to contribute to architectural discussions and system design
Ownership, Collaboration, & Communication:
- Demonstrated propensity for taking ownership of problems and their solutions
- Quality driven, owns their output from communication, to code, to documentation
- Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to teammates and stakeholders
- Experience mentoring peers or junior developers
- Willingness to advocate for sound engineering practices within your team
Adaptability & Growth:
- Track record of learning and adapting to new technologies, frameworks, and methodologies
- Demonstrated embrace of AI and automation tools to enhance productivity and engineering outcomes
- Comfort with ambiguity and willingness to venture into new problem domains
Security Clearance Level
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting.
- This position has a U.S. residency requirement. The USPS security clearance process requires the selected candidate to have resided in the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for the last five years as follows: U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 6 months consecutively in the last 3 years (unless they meet certain exceptions). Non-U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 90 days consecutively in the last 3 years.
Location
- Remote
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
- Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
- Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
- Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, competitive pay and paid time off
- Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
- Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace
OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career in software development at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your dedication to advancing innovation.
#zxc726
Work Requirements
8 + years of related experience
- may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree
Less than 10%
Salary and Benefit Information
The likely salary range for this position is $128,039 - $173,229. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Our Identity Verification Process
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.
About Our Work
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.
Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at gdit.com/tc.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Complex Systems
Learning New Technologies
REQ#: RQ232185
Public Trust: Other
Requisition Type: Pipeline
Your Impact
Own your opportunity to work alongside federal civilian agencies. Make an impact by delivering solutions that improve citizen services millions depends on.
Job Description
Transform technology into opportunity as a Senior Software Engineer (AI & Automation) at GDIT. Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career.
MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
As a Senior Software Engineer (AI & Automation), the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of the United States Postal Service through the application of agentic AI to the software development lifecycle.
- Work in a unique environment and stack, offering challenging problems and interesting opportunities
- Deliver new features and improve reliability of our core services including the major read/write paths for customer intake, application screening, and information dissemination
- Help identify system bottlenecks or flaws in business logic and work with the team to address them
- Take ownership over product problems, develop solutions you're proud of, and prove through data that they deliver impact Work across the stack to solve problems
- - there is no reliance on another engineer or team to get something done for you
- Mentor junior developers and contribute to the technical growth of the team
- Communicate technical decisions and trade-offs effectively within your team
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
Required Experience:
- 8+ years of hands-on AI software development experience
Evidence of Engineering Accomplishment:
- Demonstrated track record of delivering impactful, production ready, software solutions of varying complexity
- Experience designing and implementing components of distributed systems (multi-tier architectures) including storage layers, caching layers, and application layers
- Working experience with microservice architectures, with exposure to high-throughput systems
- Familiarity with system transformation patterns and ability to contribute to modernization efforts
Technical Excellence:
- Strong proficiency in Java
- Solid understanding of cloud engineering paradigms, asynchronous systems, and service integration patterns
- Working knowledge of design patterns, reliability, and scaling principles
- Ability to contribute to architectural discussions and system design
Ownership, Collaboration, & Communication:
- Demonstrated propensity for taking ownership of problems and their solutions
- Quality driven, owns their output from communication, to code, to documentation
- Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to teammates and stakeholders
- Experience mentoring peers or junior developers
- Willingness to advocate for sound engineering practices within your team
Adaptability & Growth:
- Track record of learning and adapting to new technologies, frameworks, and methodologies
- Demonstrated embrace of AI and automation tools to enhance productivity and engineering outcomes
- Comfort with ambiguity and willingness to venture into new problem domains
Security Clearance Level
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting.
- This position has a U.S. residency requirement. The USPS security clearance process requires the selected candidate to have resided in the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for the last five years as follows: U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 6 months consecutively in the last 3 years (unless they meet certain exceptions). Non-U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 90 days consecutively in the last 3 years.
Location
- Remote
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
- Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
- Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
- Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, competitive pay and paid time off
- Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
- Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace
OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career in software development at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your dedication to advancing innovation.
#zxc726
Work Requirements
8 + years of related experience
- may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree
Less than 10%
Salary and Benefit Information
The likely salary range for this position is $128,039 - $173,229. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Our Identity Verification Process
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.
About Our Work
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.
Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at gdit.com/tc.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote software automation engineer jobs.
- Proficiency in test automation frameworks such as Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright
- Experience writing automation scripts in Python, Java, or TypeScript
- Hands-on work with CI/CD tools including Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI
- Familiarity with API testing tools such as Postman or REST Assured
- Understanding of Agile or Scrum development workflows and sprint-based testing cycles
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field
Tips for Your Remote Software Automation Engineer Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote software automation engineer openings from across the U.S. in one place so you can find roles that match your stack and experience level and apply directly without sorting through non-remote results.
Show your async communication skills upfront
Remote automation teams rely on written handoffs and documented test strategies. Include links to README files, test plans, or bug reports in your application materials so hiring managers can see how you communicate in writing before the first interview.
Build a public automation portfolio on GitHub
Remote employers can't observe your day-to-day work, so your public repositories do the talking. Maintain active projects that demonstrate framework design, CI/CD integration, and readable test architecture using tools like Cypress, Playwright, or Pytest.
Prepare for async-first remote interviews
Many remote engineering teams use take-home automation assessments or recorded video screens before live interviews. Practice writing clean, well-commented test code under time constraints and expect to explain your architectural decisions in writing as well as verbally.
Remote Software Automation Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote software automation engineer job?
Remote employers hiring software automation engineers screen heavily for self-direction and async written communication, not just technical skills. Strong candidates demonstrate proficiency with automation frameworks like Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright, CI/CD pipelines, and clear documentation habits. Remote-first companies and distributed product teams are the most active hirers, so targeting roles at companies built around remote work from the start gives you a real edge.
Which companies hire remote software automation engineers?
Employers currently hiring remote software automation engineers include Jack Henry & Associates, Coalition, and Keysight Technologies, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Remote-first software companies, distributed fintech teams, and healthcare technology organizations are among the most consistent hirers of this role in a fully remote setting.
Can you get a remote software automation engineer job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level roles are harder to land because employers expect you to work independently without close supervision from day one. Candidates who build public automation projects, contribute to open-source test frameworks, or earn recognized certifications in tools like Selenium or Postman give remote hiring managers something concrete to evaluate when professional experience is thin.
Do you need a degree for remote software automation engineer jobs?
Not always. Many remote employers prioritize demonstrated skill over formal credentials for software automation engineers. A strong portfolio of automation scripts, CI/CD pipeline work, or published test frameworks carries real weight, particularly at remote-first companies and startups that evaluate candidates on output rather than credentials.
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