Senior Software QA Engineer (Manual + Automation)
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Job Location:
Burlington - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 115000 - 144000
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
At Azenta new ideas new technologies and new ways of thinking are driving our future. Our customer focused culture encourages employees to embrace innovation and challenge the status quo with novel thinking and collaborative work relationships.
All we accomplish is grounded in our core values of Customer Focus Achievement Accountability Teamwork Employee Value and Integrity
Job Title
Senior Software QA Engineer (Manual Automation)Job Description
Position Summary
We are seeking multiple Senior Software QA Engineers with strong capabilities across manual automation and performance testing to join our growing global digital team. These are individual contributor roles that will work across web properties applications and platform layers to ensure quality scalability and reliability from the ground up.
The ideal candidate is experienced in full-stack QA workflows can build and execute end-to-end test strategies and is capable of standing up frameworks tooling and processes. This is a hybrid QA role designed for engineers who thrive in fast-paced 0-to-1 environments and want to contribute to building a world-class testing discipline.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and execute test plans test cases and scripts across functional regression integration system exploratory and performance test types
- Lead the creation and maintenance of automation frameworks using modern tools (e.g. Cypress Playwright Selenium) and scripting languages (JavaScript Python Java etc.)
- Test across platforms including web mobile API and cloud-based applications
- Conduct performance testing using tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner
- Collaborate with Developers Product Managers and Designers in an Agile environment to define QA requirements early in the development lifecycle
- Contribute to CI/CD testing integration using Jenkins GitLab CI or similar tools
- Implement and champion QA best practices documentation standards and defect tracking protocols
- Partner with engineering and product teams to evaluate release readiness identify risk and support sign-off on production releases
- Evaluate and propose modern or AI-enhanced testing tools to improve automation coverage and test efficiency
- Participate in building test coverage across complex data-driven AI-enabled and enterprise-scale SaaS products
Required Qualifications
- 5 years of experience in software QA engineering with a blend of manual and automation expertise
- Strong coding ability in at least one scripting language (e.g. JavaScript Python Java)
- Proficiency with modern QA tools such as Cypress Selenium Playwright Postman JUnit/TestNG etc.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools and test integration (e.g. Jenkins GitLab CI CircleCI)
- Experience testing across full-stack environments (React Node AWS etc.)
- Familiarity with testing APIs browser-based applications and responsive UIs
- Excellent analytical troubleshooting and documentation skills
- Proven ability to contribute in a global Agile environment working across distributed teams (US EMEA APAC)
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience building or scaling QA processes and frameworks from scratch
- Familiarity with performance testing tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner
- Knowledge of accessibility testing standards (WCAG ARIA) security testing and regulated environments (e.g. HIPAA 21 CFR Part 11)
- Experience with data validation AI/ML testing or experimentation frameworks
- Background in life sciences enterprise SaaS IoT or e-commerce
- Experience with QA documentation tools like TestRail Zephyr or Xray
Top 612 Month Outcomes
- Establish test plans and automation coverage for all key user flows
- Migrate manual testing to automation across prioritized features
- Improve test coverage and reduce regression cycle times by 4060%
- Integrate testing into CI/CD pipeline for end-to-end releases
- Contribute to component library documentation and release validation
- Influence future state of QA tools and team structure as we scale
EOE M/F/Disabled/VET
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Azenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This company considers candidates regardless of race color age religion gender sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or veteran status.
United States Base Compensation: $115000.00 - $144000.00The posted pay range for this position is an estimate based on current market data and internal pay structure. Final compensation may vary above or below this range depending on factors such as experience education (including licensure and certifications) qualifications performance and geographic location among other relevant business or organizational needs.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Continuous Integration
- APIs
- Jenkins
- Junit
- Distributed Control Systems
- Testng
- GAMP
- Test Automation
- CI/CD
- Cucumber
- Programmable Logic Controllers
- Selenium
About Company
Azenta Life Sciences enterprise-wide sample exploration and management solutions accelerate discovery, development and delivery, with speed and precision.
