Test Automation Engineer

Key Responsibilities
Architecture & Design
o Contribute to the design of scalable maintainable QA automation frameworks for API UI integration and
performance testing.
o Implement automated test scenarios across microservices APIs data workflows and distributed systems.
o Participate in design discussions to ensure testability document risks and propose automation strategies
aligned with engineering standards.
Engineering Excellence
o Produce clean reusable and maintainable automation scripts following best practices.
o Implement unit integration contract and E2E tests integrated with CI/CD pipelines.
o Conduct root-cause analysis for defects and drive preventive quality improvements.
o Perform debugging reliability analysis and optimization of automation suites.
Delivery & Operations
o Own test execution pipelines from development through deployment and monitoring.
o Create automated dashboards alerts and quality signals to validate release readiness.
o Collaborate in production issue investigations by building automated repros and validation scripts.
o Use logs metrics and synthetic testing to ensure reliability and performance regressions are detected early.
Collaboration & Leadership
o Collaborate with developers SRE product and security teams to define acceptance criteria and quality
measures.
o Break down complex testing requirements into automated scalable workflows.
o Mentor junior QA engineers and developers on automation patterns scripting and quality-first engineering.
o Promote a culture of quality continuous improvement and shared ownership of system reliability.
Compliance & Policy
o Ensure all QA processes adhere to HIPAA security and regulatory requirements.
o Follow secure testing practices including test data handling and compliance controls.
o Maintain audit-ready documentation for test plans coverage and quality controls.
Minimum Qualifications
Experience: 8 years of experience in QA automation SDET or software engineering roles focused on test
automation for distributed or cloud-based systems. Strong understanding of QA methodologies test design and
systems validation.
Programming & Frameworks: Proficiency 8/C# Python or TypeScript for automation scripting.
Hands-on experience with Selenium Playwright Cypress REST API automation and integration testing
frameworks.
Cloud & DevOps: Experience running tests in AWS environments with strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines
using Azure DevOps: Familiarity with IaC containerized test execution and observability tools.

Data & Storage: Experience testing SQL Server 2022 Snowflake PostgreSQL data flows. Ability to validate ETL
pipelines schema changes and data quality through automation.
Quality: Expertise in automated testing (unit integration contract E2E regression). Familiarity with blue/green
and canary release testing. Experience with service monitoring performance metrics and automated stability
checks.
Containers & Distributed Systems: Hands-on experience testing microservices deployed in Docker/Kubernetes.
Familiarity with distributed tracing API gateways and asynchronous messaging validation.
Nice to Have (Preferred)
Experience with load testing tools (k6 JMeter Gatling).
Experience validating event-driven systems (Kafka SQS SNS).
Exposure to security automation and vulnerability scanning.
Ability to lead test automation initiatives or own complex quality subsystems.
Education
Bachelors degree in computer science Software Engineering Information Technology or equivalent practical
experience.
Work Environment & Physical Demands
Primarily sedentary; ability to sit for extended periods.
Occasionally lift to 10 lbs.
Predominantly office/indoor working conditions.
Travel <10% (primarily local; training and collaboration).