Junior QA Engineer Automation

SmartBear delivers application integrity for modern tech stacks ensuring continuous measurable assurance that software just works as intended with governance to operate at AI speed and scale. SmartBear offers deep test automation API lifecycle management and observability capabilities. With integrations across the SDLC it sets a new quality standard for application delivery teams.

SmartBear is trusted by more than 16 million developers testers and software engineers across 32000 organizations including 75% of the largest financial institutions and industry leaders such as Adobe JetBlue and Microsoft. SmartBears best-loved brands include Swagger TestComplete Reflect QMetry Zephyr and more. As stewards of a collaborative open source community SmartBear meets customers where they are to make our technology-driven world a better place. Learn more at or follow us on LinkedIn X and Reddit.

At SmartBear you will be part of a dynamic team solving one of the most critical challenges facing modern businesses: ensuring the integrity of software in an AI-driven world. Whether you are working directly with customers driving go to market strategies supporting operations building products or enabling teams your contributions help shape the future of software quality for organizations worldwide. Join us in our mission.

Junior QA Engineer - Automation

• Build and scale an AI-driven no-code test automation platform for web and mobile
• Hands-on expertise with Selenium Playwright or Cypress using Python or Java
• Strong knowledge in QA strategy and test planning

Product intro:

Reflect is SmartBears AI-powered all-in-one test automation platform that enables teams to create run and maintain web and mobile tests in the cloud without writing a single line of code.

Powered by SmartBear HaloAI Reflect supports Web Mobile Visual API and Cross-Browser Testing and integrates with CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions Jenkins and GitLab.

Go to our product page if you want to know more about Reflect.

You can even have a free trial to check it out

About the role:

As a Junior QA Automation Engineeron the Reflect team you will play a key role in shaping and evolving a product that helps thousands of teams achieve high test coverage with minimal manual effort. You will own the automation quality strategy end-to-end architect robust test frameworks and work closely with engineering and product stakeholders to ensure Reflect continues to deliver a best-in-class experience.

• Reporting to the QA Lead you will define and drive the automation roadmap communicate risks and ensure quality gates are met across releases.
• You will own the design and architecture of test automation frameworks and integrate them seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines.
• You will mentor junior QA engineers conduct test design reviews and champion best practices across the team.
• You will lead shift-left testing practices embedding quality early in the development lifecycle within an Agile/Scrum environment.
• You will contribute to validating core Reflect capabilities including AI-driven test creation cloud-based test execution visual testing and cross-browser/mobile coverage

Experience & Background

• 4 years of hands-on experience in software test automation
• Proven experience designing and architecting automation frameworks from scratch
• Strong experience in Agile/Scrum methodologies using Jira
• Prior experience testing SaaS or cloud-based products is a strong plus
• Proficiency inSeleniumPlaywright orCypressusingPythonorJava writing clean maintainable and reusable automation code
• Ability to automate across web API and mobile platforms
• Familiarity with no-code or AI-driven test automation tools (experience with Reflect or similar platforms is a bonus)
• Hands-on experience configuring and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins GitHub Actions GitLab CI/CD or Bamboo
• Deep understanding of REST principles and JSON-based data handling
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills able to influence quality decisions at the project level
• Experience with API testing tools such as RestAssured Karate or Postman
• Familiarity with Docker and containerized test environments
• Experience with cloud-based testing platforms such as BrowserStack or Sauce Labs
• Experience mentoring and guiding junior QA engineers

Why you should join the SmartBear crew:

• You can grow your career at every level.
• We invest in your success as well as the spaces where our teams come together to work collaborate and have fun.
• We love celebrating our SmartBears; we even encourage our crew to take their birthdays off.
• We are guided by a People and Culture organization - an important distinction for us. We think about our team holistically the whole person.
• We celebrate our differences in experiences viewpoints and identities because we know it leads to better outcomes.

Did you know:

• Our main goal at SmartBear is to make our technology-driven world a better place.
• SmartBear is committed to ethical corporate practices and social responsibility promoting good in all the communities we serve.
• SmartBear is headquartered in Somerville MA with offices across the world including Galway Ireland Bath UK Wroclaw Poland Ahmedabad and Bangalore India.
• Weve won major industry (product and company) awards including B2B Innovators Award Content Marketing Association IntellyX Digital Innovator and Built-in Best Places to Work.

SmartBear is committed to creating an inclusive workplace for employees where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer and make employment decisions based on merit qualifications and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex national origin age gender disability veteran status sexual orientation or any other protected status under applicable laws. We are dedicated to fostering a workplace that reflects a diversity of thought and experience as well as our values of being smart open driven accountable and curious..

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