Senior Software Engineer(QA Testing & Automation)

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Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar yourejoining a global team who cares not just about the work we do but also about each other. We are the makers problem solvers and future world builders who are creating stronger more sustainable communities. We dontjust talk about progress and innovation here we make it happen with our customers where we work and live. Together we are building a better world so we can all enjoy living in it.

QA Testing & Automation Senior Engineerto lead the quality engineering strategy drive automation maturity and mentor a team of QA engineers. Own the end-to-end test automation architecture across UI API and data layers while actively contributing to hands-on development of test solutions.

Leadership & Strategy

Define and own theQA automation strategy and roadmapacross all product streams and release cycles

Establish framework architecture standards design patterns (POM Factory Strategy) and coding conventions across all automation projects

Drive ashift-left testingculture by embedding QA activities into sprint planning refinement and design reviews

Set and enforce quality gates in CI/CD pipelines no merge without passing smoke and regression suites

Report test coverage defect escape rates automation ROI and quality KPIs to engineering leadership and stakeholders

Own release readiness decisions in collaboration with Engineering Managers Product Owners and Architects

Lead technical interviews and assess candidates for QA automation positions

Team Management & Mentoring

Lead mentor and upskill a team of QA engineers across Playwright Selenium API and data validation disciplines

Conduct regular 1:1s set measurable performance goals and deliver structured feedback

Identify skill gaps across the team and create targeted development plans

Facilitate internal knowledge-sharing sessions brown bags and hands-on workshops on tooling and best practices

Resolve sprint blockers for the team and escalate risks to delivery management proactively

Playwright React App UI Testing

Architect and own thePlaywright (TypeScript)framework end-to-end for React SPA coverage

Design reusablePage Object Models test fixtures custom reporters and shared utility layers

Define coverage standards across component-level integration and full E2E scenarios for React routes state transitions and dynamic rendering

ImplementAPI mocking()for isolated deterministic UI test scenarios

Configure parallel execution browser sharding and multi-browser matrix (Chromium Firefox WebKit)

Integrate Playwright runs into CI pipelines with artifact retention HTML report publishing and failure screenshot capture

Establish and governvisual regressiontesting baselines and define triage and sign-off processes for visual failures

Define retry policies flakiness thresholds and quarantine procedures for unstable tests

Selenium Java BDD (Cucumber)

Govern theSelenium WebDriver Cucumberframework architecture dependency versioning and upgrade strategy

Collaborate with BAs and Product Owners to review and approveGherkin feature filesprior to sprint execution

Implement and maintain step definitions hooks (@) and shared scenario context/state management

Enforce a structuredtagging strategy(@@) for selective pipeline execution

Manage cross-browser execution strategy

Ensure Cucumber execution results are published toAzdofor requirement traceability and audit compliance

Define and enforcefluent wait strategiesand element interaction standards to reduce test brittleness

Own flaky test triage identify root causes quarantine and drive resolution with dev teams

API Testing REST Assured

Design and own theREST Assured (Java)API framework with a layered architecture: service layer model layer utility layer

Define standards forcontract testing JSON Schema validation response time assertions and negative scenario coverage

Implement authentication handling strategies across OAuth2 Bearer token refresh flows and API key injection patterns

Build reusable request builders and response extractors to supportchained API test scenarios(token extraction dependent calls)

Collaborate with backend engineers to validate live API behavior againstOpenAPI/Swaggerspecifications

Parameterize tests usingTestNG data providersor CucumberExamplestables for data-driven coverage

Integrate API test suites as mandatoryPR and release pipeline gateswith pass/fail status reporting

SQL Data Validation

Lead the strategy fordatabase-level assertionsusing JDBC utility layers callable from both UI and API test frameworks

Write and review complex SQL queries for post-transaction validation record counts field-level checks referential integrity and audit log verification

Design reusableDB helper classesthat integrate cleanly into Cucumber step definitions and REST Assured test flows

ValidateETL pipeline outputs data migrations and cross-service data synchronization operations

Coordinate with DBAs to track schema changes and proactively update affected test assertions before releases

Define and maintaintest data seeding and teardown scriptsto ensure isolated repeatable test runs

General QA Ownership

Owntest plan and test strategy documentsfor each release cycle and major feature delivery

Chair defect triage meetings and enforce resolution SLAs by severity across squads

Manage test environment coordination with DevOps environment configs test data pipelines and seed scripts

Systematically identify and eliminateflaky teststo maintain a trustworthy CI signal

Embedaccessibility (WCAG)andsecurity-awaretest cases (OWASP Top 10 awareness) into standard QA workflows

Contribute QA insights to incident and drive preventive test coverage from production escapes

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