Key Responsibilities<br /> Architecture & Design<br />o Contribute to the design of scalable, maintainable QA automation frameworks for API, UI, integration, and<br />performance testing.<br />o Implement automated test scenarios across microservices, APIs, data workflows, and distributed systems.<br />o Participate in design discussions to ensure testability, document risks, and propose automation strategies<br />aligned with engineering standards.<br /> Engineering Excellence<br />o Produce clean, reusable, and maintainable automation scripts following best practices.<br />o Implement unit, integration, contract, and E2E tests integrated with CI/CD pipelines.<br />o Conduct root-cause analysis for defects and drive preventive quality improvements.<br />o Perform debugging, reliability analysis, and optimization of automation suites.<br /> Delivery & Operations<br />o Own test execution pipelines from development through deployment and monitoring.<br />o Create automated dashboards, alerts, and quality signals to validate release readiness.<br />o Collaborate in production issue investigations by building automated repros and validation scripts.<br />o Use logs, metrics, and synthetic testing to ensure reliability and performance regressions are detected early.<br /> Collaboration & Leadership<br />o Collaborate with developers, SRE, product, and security teams to define acceptance criteria and quality<br />measures.<br />o Break down complex testing requirements into automated, scalable workflows.<br />o Mentor junior QA engineers and developers on automation patterns, scripting, and quality-first engineering.<br />o Promote a culture of quality, continuous improvement, and shared ownership of system reliability.<br /> Compliance & Policy<br />o Ensure all QA processes adhere to HIPAA, security, and regulatory requirements.<br />o Follow secure testing practices, including test data handling and compliance controls.<br />o Maintain audit-ready documentation for test plans, coverage, and quality controls.<br />Minimum Qualifications<br /> Experience: 8+ years of experience in QA automation, SDET, or software engineering roles focused on test<br />automation for distributed or cloud-based systems. Strong understanding of QA methodologies, test design, and<br />systems validation.<br /> Programming & Frameworks: Proficiency in .NET 8/C#, Node.js, Python, or TypeScript for automation scripting.<br />Hands-on experience with Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, REST API automation, and integration testing<br />frameworks.<br /> Cloud & DevOps: Experience running tests in AWS environments with strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines<br />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<br />pipelines, schema changes, and data quality through automation.<br /> Quality: Expertise in automated testing (unit, integration, contract, E2E, regression). Familiarity with blue/green<br />and canary release testing. Experience with service monitoring, performance metrics, and automated stability<br />checks.<br /> Containers & Distributed Systems: Hands-on experience testing microservices deployed in Docker/Kubernetes.<br />Familiarity with distributed tracing, API gateways, and asynchronous messaging validation.<br />Nice to Have (Preferred)<br /> Experience with load testing tools (k6, JMeter, Gatling).<br /> Experience validating event-driven systems (Kafka, SQS, SNS).<br /> Exposure to security automation and vulnerability scanning.<br /> Ability to lead test automation initiatives or own complex quality subsystems.<br />Education<br />Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent practical<br />experience.<br />Work Environment & Physical Demands<br /> Primarily sedentary; ability to sit for extended periods.<br /> Occasionally lift to 10 lbs.<br /> Predominantly office/indoor working conditions.<br /> Travel <10% (primarily local; training and collaboration).<h3>experience</h3>9