QA Automation Engineer II / SDET

Tier 1 — True Must-Haves

Candidates should demonstrate substantive experience in these areas:

1. Advanced test automation / SDET experience

2. Strong programming capability in at least one major language—Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Python—with credible exposure to the others

3. Automation framework design, not merely script execution

4. API automation/testing

5. SQL and database validation

6. ETL/data extract/data reconciliation testing

7. Snowflake data testing

8. CI/CD integration

9. Git

10. Agile quality engineering

11. Ability to independently diagnose failures and solve problems

12. Strong technical communication

Tier 2 — Highly Preferred

• WebdriverIO

• JavaScript/TypeScript

• Selenium

• Postman

• ReadyAPI

• Jenkins

• DB2

• Page Object Model

• Data-driven framework design

• qTest

• Katalon

• Appium/mobile testing

Tier 3 — Differentiators

The AI requirements should be treated as a major differentiator rather than an automatic knockout unless the hiring manager specifically confirms otherwise.

High-value experience includes:

• AI self-healing locators

• Katalon self-healing

• WebdriverIO AI-assisted locator strategies

• AI-based failure classification/root-cause analysis

• Visual AI testing

• LLM-assisted test generation

• AI chatbot interfaces for test execution

• AI-assisted framework/component development

A candidate who has implemented these capabilities is substantially stronger than someone who simply states that they "used AI."