Senior Automation QA Engineer - Hybrid - W2

Job Description Job Description Position: Senior Automation QA Engineer
Experience: 10+ Years
Location: Austin,TX Hybrid
Employment Type: Full-Time
Required Skills
• Strong expertise in Java
• Extensive experience with TestNG
• Hands-on experience with Selenium WebDriver
• Experience in API Testing using REST Assured, Postman, or similar tools
• Strong understanding of Automation Framework Design and Development
• Database testing using SQL
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Excellent debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Key Responsibilities
• Design, develop, and maintain robust automation frameworks using Java, Selenium, and TestNG.
• Create scalable, reusable, and maintainable automated test scripts for web applications and APIs.
• Develop automation solutions supporting functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Improve test coverage and automation efficiency across multiple applications.
• Analyze business requirements, user stories, and technical specifications to create comprehensive test strategies.
• Develop detailed test plans, test cases, and test execution reports.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, system, and smoke testing.
• Ensure product quality through continuous validation and defect prevention practices.
• Validate RESTful APIs using REST Assured, Postman, and automated frameworks.
• Verify API contracts, response validations, data integrity, and backend workflows.
• Execute database validations using SQL queries.
• Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to enable automated quality gates.
• Monitor automation execution results and provide detailed analysis.
• Lead QA activities across multiple projects and releases.
• Mentor junior QA engineers and establish automation best practices.
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and release activities.
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, product owners, and stakeholders.
• Track and report quality metrics, test coverage, defect trends, and release readiness.
• Conduct root cause analysis for production issues and implement preventive measures.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within QA processes.
Preferred Skills
• Experience with BDD frameworks such as Cucumber.
• Experience testing Microservices architecture.
• Exposure to Docker and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of Performance Testing using JMeter.
• Experience with Cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
• Familiarity with SonarQube and code quality tools.

Flexible work from home options available.