Senior QA Automation Engineer

Job#: 3047744

Job Description:
Senior QA Automation Engineer

Location: Jersey City, New Jersey (On-site)

Employment Type: Contract

Contract Duration: 12 Months

Role Overview

We are seeking a skilled AI + SQE Automation Engineer to drive the next generation of quality engineering through AI-assisted testing, automation, and continuous assurance practices. The ideal candidate will combine strong functional testing and automation expertise with hands-on experience using AI tools to accelerate test design, script development, and quality reporting. This role requires a quality engineering mindset focused on risk reduction, productivity improvement, and intelligent testing throughout the SDLC.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze business requirements, user stories, APIs, and technical specifications to develop comprehensive test strategies.
• Design, develop, and maintain automation frameworks for UI, API, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Leverage AI tools to generate and optimize test cases, test data, automation scripts, and test documentation.
• Perform AI-assisted test impact analysis to identify affected applications, APIs, user stories, and regression scope.
• Build reusable automation assets and improve test execution efficiency through AI-assisted development.
• Validate data quality, business rules, controls, and compliance requirements.
• Execute and support continuous testing within CI/CD pipelines.
• Analyze application telemetry, logs, and production signals to identify quality risks and testing gaps.
• Participate in dependency analysis across code repositories, services, APIs, and downstream applications.
• Validate and govern AI-generated outputs using human-in-the-loop review practices.

Required Qualifications

Quality Engineering:

• Functional Testing
• Integration Testing
• Regression Testing
• API Testing
• Risk-Based Testing
• Agile/Scrum Methodology
• Defect Management and Root Cause Analysis

Automation:

• Selenium, Playwright, or Cypress
• Cucumber BDD
• TestNG/JUnit
• REST Assured or equivalent API automation tools
• Automation Framework Design and Maintenance
• Test Data Management

AI & Copilot Skills:

• GitHub Copilot
• Microsoft Copilot
• Prompt Engineering
• AI-Assisted Test Case Generation
• AI-Assisted Automation Development
• AI-Driven Defect Analysis
• AI-Based Regression Optimization
• Human-in-the-Loop Validation
• Responsible AI Practices

Technical Skills:

• Java, JavaScript, or Python
• SQL and Data Validation
• Git/Bitbucket
• Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps
• API Testing Tools
• Log Analysis and Monitoring Tools
• Agile tools (Jira)
• DevOps

Preferred Qualifications

• Test Impact Analysis
• Dependency Graph Analysis
• AI-Powered Test Maintenance
• Self-Healing Automation Frameworks
• Observability and Telemetry Analysis
• OpenTelemetry, Splunk, or equivalent monitoring platforms
• LLM and Agent-Based Testing
• Cloud and Container Fundamentals
• Kubernetes and DevOps Concepts
• Data Quality Validation and Governance

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

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