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Senior Test Engineer

Spear StaffingJersey City, NJ🇺🇸United StatesPosted 28 Aug 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This Senior Test Engineer role offers significant opportunities for skill development in automation and microservices testing within a reputable company, with the flexibility of a hybrid work model. You'll thrive here if you're a proactive individual eager to contribute to innovative technology projects. Don't miss out on this exciting chance to advance your career!

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Jersey City, NJ, United States
Posted
22 hours ago
JavaKotlinGroovyMicroservicesSeleniumGatlingJMeterCucumber

Job Description

 

Position: Senior Test Engineer  

Location: 95 Christopher Columbus Blvd in Jersey City, NJ or 1 World trade center in NYC.

Duration:12+months

Interview process: 1 and done but possibly 2 if everyone can’t get on the call

 

 

Testing Expertise:

  • Automation Testing: Strong experience in automated testing frameworks
  • Microservices Testing:
    • API-level testing for ~12 microservices
    • Familiarity with RESTful interfaces (7018P)
  • UI Testing:
    • Web front-end testing
    • Tools: Selenium, Jasmine (mentioned), others welcome
  • Regression Testing:
    • Maintain and expand a large regression test suite
    • Thousands of existing tests across services

 

Frameworks & Tools

  • Cucumber:
    • Heavy use of Groovy-based Cucumber (open to Java/Kotlin variants)
    • Will be building out cucumber-based regression and smoke test suites
  • JMeter:
    • Currently used for smoke/regression testing
    • Limitations noted in integration and reporting
  • Load Testing:
  • Build from scratch a performance/load testing suite
  • Simulate steady-state, batch, and spike scenarios
  • Tools: JMeter, Gatling, or others welcome

 

Responsibilities:

  • Take ownership of existing test suites and expand/optimize them
  • Build new test frameworks (especially for load/performance)
  • Clean up and reorganize legacy cucumber tests
  • Integrate test results with reporting frameworks (e.g., Scale)
  • Work independently with minimal hand-holding
  • Collaborate with dev teams to understand service functionality and test coverage needs

 

Candidate Profile:

  • Self-starter: Can jump in with minimal onboarding
  • Testing “guru”: Deep experience across UI, API, and performance testing
  • Flexible with tech stack: Comfortable switching between Groovy, Java, Kotlin, etc.
  • Not necessarily a Java expert, but must understand service functionality and testing logic

 

 

 

 

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