Senior Java/Python QA Automation Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Java/Python QA Automation Engineer (8+ years)

• Focus: Building and expanding automated testing frameworks and pipelines

Description

Lead the strategy, design, and continuous expansion of scalable automated testing frameworks using Java and Python. Build and maintain test suites across APIs, microservices, databases, and user interfaces, and integrate them into CI/CD workflows for regression, smoke, and release validation. Define test strategy and quality metrics, manage test data/environment setup, and mentor QA engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design, extend, and maintain robust automation frameworks (Java/Python)

• Develop API/backend integration and end-to-end tests for microservices, REST/gRPC, async queues, and databases

• Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines (regression/smoke/release validation)

• Define test strategy, coverage goals, and quality gate criteria; track defect trends and metrics

• Architect mock data generation, environment setup, database seeding, and state cleanup

• Lead code reviews; drive TDD/BDD; mentor junior QA engineers

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience as a Senior QA Automation Engineer

• Strong Java and Python test automation experience

• Experience with test frameworks and automation tools: TestNG, JUnit, RestAssured, Selenium, PyTest, Requests, Playwright

• Hands-on API and backend testing experience: microservices, REST/gRPC, asynchronous event queues, databases

• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps

• Ability to define test strategy, coverage/quality gates, and test metrics

• Experience managing test data and environments: mocking, seeding, cleanup

• Technical leadership through code reviews and mentoring; experience with TDD/BDD

Benefits

Not specified in the provided posting.