Test Automation Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Test / Automation Engineer

• Experience: 8+ years

• Location: Delaware, USA

• Reporting to: Engineering / QA Lead

Description

Senior Test/Automation Engineer responsible for designing and executing comprehensive test strategies across functional, API, and performance layers to ensure software reliability and quality. You will build and maintain automated test frameworks, run API and performance test suites, and embed quality throughout the SDLC in partnership with development, product, and DevOps teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for web UI using Selenium and/or Cypress

• Build and execute API test suites using Postman and/or SoapUI (functional, regression, contract testing)

• Lead performance and load testing with JMeter; analyze results and help resolve bottlenecks

• Write and optimize SQL queries for data validation, test data setup, and backend verification

• Manage test planning, defect tracking, and QA reporting in JIRA; maintain QA metrics dashboards

• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and DevOps to integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines

• Conduct root cause analysis, document findings, and drive quality improvements across the SDLC

• Define QA best practices and contribute to test strategy documentation; mentor junior QA engineers

Requirements

• 8+ years of hands-on software testing with strong automation focus

• Proficiency in Selenium WebDriver and/or Cypress for end-to-end UI test automation

• Solid API testing experience with Postman (collections, environments, Newman) and SoapUI (functional/security)

• Demonstrated expertise with JMeter for performance/load/stress testing and interpreting results

• Strong SQL skills for test data management and result validation

• Hands-on experience with JIRA for test case management, defect tracking, sprint ceremonies, and QA reporting

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar) and integrating automated tests

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)

Benefits

Not specified in the posting.