Techno-Functional QA Engineer (AI Automation)

Quick Facts

• Title: Techno-Functional QA Engineer (AI Automation)

• Location: Houston, TX (Day 1 onsite; only locals)

• Duration: 3–6 months contract-to-hire

• Experience: 10+ years

Description

You will lead functional and manual testing as well as hands-on automation testing for retail/e-commerce features, ensuring quality release readiness. The role focuses on Playwright-based automation, API and SQL validations, CI/CD integration, and mobile automation for Android and iOS. You will also apply AI-driven approaches to generate and improve test scenarios, scripts, and accelerate regression execution.

Responsibilities

• Review customer requirements, analyze business workflows, and prepare test plans and test strategies.

• Design, develop, and execute test cases for new features (functional, integration, regression, end-to-end).

• Identify, document, track, and validate defects throughout the testing lifecycle.

• Build and maintain reusable Playwright automation frameworks and regression suites.

• Perform API automation (REST Assured preferred) and use SQL for backend/database validation.

• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins.

• Execute mobile automation testing for both Android and iOS applications.

• Use AI tools/frameworks to generate test scenarios and test cases from requirements and acceptance criteria.

• Leverage AI-assisted tools for automation script generation, code enhancement, and test maintenance.

• Apply AI-assisted self-healing automation, locator identification, and intelligent failure analysis.

• Validate AI-generated tests for accuracy, reliability, and alignment with business requirements; integrate AI capabilities into existing frameworks and pipelines.

• Coordinate across onshore/offshore teams, development teams, and other support groups; resolve risks and blockers.

• Review test deliverables, provide technical guidance, and report status and quality metrics.

Requirements

• 10+ years of QA experience.

• Strong technical, functional, automation, and AI-enabled testing skills.

• Retail or e-commerce domain experience (online shopping, sales, store operations).

• Experience with AI-enabled QE frameworks, self-healing automation, and intelligent test generation.

• Experience with API automation, SQL, mobile automation (Android/iOS), and CI/CD integration.

Benefits

• Contract-to-hire engagement (3–6 months).