Senior Automation QA Engineer - Hybrid - W2

Position: Senior Automation QA Engineer
Experience: 10+ Years
Location: [Austin,TX] Hybrid
Employment Type: Full-Time

Required Skills
• Strong expertise in Java 
• Extensive experience with TestNG 
• Hands-on experience with Selenium WebDriver 
• Experience in API Testing using REST Assured, Postman, or similar tools 
• Strong understanding of Automation Framework Design and Development 
• Database testing using SQL 
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies 
• Excellent debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills 

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust automation frameworks using Java, Selenium, and TestNG. 
• Create scalable, reusable, and maintainable automated test scripts for web applications and APIs. 
• Develop automation solutions supporting functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing. 
• Improve test coverage and automation efficiency across multiple applications. 
• Analyze business requirements, user stories, and technical specifications to create comprehensive test strategies. 
• Develop detailed test plans, test cases, and test execution reports. 
• Perform functional, regression, integration, system, and smoke testing. 
• Ensure product quality through continuous validation and defect prevention practices. 
• Validate RESTful APIs using REST Assured, Postman, and automated frameworks. 
• Verify API contracts, response validations, data integrity, and backend workflows. 
• Execute database validations using SQL queries. 
• Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines. 
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to enable automated quality gates. 
• Monitor automation execution results and provide detailed analysis. 
• Lead QA activities across multiple projects and releases. 
• Mentor junior QA engineers and establish automation best practices. 
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and release activities. 
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, product owners, and stakeholders. 
• Track and report quality metrics, test coverage, defect trends, and release readiness. 
• Conduct root cause analysis for production issues and implement preventive measures. 
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within QA processes. 

Preferred Skills
• Experience with BDD frameworks such as Cucumber. 
• Experience testing Microservices architecture. 
• Exposure to Docker and Kubernetes. 
• Knowledge of Performance Testing using JMeter. 
• Experience with Cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure. 
• Familiarity with SonarQube and code quality tools.