Senior QA Engineer - Automation

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer passionate about latest technologies, modern frameworks, and design patterns to join our Human Resource Technology (HRT) engineering team. In this role, you will leverage your software development and test automation expertise to design, develop, and maintain robust automated tests for web applications and REST APIs using the Playwright framework. You will conduct regression testing, improve software quality, and accelerate delivery through integration with test management, CI/CD, and automation tools. As a quality advocate, you will help establish and promote QA best practices, develop and maintain test cases and automation suites, track and resolve defects, participate in defect triage, and validate production releases. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you will contribute to delivering reliable, scalable, and business-critical software solutions.

Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust automated tests for web applications and REST APIs using Playwright.
• Conduct regression testing and improve software quality through automation.
• Integrate automated testing into DevOps workflows using Jenkins and other CI/CD tools.
• Establish and promote QA best practices, develop and maintain test cases and automation suites.
• Track and resolve defects, participate in defect triage, and validate production releases.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, scalable, and business-critical software solutions.
• Use your knowledge of testing and testability to influence better software design, promote proper software engineering, bug prevention strategies, testability, and security.
• Actively participate in the development process by writing and maintaining application features and automated tests, including unit tests, component tests, integration tests, functional tests, performance tests, scenario tests, and interoperability tests.
• Improve team's test coverage, release velocity, and production health.
• Analyze test results, identify root causes, drive defect resolution, and continuously improve quality processes and automation effectiveness.
• Build and test accessible experiences on the web with a good understanding of accessibility features.

Requirements

• Minimum 6 years of experience with architecting automation test platforms.
• Minimum 6 years of experience with architecting and implementing development pipelines (CI/CD).
• Experience in designing and implementing robust QA strategies and test frameworks for API and web with deep expertise in end-to-end validation.
• Strong hands-on experience in test automation using Playwright and/or Selenium and with one of the following: JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, or Node.js.
• Proficiency with source control management and collaborative development practices using GitHub.
• Strong SQL and database testing skills, including data validation, test data management, and automated data seeding strategies.
• Cloud experience preferred, specifically Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Skills

• Front end development
• Playwright
• Xray
• Chaos engineering
• Datadog
• Node.js
• Java
• JavaScript
• Jenkins core

Schedule

Fidelity is transitioning to a full-time onsite working model through a phased rollout across regions and roles. Currently, some roles and locations require 100% onsite presence, while others require less. Onsite expectations are likely to evolve as the rollout continues. This transition does not apply to fully remote roles.