Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

About the role

The Senior Automation QA Engineer is a highly technical quality engineering role focused on designing scalable automation solutions, improving test architecture, and driving efficiency across the testing lifecycle. This position emphasizes hands-on automation, framework evolution, CI/CD integration, and non-functional testing.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and evolve robust, scalable automation frameworks aligned with product architecture and business goals.
• Lead automation strategy at the solution and system level, ensuring appropriate test coverage across UI, API, integration, and non-functional layers.
• Actively contribute hands-on automation within sprint cycles, prioritizing maintainability, reliability, execution speed and cost reduction.
• Continuously evaluate and improve automation architecture, tools, processed and patterns (e.g., test pyramid adherence, framework modularity, execution optimization).
• Identify and leverage every opportunity to reduce manual effort by introducing automation, improving test data strategies, and eliminating redundant tests.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD integrated automation, ensuring fast, reliable feedback in pipelines.
• Troubleshoot complex automation failures, identify root causes, and implement long-term fixes.
• Design, automate and execute non-functional testing (performance, load, stress, endurance, accessibility, basic security validation).
• Ensure automation and test code follow clean code principles and industry best practices.
• Provide QA perspective throughout the entire product development lifecycle, with strong emphasis on early defect prevention.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to ensure requirements are clear, testable, and automation-friendly.
• Collaborate with Tech Leads and developers on testability, system design, solution architecture and validation strategies.
• Implement for automation-first and in-sprint automation approaches.
• Identify cross-product and system dependencies early and work proactively to mitigate quality risks.
• Serve as a technical subject-matter expert in automation and quality engineering.
• Share knowledge, patterns, and lessons learned with QA CoE, Automation QA engineers and development teams.
• Contribute to Quality Engineering standards, guidelines, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support contractors or offshore teams through technical guidance and clear quality expectations, not formal performance management.
• Proactively identify gaps in tooling, frameworks, or processes and propose actionable improvements.
• Independently estimate complex automation and testing efforts and deliver high-quality solutions on schedule.
• Create and maintain technical test documentation where it adds value (e.g., framework design, test automation strategy, test summary reports).
• Utilize AI to augment your deliverables.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience in QA Automation or Software Engineering
• PREFERRED: ISTQB/ASTQB CTFL certification or more advanced

Preferred Technical Skills

• Senior-level knowledge of ISTQB fundamental testing processes, principles, and techniques
• Excellent knowledge of automation best practices (e.g., clean coding, Page Object Model, Test Automation Pyramid)
• Knowledge of software testing tools and best practices (e.g., SQL, REST & SOAP APIs, mobile testing, Browser Dev tools, CI/CD tools)
• Solid understanding of design and coding patterns
• Proficiency in QA automation and scripting languages (Python, pytest, Locust and Playwright experience preferred for T2) OR (TS, K6 and Playwright experience preferred for CS, GS)

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills and work ethic
• Strong problem-solving, risk identification, analysis, and mitigation skills
• Familiarity with Agile practices and processes
• Experience with AI assisted and agenting coding with Github Copilot, Claude

Benefits

At T2 Systems, we offer a competitive compensation package, comprehensive benefits, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment. Our team values diversity, inclusion, and innovation, and we encourage applications from candidates who share these values.

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Full-time position.