Sr. QA Automation Engineer

About the role

The senior QA Automation Engineer will ensure the reliability, performance, and quality of store technology solutions. This role partners with engineering, product, and business teams to identify business risks, contribute to user story definition, define and review test strategies, and build scalable automation solutions. The engineer brings a strong QA mindset, creativity, and out‑of‑the‑box thinking while working on technology at the heart of store operations.

Responsibilities

• Identify business risks and contribute to user story definition.
• Define, develop, and review test cases, test plans, and overall test strategy.
• Design and build automation frameworks from scratch and continuously improve automated test coverage.
• Perform practical web testing and contribute to quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Use test tools and frameworks such as Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, Karate, and JMeter.
• Apply TDD, BDD, and Gherkin practices to improve testability and shared understanding of requirements.
• Integrate automated testing into pipelines and CI/CD processes, including Jenkins.
• Collaborate actively with engineering and non‑engineering colleagues in a SCRUM environment.
• Bring creativity and out‑of‑the‑box thinking to quality challenges for store technology.
• Maintain a strong QA mindset: build solutions together, challenge them through testing, and continuously improve quality.
• Participate in SCRUM ceremonies, planning, refinement, and delivery activities.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of experience in QA automation, including writing automation frameworks from scratch.
• In‑depth knowledge of one or more programming languages such as JavaScript, Java, or C#.
• At least 1 year of experience with MongoDB, Node.js, and AWS services (Lambda, Step Functions, CloudWatch).
• Hands‑on experience with one or more test tools/frameworks such as Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, Karate, or JMeter.
• Experience defining and reviewing test cases and test plans, with the ability to identify business risks and contribute to user story definition.
• Knowledge of pipelines, Jenkins, and CI/CD processes.

Nice‑to‑Have Qualifications

• Practical experience with web testing or web development.
• Experience with TDD, BDD, and Gherkin.
• Experience working in SCRUM environments.
• Performance testing experience using tools such as JMeter.

Education & Certifications

Degree in Computer Science or a similar area of study.

Preferred Industry Experience

Experience with convenience retail, store technology, point‑of‑sale, or other high‑availability retail systems.

Pay

$60‑$65 per hour, depending on experience level.

Schedule

Contract position, 40 hours per week.