Job Title Senior QA Automation Engineer Java Selenium API Automation-  Playwright

Location: Waltham, MA 

Contract

Exp: 15+ years

$85/hr

Primary skills:

• Strong proficiency in Java, OOP principles, and design patterns.

• Hands on experience with Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Cucumber/Gherkin, and Page Object Model.

• Expertise in building scalable automation frameworks and reusable utilities.

• Experience with Rest Assured, Playwright API, or equivalent API automation tools.

• Understanding of REST architecture, JSON/XML, status codes, headers, authentication, and schema validation.

• Experience integrating automation with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or similar tools.

• Proficiency in Git (branching, PR workflows), Maven/Gradle, test execution pipelines, and artifact management.

• Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, shift left approaches, and Agile processes.

• Experience in debugging, root cause analysis, and triaging flaky tests.

• Ability to create automation reports, trends, and analytics dashboards.

• Ability to leverage AI based automation tools (self healing locators, autonomous testing, intelligent test generation).

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with a detail oriented mindset.

• Excellent communication and documentation skills for cross functional collaboration.

Secondary skills:

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while managing multiple priorities.

• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to drive automation initiatives end to end.

• Commitment to delivering high quality engineering outcomes within deadlines.

Design, develop, and maintain UI and API automation frameworks using Selenium (Java), TestNG, Cucumber, and Playwright (TypeScript).

• Implement scalable automation solutions following industry best practices for reusability, maintainability, and performance.

• Develop and maintain BDD test scenarios, reusable libraries, utilities, and custom functions to enhance automation frameworks.

• Integrate automation suites into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or equivalent.

• Create and publish automation metrics, dashboards, and execution reports for leadership and cross functional visibility.

• Collaborate with developers, QA teams, DevOps, and product stakeholders to identify automation opportunities and ensure shift left quality.

• Perform root cause analysis, troubleshoot failures, and maintain stability of automated regression suites.

• Conduct API automation testing using tools such as Rest Assured or Playwright API.

• Contribute to continuous improvement of automation strategy, framework enhancements, and adoption of emerging automation technologies