Senior QA Automation Engineer

Role & responsibilities

Summary

Senior Software QA Automation Engineer

This role partners closely with Engineering, Product, Salesforce, Data/BI, and Integration teams to shift testing left, strengthen release readiness, and reduce escaped defects through measurable quality practices.

Essential Functions

1) Automation Engineering (UI / API / E2E)

• Design and develop

  modular, reusable automated tests

  and supporting utilities using modern frameworks and QA coding standards.
• Build and maintain automation for:

• API testing

  (contracts/schema, business rules, auth, negative/error scenarios)

• UI testing

  (critical workflows only; maintainable, stable patterns)

• End-to-end flows

  spanning Salesforce, APIs, and backend services where appropriate
• Implement best practices for maintainability: page/object patterns, fixtures, test data helpers, tagging, and clear test naming conventions.
• Review automation code via PRs and establish consistent patterns for the team.

2) CI/CD Integration & Quality Gates (Azure DevOps)

• Integrate automated suites into

  Azure DevOps Pipelines

  with:
• Test execution on PR/build/release
• Test result publishing (e.g., JUnit/Test Results) and pipeline visibility
• Quality gates aligned to release readiness (smoke/regression tiers)
• Improve reliability: reduce flaky tests, manage retries responsibly, and keep pipelines actionable.

3) API, Integration, Data & System Validation

• Build automated validations for:

• .NET/Azure-hosted APIs

  and integration services

• Salesforce integrations

  (API-driven validations; UI where required)

• ADF / ETL / data pipeline

  outputs using SQL-based reconciliation and data quality checks
• File-based workflows (CSV/SFTP), schema conformity, and ingestion outcomes
• Partner with Data/BI/Integration teams to define reconciliation logic and ensure stability across environments.

4) Requirements, Test Strategy & Shift-Left

• Collaborate with Product Owners, Developers, and SMEs to ensure

  clear acceptance criteria

  and testability.
• Create automation early in the sprint where feasible; prioritize tests that protect the highest-risk workflows.
• Contribute to test strategy (what to automate vs. what to keep manual) and ensure coverage aligns with business risk.

5) Defect Lifecycle, Reporting & Measured QA

• Apply governed defect workflows and ensure high-quality defect reproduction detail and evidence.
• Publish automation and QA KPIs via Azure DevOps/Power BI where applicable, such as:
• Automation coverage by system/component
• Pass rate and flaky rate trends
• Defect leakage and cycle time
• Regression duration and release readiness indicators
• Support major releases, hyper-care periods, and production validation activities as needed.

6) Standards & TCoE Enablement

• Contribute to QA standards and documentation (framework guidelines, templates, patterns, onboarding guides).
• Help mature QA practices across teams through scalable, repeatable automation and pragmatic governance.

Tech Environment (Typical)

• Azure DevOps

  : Repos, Pipelines, Boards, Test Results

• APIs / Services

  : .NET APIs, Azure Functions, integrations

• Data

  : SQL Server / Azure SQL; ADF / ETL validation patterns

• Enterprise Platforms

  : Salesforce and related integrations

Reporting

Preferred candidate profile

• 7+ years

  in QA automation spanning

  API + UI + integration/data validation

  , with strong hands-on delivery.

• Strong Python test automation experience

  (framework ownership, utilities, patterns, code quality).
• Experience with one or more UI automation frameworks:

• Playwright

  (preferred) or

  Selenium

• Experience with API test automation and validation:
• Contract/schema validation, auth flows, error/negative testing, and payload assertions
• Strong

  SQL skills

  for data validation and reconciliation checks.
• Proven experience integrating automation into

  Azure DevOps CI/CD

  with test reporting and release readiness gates.
• Strong Agile/Scrum experience with backlog-driven delivery and clear documentation/collaboration.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and independently deliver outcomes (ownership mindset).

Preferred

• Salesforce testing experience (API-driven validations, automation strategies, integration troubleshooting).
• Healthcare / Medicare Advantage domain familiarity.
• Experience validating data pipelines (ADF/ETL), file integrations (SFTP/CSV), and reconciliation logic.
• Performance testing or basic security testing familiarity (bonus, not required).
• Prior contribution to QA transformation efforts / TCoE maturity initiatives