Senior AI Automation Test Engineer

ASSYST is seeking a Senior AI Automation Test Engineer in Washington D.C. (Remote role). This role involves modern test automation engineering with a strong emphasis on AI‑driven quality assurance. At its core, it combines traditional automation expertise with cutting‑edge AI capabilities to make testing faster, smarter, and more effective. Key Responsibilities: Test Automation: Utilize AI technologies to accelerate test case creation, test data generation, automation development, and test maintenance. Leverage Generative AI to improve testing efficiency, productivity, and quality outcomes. Implement AI-assisted defect analysis, root cause identification, and test impact analysis. Evaluate emerging AI testing capabilities and recommend innovative solutions to enhance quality engineering practices. Apache JMeter performance testing experience. Test Automation Engineering: Design, develop, and maintain scalable, reusable, and maintainable automation frameworks using Java and modern automation technologies. Develop automated functional, integration, regression, end-to-end, and smoke test suites for web and enterprise applications. Build and maintain automated test scripts using tools such as Selenium, Playwright, or equivalent automation frameworks. Establish automation standards, best practices, and reusable testing components. Analyze test results and provide actionable recommendations to development teams. Continuously improve automation coverage and testing effectiveness. API Testing & Quality Engineering: Design and automate testing solutions for APIs, services, and microservices-based applications. Develop and execute automated API test suites using Postman, Rest Assured, or similar tools. Validate functionality, integration points, authentication, authorization, and data integrity. Support functional, integration, regression, performance, and security testing activities. Ensure quality across all layers of the application architecture. Other Relevant Experiences required. Minimum of 7 to 10 Years of Experience as an Automation Test Engineer Experience developing automation frameworks and test solutions using Java. Strong hands-on experience with Selenium WebDriver and modern web automation tools. Experience creating and maintaining API collections, test scripts, and automated validations using Postman. Experience testing RESTful APIs, web services, and microservices-based applications. Familiarity with SQL databases and data validation techniques. Experience working with source control systems and Agile development methodologies. Ability to leverage AI tools to accelerate test automation development, maintenance, and analysis. ASSYST is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, military status, national origin or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or applicable local law