Test Automation Specialist

About the Role

Role: Sr. Test Automation Engineer Location : Irving, TX Onsite job. This role is not open for subcontracting. Open to W2 /Individual C2C or 1099 candidates only. We are willing to transfer H1B's and take care of their immigration, including GC sponsorships. Sr. Test Automation Engineer Position Summary (Summary of the Role) The Sr. Test Automation Engineer is a senior-level quality engineering role responsible for ensuring 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 will bring a strong QA mindset, creativity, and an ability to think outside the box while working on technology at the heart of store operations.

Responsibilities

• Able to 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 appropriate 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.

Responsibilities

• Team player mentality, actively cooperating with both engineering and non-engineering colleagues.
• Work effectively in SCRUM environments and participate in team ceremonies, planning, refinement, and delivery activities.
• Demonstrate creativity, ownership, and a quality-first mindset when solving complex store technology challenges.

Qualifications

• Years of Experience Minimum 8 years of experience in QA automation.

Required Skills

• Required Qualifications (Non-Negotiable) Minimum 6 years of experience in QA automation, including experience writing automation frameworks from scratch.
• In-depth knowledge of one or more programming languages such as JavaScript, Java, or C#.
• Minimum 1 year of experience with MongoDB, Node.js, and AWS services including Lambda, Step Functions, and CloudWatch.
• Hands-on experience with one or more test tools and 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 or experience with pipelines, Jenkins, and CI/CD processes.

Preferred Skills

• Nice-to-Have Qualifications (Desired but Not Required) Practical experience with web testing or web development.
• Experience with TDD, BDD, and Gherkin.
• Experience working in SCRUM environments.
• Experience with performance testing using tools such as JMeter.
• Preferred Industry Experience Experience with convenience retail, store technology, point-of-sale, or other high-availability retail systems is preferred.

Qualifications

• Education & Certification Requirements Degree in Computer Science or a similar area of study.