Automated QA Engineer
Listed on 2026-10-19
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Software Development
Software Testing, Senior Developer
Location: Greater Boston, MA (Hybrid)
Type: Contract
Our client, an established Boston-area organization, is looking for a senior automation engineer to help modernize its quality engineering practice. You will own automation improvements across a portfolio of business-critical web applications, help move testing earlier in the delivery cycle, and help the team evaluate how AI can make testing faster and smarter.
This is a hands-on senior role for someone who likes building frameworks, solving hard problems, and raising the bar for the people around them.
What You Bring- 5+ years in software quality engineering or test automation
- Strong Java skills, with hands-on experience building and maintaining Selenium frameworks
- Real-world Playwright experience (2+ years preferred)
- Working knowledge of JavaScript or Type Script
- API test automation experience across REST and SOAP services
- Comfort with TestNG or JUnit, Maven, Git, and SQL
- Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, Azure Dev Ops, or similar)
- Clear communication and strong troubleshooting skills
- Design and extend reusable automation frameworks for complex web applications
- Build and maintain UI regression suites in Selenium and Playwright
- Automate API validation, including response checks and error handling
- Create performance tests with JMeter or similar tools
- Plug automated quality gates into the release pipeline so defects are caught before production
- Analyze test failures, manage test data, and share clear findings with developers
- Work with developers and product owners to define acceptance criteria and testing priorities
- Explore AI-assisted approaches to test creation, script maintenance, and failure analysis
- Mentor other engineers and help set automation standards
- Mobile test automation
- Parallel or distributed test execution
- Docker or Kubernetes
- AWS or Azure cloud environments
- Experience with self-healing scripts or AI-driven test optimization
W2 employees of Overture Partners who work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), 401(k) starting on day one, a variety of voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
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