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Test Automation Engineer
Job in
Oak Brook, DuPage County, Illinois, 60523, USA
Listed on 2026-07-21
Listing for:
SCIGON
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-07-21
Job specializations:
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Software Development
Software Testing, DevOps
Job Description & How to Apply Below
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance options
- 401(k)/profit sharing
We are seeking a Test Automation Engineer to drive quality assurance and automation initiatives across web, mobile, and API platforms. This individual will play a key role in designing scalable automation solutions, expanding test coverage, improving release quality, and accelerating delivery through CI/CD integration. The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on automation expertise, a proactive quality mindset, and the ability to collaborate effectively with Product, Engineering, and QA teams in an Agile environment.
Key Responsibilities- Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks for web, mobile, and API applications using tools such as Playwright, WebDriverIO, Appium, and related technologies.
- Develop and execute automated test coverage for functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing across multiple platforms.
- Create and maintain BDD test scenarios using Cucumber, Spec Flow, or similar frameworks, ensuring alignment and traceability to business and technical requirements.
- Build, integrate, and optimize automated tests within CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, or equivalent tools.
- Perform API testing and automation using Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, Karate, and other API testing frameworks.
- Lead testing efforts for Android and iOS applications, including native, hybrid, and mobile web environments.
- Perform exploratory testing to uncover edge cases, usability concerns, and potential quality risks.
- Participate actively in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily standups, retrospectives, and release planning sessions.
- Collaborate with developers, business stakeholders, and QA team members to review requirements, test strategies, and acceptance criteria.
- Own defect management activities, including defect reporting, documentation, prioritization support, validation, and root cause analysis.
- Provide testing insights, quality metrics, and risk assessments to support Go/No-Go release decisions.
- Troubleshoot automation failures and continuously improve framework stability, performance, and maintainability.
- Evaluate emerging testing technologies, including AI-enabled testing solutions for test generation, execution optimization, and flakiness detection.
Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
- 3+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance and Test Automation.
- Hands-on experience developing and maintaining automation frameworks using Playwright, WebDriverIO, Appium, Selenium, or comparable technologies.
- Strong experience testing and automating web, mobile, and API applications.
- Proven experience testing and automating Android and iOS applications, including native, hybrid, and mobile web platforms.
- Hands-on experience with Appium or similar mobile automation solutions.
- Strong knowledge of API testing and automation using Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, Karate, REST Assured, or equivalent tools.
- Experience creating and maintaining BDD automation frameworks using Cucumber, Spec Flow, or similar technologies.
- Experience integrating automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, Azure Dev Ops, or similar platforms.
- Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies and software development lifecycle practices.
- Experience with defect tracking, test management, and release validation processes.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management abilities.
- Experience working in Dev Ops and continuous delivery environments.
- Exposure to cloud-native, microservices, or distributed system architectures.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or containerized testing environments.
- Familiarity with performance, security, or accessibility testing practices.
- Exposure to AI-powered quality engineering tools, automated test generation, self-healing automation, or flakiness detection solutions.
- Experience mentoring junior QA or automation engineers.
- Test Automation Framework Development
- API Testing & Automation
- CI/CD Quality Engineering
- Agile Testing Practices
- Cross-Platform Validation
- Release Readiness Assessment
- Stakeholder Collaboration
- Increased automation coverage across web, mobile, and API platforms.
- Improved test reliability and reduced flaky test occurrences.
- Faster feedback cycles through CI/CD integration.
- Reduced escaped defects and production incidents.
- Improved release confidence and software quality.
- Strong collaboration across Product, Engineering, and QA teams to deliver business-critical functionality successfully.
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