Senior Automation Engineer

Senior Automation Engineer - Shelton, CT

This role is based out of our Shelton, CT headquarters.

Ready to build what's next with one of the world's most iconic brands?

Why Join Subway?
At Subway, we are not standing still. We are building.

This is a business focused on what matters most: growing franchisee profitability, strengthening our brand and creating long-term value. The people who thrive here are the ones who want to make a real impact.

You will not just do the work. You will shape it.

We move fast. We think like owners. We make decisions that matter. We hold ourselves to a high standard because what we do directly impacts thousands of franchisees around the world.

If you bring energy, accountability and a bias for action, you will fit right in.
We take the work seriously, but we also know the best results come from teams that support each other, celebrate wins and show up ready to build something better every day.
This is your chance to be part of what's next.

About the Role:

Subway's Digital Merchandising team manages thousands of product configurations, promotional campaigns, and menu validations across our owned channels and third-party delivery partners every week - today, largely by hand. The Senior Automation Engineer exists to change that.

You'll join the Guest Engineering organization and own the design and delivery of an automation platform that replaces manual merchandising workflows with reliable, repeatable, CI/CD-driven pipelines. Your scope spans the full validation surface: API contracts between Subway's Node.js middleware and downstream consumers (including Door Dash, Uber Eats, and similar 3PD partners), UI rendering across Mobile App, Web, and Kiosk, and data integrity checks that confirm what the Merchandising team configures is exactly what guests see and can order.

Playwright is the primary framework for both UI and API automation, running on AWS Lambda within Subway's serverless infrastructure. You'll write automation in Node.js / Type Script, integrate suites into Git Hub Actions / Azure Dev Ops pipelines, and use AI-assisted development tools - including Claude and Git Hub Copilot - daily. This is a hands-on individual contributor role with real ownership over a greenfield automation program.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

Design and build automated test frameworks and data-pipeline scripts that replace manual Digital Merchandising workflows - covering product configuration, promotional setup, menu publishing, and menu validation across Subway's owned channels (Mobile App, Web, Kiosk) and third-party delivery partners (e.g., Door Dash, Uber Eats). Own test coverage end-to-end, from authoring through CI/CD-triggered execution and result reporting.
Develop and maintain API automation suites in Node.js / Type Script using Playwright, validating menu sync, promotional data contracts, and ordering payloads between Subway's middleware platform and its downstream consumers - including 3PD marketplace APIs. Catch data integrity issues before they reach guests or partners.
Build and operate UI automation for Subway's Web and Mobile App (via browser emulation) and Kiosk surfaces using Playwright, ensuring that merchandising changes - new items, limited-time offers, price updates, item availability flags - render correctly and consistently across all guest-facing touchpoints.
Leverage AI-assisted development tools (Git Hub Copilot, Claude, and similar) as a core part of daily engineering work - accelerating test generation, refactoring, and documentation. Explore AI-driven test maintenance (self-healing selectors, auto-generated regression suites) to reduce suite brittleness as the product evolves.
Collaborate with product, QE, and Digital Merchandising stakeholders to convert acceptance criteria and manual test scripts into durable automated coverage. Translate business validation rules (e.g., price floor checks, modifier availability windows, 3PD menu schema requirements) into executable test specifications.
Enforce data governance, security, and compliance standards within automated workflows. Conduct code reviews and share automation best practices to raise overall quality across the Guest Engineering team.

Qualifications, Competencies & Traits

Demonstrated proficiency in Playwright for both UI end-to-end and API automation - Node.js / Type Script required.
Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
5 or more years of hands-on software engineering or SDET experience with a strong automation focus.
Experience building API test frameworks that validate REST contracts, payload schemas, and data integrity across integrated systems.
Solid understanding of HTTP/REST fundamentals, JSON schema validation, and API versioning patterns.

Experience with serverless and event-driven architectures on AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, SQS/SNS, Dynamo

DB).
Hands-on experience integrating automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines (Git Hub…