Senior QA Automation Engineer

Description

Position

Description:

Senior QA Automation Engineer with Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (America) Inc. located in Westchester, IL. Responsible for defining and executing team’s test and Quality Assurance (QA) strategy; responsible for all QA practices for the web and services (integration) platform within assigned domain; utilize enterprise web development and full technology stack, including: web apps automation experience using Playwright; use K6 Scripts for load and performance tests;

conduct Dev Ops development with Circle

CI and Github; use monitoring tools including Honeycomb and/or Datadog; collaborate with staff QA engineer(s), tech leads, designers, product managers, and developers to deliver compelling and efficient tools/products; identify and resolve performance and scalability issues; develop scalable performant solutions; set engineering and architectural direction across domains with a focus on QA; develop testing strategies and test cases; use CI/CD and drive automated pipeline solutions;

work with Kubernetes and container deployment patterns/solutions; coach and train a team of junior quality assurance engineers, while continuing to be hands on with QA activities; collaborate with designers, product managers, developers, and other leaders throughout the business to deliver compelling and efficient tools/products; participate in implementation of the full stack web experience and be responsible for all leveraging best development practices with the web and services (integration) platform;

champion QA and architectural quality, implementing strategies to safely and reliably make changes to production systems frequently and sustainably.

Senior QA Automation Engineer will: define and execute the team’s test and QA strategy; manage all QA practices for the web and services platform; collaborate across teams; identify and resolve performance and scalability issues; develop scalable, performant solutions; set engineering and architectural direction; drive automated pipeline solutions; coach junior engineers; and champion architectural quality.

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer technology, information systems, software engineering, or related field, and 6 years of experience as a software engineer or related occupation;
• Alternatively, a Master’s degree in computer science, computer technology, information systems, software engineering, or related field, and at least 3 years of experience as a software engineer or related occupation;
• Must possess a minimum of 5 years of experience with a Bachelor’s degree or 3 years with a Master’s degree, with each of the following: enterprise automation test development and technology stack including web apps automation using at least one of the following:
  Selenium Web Driver, Playwright, or Cypress; K6 Scripts for load and performance tests;
  Dev Ops experience with Circle
  
  CI and Github; monitoring tools including Honeycomb or Datadog; developing scalable performant solutions; setting engineering and architectural direction across a specific domain of an organization with a focus on QA; developing testing strategies and test cases; CI/CD experience and ability to drive automated pipeline solutions; and Kubernetes and container deployment patterns/solutions.
• May telecommute from anywhere in the U.S.; expect 10-15% travel to the RB Global Chicago office for team collaboration sessions at minimum quarterly, sometimes monthly.

• Salary: $153,317/year
• Email hiring manager at  or apply online at
• RB Global full-time employees are offered medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurances.
• Employees can enroll in the company’s 401k plan and RB Global will match 100% for the first 4% contributed.
• Employees receive 15 days of PTO each year.

RB Global (NYSE: RBA) (TSX: RBA) is a leading, omnichannel marketplace that provides value‑added insights, services and transaction solutions for buyers and sellers of commercial assets and vehicles worldwide. Through its auction sites in 13 countries and digital platform, RB Global serves customers in more than 170 countries across a variety of asset classes,…