Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. SoTalent is seeking a Quality Assurance Automation Engineer to build and maintain scalable automated testing solutions across web, mobile, and API-driven applications. The role focuses on quality engineering, CI/CD integration, location-based feature testing, AI-assisted practices, and collaboration across the software development lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain scalable automation frameworks for web, iOS, and Android applications
- Develop reusable, maintainable, and efficient automated test suites that improve quality coverage and release confidence
- Enhance test automation architecture to support evolving product and business requirements
- Establish automation best practices, coding standards, and testing strategies across the development lifecycle
- Drive automation-first quality engineering practices throughout the organization
- Develop and execute automated test cases covering functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end scenarios
- Validate user experiences across web and mobile platforms
- Support testing efforts for new product features, enhancements, and application releases
- Ensure application stability, performance, and usability across supported environments and devices
- Identify edge cases and potential quality risks early in the development process
- Build automated API testing frameworks and service validation solutions
- Develop coded API tests that verify functionality, reliability, security, and data integrity
- Validate backend services, integrations, and microservice interactions
- Monitor service quality and identify issues before production deployment
- Support end-to-end testing across APIs, applications, and integrated systems
- Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous testing and rapid delivery
- Maintain the health, reliability, and execution performance of automated testing environments
- Monitor automated test executions and resolve flaky or unstable tests
- Support release readiness activities through automated quality validation
- Partner with engineering teams to improve development and deployment workflows
- Develop testing strategies for location-aware and sensor-based application functionality
- Create solutions for GPS simulation, route replay, geolocation testing, and device sensor validation
- Validate location-dependent workflows and mobile user experiences
- Ensure reliable testing coverage for platform-specific behaviors and mobile operating systems
- Support complex testing scenarios involving real-world mobile interactions
- Leverage AI-powered development and testing tools to accelerate test creation, maintenance, and issue analysis
- Evaluate opportunities to improve quality engineering efficiency through AI-assisted workflows
- Help define best practices for utilizing AI within testing and quality assurance processes
- Identify automation opportunities that reduce manual testing effort and improve delivery speed
- Support innovation and continuous improvement in quality engineering practices
- Perform targeted exploratory testing where human judgment provides the greatest value
- Execute focused regression and feature validation testing when required
- Identify usability issues, workflow gaps, and customer-impacting defects
- Verify software behavior in complex and ambiguous use cases
- Ensure both automated and manual testing approaches contribute to overall product quality
- Document, track, and manage software defects with clear reproduction steps and impact assessments
- Perform root cause analysis and collaborate with developers to resolve issues efficiently
- Maintain accurate quality metrics, test results, and release readiness reporting
- Communicate quality risks, recommendations, and testing outcomes to stakeholders
- Support continuous improvement of defect prevention and resolution processes
- Partner closely with product managers, software engineers, designers, and stakeholders throughout the development lifecycle
- Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, reviews, backlog refinement, and retrospectives
- Provide testing estimates and quality recommendations during planning activities
- Promote a culture where quality is embedded throughout product development
- Ensure testability is considered during solution design and implementation
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- 4+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance or Quality Engineering
- 2+ years of experience developing and maintaining automated testing solutions
- Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, SDLC, and Agile development practices
- Experience supporting both web and mobile application testing initiatives
- Experience building automation frameworks using:
- Playwright
- Cypress
- Selenium or similar tools
- Strong automated functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing expertise
- Experience with mobile testing technologies such as:
- Maestro
- Appium
- XCUITest
- Espresso
- IOS and Android testing experience
- Strong programming skills in:
- Python
- JavaScript / TypeScript
- Java
- Ability to design maintainable automation solutions using modern engineering practices
- Experience developing automated API tests in code
- Knowledge of RESTful services, API validation, and integration testing
- Ability to verify backend functionality beyond manual tools and collections
- Experience integrating tests into:
- GitHub Actions
- Jenkins
- CircleCI
- Similar CI/CD platforms
- Familiarity with continuous testing and automated deployment workflows
- Experience with:
- Jira
- TestRail
- Defect tracking systems
- Test management platforms
- Experience using AI tools such as:
- GitHub Copilot
- Claude
- Similar AI-assisted development tools
- Understanding of AI-enabled quality engineering workflows and productivity enhancements
Benefits
- Remote work in the US
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