Senior QA Automation Engineer

Engagement Type: Full-Time / Contractor

About CodeRoad

CodeRoad is a technology execution partner trusted by companies across North America since 2002. We work alongside our clients to engineer, modernize, and scale the technology that powers their businesses, combining deep technical expertise, specialized teams, and shared accountability for outcomes. Our capabilities span product engineering, platform engineering, legacy modernization, and AI engineering.

Our engineers, designers, delivery leaders, and technology specialists collaborate through Velocity Studios: specialized teams developed within CodeRoad to deliver complex technology initiatives. Being assigned to a project means you become part of a collaborative environment where you can strengthen your expertise, take ownership of meaningful work, and grow alongside experienced professionals.

Why Build Your Career at CodeRoad?

• High-Velocity Work & Client Exposure: We work close to the technology, teams and roadmaps that move real outcomes. Direct engagement with U.S. client teams and roadmaps.

• Career Continuity & Long-Term Opportunity: Your career here can outlast any single project. Continuous multi-project pipeline; long-tenure CodeRoaders.

• Engineering Autonomy & Technical Mastery: We invest in the skills that shape what's next. Agentic AI tools and training, Coursera Enterprise, Studio practice labs, L1-L7 Career Framework.

• High-Trust Employee Experience: You grow in an environment built on trust, transparency and recognition. High-touch onboarding, transparent leadership communication, community recognition, psychological safety.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect Automation Frameworks: Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of scalable automated testing frameworks across API, Web, and Mobile layers using tools like Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or Appium.

• Orchestrate Test Suites: Build, maintain, and execute end-to-end automated test suites to ensure system stability, increase regression coverage, and shorten feedback loops.

• Integrate CI/CD Pipelines: Embed automated tests directly into continuous integration and deployment pipelines (Git, GitHub Actions, Jenkins) to support rapid, zero-downtime releases.

• Validate APIs & Backend Systems: Perform deep automated API testing for RESTful services using frameworks like RestAssured, Postman, or native language-specific HTTP libraries.

• Advocate Quality & Shift-Left Strategy: Collaborate closely with Product Owners and Developers early in the development lifecycle to define acceptance criteria, isolate edge cases, and eliminate defect spillover.

• Elevate Team Capabilities: Mentor L1/L2 QA engineers on modern automation practices, conduct code reviews for test scripts, and establish standardized QA automation guidelines within your POD.

What You Bring

• Core Experience: 5+ years of dedicated experience in Software Quality Assurance with a primary focus on test automation in fast-paced software environments.

• Automation Framework Mastery: Advanced hands-on expertise with enterprise automation platforms (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or Appium).

• Programming Proficiency: Strong proficiency in at least one modern language used for test script creation (JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Java, or C#).

• API & CI/CD Expertise: Solid experience in automated RESTful API testing (RestAssured, Postman) and integrating test suites into modern Git-based CI/CD pipelines.

• Ownership & Nearshore Experience: Proven track record in nearshore/offshore client-facing startup environments with an autonomous, quality-first mindset.

• Language Proficiency: Advanced English skills (both written and spoken) are mandatory for direct collaboration with U.S.-based product and engineering leaders.

What You’ll Love

• USA Contractor / 100% Remote

• Competitive Pay (USD)

• Holidays Off & Paid Time Off

• Health insurance assistance program

• Opportunity to work with high-growth US-based companies and cutting-edge tech stacks.

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