Senior Software Engineer

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.

This Position reports to:

Principal Software Engineer

 

What we believe in
ABB’s Process Automation business area enables customers to operate some of the world’s largest and most complex industrial infrastructures, helping them outrun – leaner and cleaner.
We offer a broad range of automation, electrification and digital solutions for process, hybrid and maritime industries, including industry-specific integrated control and software as well as measurement and analytics solutions and services.

Your role and responsibilities

We’re looking for a strong Senior Software Developer / Senior UI Automation Engineer to lead modern automation engineering for cloud SaaS products in industrial digitalization.

In this role, you will drive UI and API automation, strengthen end-to-end quality validation, improve CI/CD feedback loops, and help shape a modern engineering approach using AI-assisted and agentic automation where it delivers real value.

The work model for the role is: Hybrid

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Design, build, and evolve scalable UI automation frameworks for critical product workflows
• Drive UI, API, integration, and end-to-end automation for release-critical scenarios
• Improve automation reliability, maintainability, reporting, and pipeline execution quality
• Lead automation design decisions, framework improvements, and reusable engineering patterns
• Troubleshoot complex automation failures, flaky tests, and pipeline instability
• Support performance-focused validation, test data readiness, and simulation-based quality workflows where applicable
• Leverage AI-assisted and agentic automation approaches to improve development speed, coverage, and debugging effectiveness
• Partner with SMEs, developers, product teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to align automation to business-critical flows
• Mentor engineers and raise the overall bar on automation quality and engineering discipline

Qualifications for the role:

• 6–10 years of experience in software development / automation engineering / quality engineering
• Strong coding experience in C#, JavaScript, or TypeScript
• Strong hands-on expertise in Selenium, Playwright, Protractor, or similar UI automation tools
• Proven experience in UI and API automation development
• Good understanding of automation framework architecture, code quality, design patterns, and CI/CD integration
• Strong understanding of web protocols, system architecture, debugging, and release-quality engineering
• Experience driving automation for complex business workflows and cross-system scenarios
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to guide technical direction and mentor team members
• Experience with agentic automation or AI-assisted development tools
• Exposure to Microsoft Azure
• Azure certifications
• Experience working with distributed / global teams
• Experience in performance engineering or industrial / simulation data validation

More about us

ABB is a leading global technology company that energizes the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. The Process Automation (PA) business area (>$6B revenue in 2021, 22,000 employees), automates, electrifies and digitalizes some of the most complex industrial infrastructures on this planet. Through its five divisions, it serves customers in the energy, process and hybrid industries – from hydrocarbons, chemicals, water, mining, minerals, pulp & paper to marine and ports, and many more. PA stands at the heart of some of the most important shifts in society, helping the energy-intense industries to safer, smarter and more sustainable operations to enable a prosperous, low-carbon society.

Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. We welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.

Ready to make an impact? Apply today or visit www.abb.com to learn more about the impact of our solutions across the globe.

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