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 and scale robust test automation frameworks for web, mobile, and API-driven distributed architectures using modern tools such as Cypress, Playwright, or Selenium.

• Integrate automated quality gates into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins), driving early feedback loops and shift-left testing practices across cross-functional squads.

• Drive end-to-end quality strategy and test coverage by designing detailed, risk-based test plans that validate functional correctness, microservices communication, system resilience, and edge cases.

• Lead performance and API validation initiatives, executing robust contract, load, and stress testing with tools such as Postman, REST Assured, k6, or JMeter.

• Champion defect prevention and engineering excellence, partnering closely with product managers and software engineers to refine user stories, define acceptance criteria, and eliminate root causes.

• Mentor and elevate quality standards, guiding mid-level engineers in automation best practices, clean code principles, and exploratory testing methodologies.

What You Bring

• 5+ years of software quality engineering experience, with a proven track record of architecting, implementing, and maintaining automated testing suites in agile environments.

• Advanced proficiency in modern test automation stacks, including hands-on expertise with JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or Java alongside frameworks like Playwright, Cypress, or Appium.

• Deep expertise in API and backend testing, proficient in validating RESTful and GraphQL endpoints, contract testing, and analyzing asynchronous message queues or databases (SQL/NoSQL).

• Strong foundation in DevOps and CI/CD practices, comfortable managing pipeline test execution, containerized test runners (Docker), and cloud test environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).

• High ownership and proactive problem-solving mindset, capable of independently managing quality lifecycles, identifying architectural bottlenecks, and navigating ambiguous technical challenges.

• Exceptional professional English communication skills (C1/advanced), with the ability to articulate technical tradeoffs, collaborate directly with North American stakeholders, and advocate for quality standards.

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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