AI-Driven QA Test Automation Engineer (Web & Mobile)

panerabread; United States; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Panera Bread seeks a QA Test Automation Engineer to drive automated quality validation across Web, Mobile, Kiosk, and Catering platforms. You will design, develop, and maintain automation using Playwright and Appium, leveraging AI-powered tools to accelerate test creation and maintenance.

The role collaborates with Product, Engineering, Architecture, DevOps, and Quality Engineering to embed quality throughout the software lifecycle and support an AI-enabled quality strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field; equivalent experience will be considered
• 3+ years of experience in software quality engineering, test automation, or software development
• Hands-on experience designing, developing, and maintaining automated tests with Playwright and Appium
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript and/or TypeScript, HTML, CSS, browser developer tools, and API testing
• Experience building or extending reusable automation frameworks and applying sound software engineering practices to test code
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and using Git-based source control
• Demonstrated experience using AI-assisted tools to generate test cases and automated tests and to maintain, troubleshoot, and optimize existing automation
• Ability to validate AI-generated outputs for correctness, coverage, maintainability, and alignment to requirements
• Experience working within Agile product delivery teams
• Strong analytical, debugging, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and communicat

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, execute, and maintain scalable automated test frameworks and test suites for Web and Mobile applications
• Develop automated regression, smoke, integration, end-to-end, and functional testing solutions using Playwright for Web and Appium for iOS and Android
• Create reusable automation components and test assets that improve testing efficiency, consistency, and maintainability while reducing manual regression effort
• Use AI-assisted tools to generate test scenarios, test cases, test data, automated test scripts, and validation logic from requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, designs, and production incidents
• Apply AI to maintain and optimize existing automation, including repairing brittle tests, updating selectors, identifying redundant tests, recommending coverage improvements, and improving suite reliability
• Review AI-generated test cases and automated tests for accuracy, completeness, maintainability, security, and alignment to business requirements before implementation
• Participate in requirements reviews, technical design sessions, backlog refinement, and sprint planning to identify quality risks and automation opportunities early
• Collaborate with software engineers to implement shift-left testing practices and strengthen defect prevention
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and support reliable automated quality gates for build, deployment, and release processes
• Analyze automation results, troubleshoot failures, distinguish application defects from test issues, and partner with development teams on root-cause resolution
• Develop metrics and reporting for automation coverage, execution reliability, defect detection, maintenance effort, and AI-enabled productivity gains
• Support cross-browser, responsive design, mobile device, accessibility, visual, and API validation as part of end-to-end customer journey testing
• Stay current on emerging automation frameworks, AI testing capabilities, and quality engineering practices, and recommend practical adoption opportunities
• Contribute to the Quality Engineering automation roadmap and the organization's automation-first, quality-built-in vision

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript

Analytical skills

Troubleshooting

Agile teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field

3+ years of experience in software quality engineering

Hands-on experience with Playwright and Appium

Proficient in HTML, CSS, browser dev tools, and API testing

Experience building/reusing automation frameworks

Experience CI/CD integrations and Git

Experience using AI-assisted tools for test generation

Experience in Agile product delivery teams

Strong communication skills

Tools

Playwright

Appium

Git

Job description

Panera Bread seeks a QA Test Automation Engineer to drive automated quality validation across Web, Mobile, Kiosk, and Catering platforms. You will design, develop, and maintain automation using Playwright and Appium, leveraging AI-powered tools to accelerate test creation and maintenance.

The role collaborates with Product, Engineering, Architecture, DevOps, and Quality Engineering to embed quality throughout the software lifecycle and support an AI-enabled quality strategy.