Automation Engineer

Filetwigbay; Bakersfield (CA); On-site; USD 59,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning stipends

Flexible Bakersfield, CA hours

Job summary

Ernst & Young in Bakersfield, CA is seeking a junior Automation Engineer intern who treats SpecFlow documentation as a first draft to improve it. The role offers $59,000–$95,000 annually, autonomy to run your own projects, and a team invested in your development.

You'll work on building test planning tools, refining microservices, and contributing to sprint planning while growing with a growth-minded team.

Qualifications

• Self-awareness to know which problems are yours to solve.
• Fluency in Load Testing and Growth Mindset.
• Understanding Growth Mindset and Presentation Skills in real-world settings.
• Proven track record of shipping under deadline pressure.
• Fluency in SoapUI.

Responsibilities

• Build Test Planning self-service tools so Bakersfield teams stop filing tickets for everything.
• Identify bottlenecks and propose architectural improvements proactively.
• Reproduce the genuinely-flexible bug from the Bakersfield field report, then make it impossible again.
• Refine and maintain microservices that support Ernst & Young customers in Bakersfield, CA.
• Carry features from whiteboard sketch to Bakersfield, CA production without dropping the baton.
• Translate technology compliance rules into Test Planning guardrails baked into the build.
• Contribute to sprint planning, estimation, and technology roadmap discussions.

Job description

This junior Automation Engineer opening is for someone who treats SpecFlow documentation as a first draft they intend to improve. This internship opening offers $59,000 - $95,000, the autonomy to run your own projects, and a team invested in your development.

Key Responsibilities

• Build Test Planning self-service tools so Bakersfield teams stop filing tickets for everything
• Identify bottlenecks and propose architectural improvements proactively
• Reproduce the genuinely-flexible bug from the Bakersfield field report, then make it impossible again
• Refine and maintain microservices that support Ernst & Young customers in Bakersfield, CA
• Carry features from whiteboard sketch to Bakersfield, CA production without dropping the baton
• Translate technology compliance rules into Test Planning guardrails baked into the build
• Contribute to sprint planning, estimation, and technology roadmap discussions

What You'll Bring

• The self-awareness to know which problems are yours to solve
• Fluency across Load Testing and Growth Mindset, with strong opinions on both
• Working understanding of both Growth Mindset and Presentation Skills in real-world settings
• Track record that proves you can relentlessly-kind ship under deadline pressure
• Fluency in SoapUI earned the hard way, not just from a tutorial

For technology teams who've been burned before, Ernst & Young is the growth-minded Bakersfield, CA partner that finally keeps its promises. We assume good intent first and ask clarifying questions second, which keeps the experiment-friendly days drama-free.

At Ernst & Young the paycheck opens at $59,000 - $95,000 and the perks, from learning stipends to flexible Bakersfield, CA hours, only widen from there.

Reopened and refreshed, the search for a junior candidate runs hot today.

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