Automation Engineer

Insight Global; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global in Charlotte, NC is seeking an Automation Engineer to join an existing financial industry team on an 18-month contract. This role emphasizes automation testing, building frameworks from scratch, and hands-on work with UI and API testing using Playwright.

The candidate will collaborate with business owners and functional teams to gather requirements, leverage AI-assisted development tools, and contribute to regression testing and defect tracking in a hybrid onsite setting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Automation Engineering/QA Automation experience.
• Experience developing and building automation frameworks from scratch.
• Strong understanding of automation testing fundamentals and best practices.
• Experience testing both UI and APIs.
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools.
• Experience with CodeX CLI, Claude CLI, or similar command-line AI development tools.
• Understanding of CLI-based development workflows and MCPs (Model Context Protocols).
• Experience working closely with business owners, stakeholders, and functional teams.
• Ability to gather requirements and translate them into automated test specifications.
• Experience executing and communicating regression testing results.
• Strong understanding of defect tracking and pass/fail reporting.
• Experience with Java-based applications and environments.

Skills

Automation testing

Playwright

UI testing

API testing

AI-assisted tooling

CLI usage

Requirements gathering

Defect tracking

Java-based apps

Tools

CodeX CLI

Claude CLI

Job description

Location: Charlotte, NC (onsite Tues/Wed)

Openings: 1

Duration: 18 months

PR: $48/hr

About the Role

Insight Global is looking for a strong Automation Engineer to join an existing team with one of our clients within the financial industry. This resource will be expected to have a strong background of automation testing and building frameworks from scratch. Candidate must be strong and have proven hands on experience with Playwright, testing UIs and APIs. This role will require professional experience utilizing and working with AI agents and commands. Candidate must also be comfortable and have experience working with business owners and fuctional teams for requirement gathering. This is a hybrid position sitting in Charlotte, NC.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 5+ years of Automation Engineering/QA Automation experience
• Experience developing and building automation frameworks from scratch
• Strong understanding of automation testing fundamentals and best practices
• Experience testing both UI and APIs
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools
Experience with CodeX CLI, Claude CLI, or similar command-line AI development tools
• Understanding of CLI-based development workflows and MCPs (Model Context Protocols)
• Experience working closely with business owners, stakeholders, and functional teams
• Ability to gather requirements and translate them into automated test specifications
• Experience executing and communicating regression testing results
• Strong understanding of defect tracking and pass/fail reporting
• Experience with Java-based applications and environments