Automation Engineer

Egreenservices; Newport News (VA); Remote; USD 51,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

TechFlow Inc in Newport News is seeking an Automation Engineer to optimize database and test frameworks, ensuring high-throughput performance and reliable on-call coverage. You will mentor juniors, review code, and drive scalable improvements.

The role offers flexibility to relocate to Newport News, VA, or work remotely within the United States, with a starting salary range of $51,000 to $85,000 per year and a strong coaching path on Jenkins and related tooling.

Qualifications

• Strong critical thinking and independent judgment are required.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, small team environment.
• Willingness to relocate to Newport News, VA, or work remotely.

Responsibilities

• Tune database queries and schemas for high-throughput workloads.
• Deliver performance improvements measurable in retention metrics.
• Backfill test coverage with Robot Framework across critical areas.
• Mentor junior engineers during on-call rotations.
• Review PRs to maintain coding standards.
• Reproduce and fix documentation-first bugs impacting Newport News.
• Replace brittle load testing with resilient scalability solutions.

Skills

Critical thinking

Independent judgment

Adaptability

Relocation flexibility

Tools

Jenkins

Robot Framework

Runbooks

Job description

The phrase "it works on my machine" makes you wince, which is exactly why you'd make a great Automation Engineer here in Newport News. The thing worth noting is how much TechFlow Inc trusts you here — $51,000 - $85,000, technology ownership, and a long runway, all from 1 years in.

Key Responsibilities

• Tune database queries and schemas for high-throughput TechFlow Inc workloads
• Land Prioritization performance wins TechFlow Inc can measure in VA retention numbers
• Hand off Prioritization runbooks so the next on-call at TechFlow Inc sleeps better
• Backfill Robot Framework test coverage on the riskiest corners of TechFlow Inc's codebase
• Mentor the junior cohort through their first real Persuasion on-call at TechFlow Inc
• Review pull requests and uphold engineering standards across the technology team
• Reproduce the documentation-first bug from the Newport News field report, then make it impossible again
• Replace the brittle Load Testing hack with a Persuasion solution that survives Newport News scale

What You'll Bring

• Critical thinking skills and sound, independent judgment
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, small-but-mighty environment
• Comfort being the newest person in the room and the loudest in the notes
• Willingness to relocate to Newport News, VA, or to make remote work

TechFlow Inc is the kind of unhurried Newport News company that technology engineers leave their old jobs to join. We prize follow-through: when someone here commits to something, the team can count on it.

From the $51,000 - $85,000 starting line, expect coaching that grows your Jenkins and benefits that quietly cover the rest of life.

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