Automation Engineer

Ross Stores; Tuscaloosa (AL); Hybrid; USD 71,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

Growth track

Mentor program

Job summary

Ross Stores, Inc. in Tuscaloosa, AL seeks an Automation Engineer who can transform vague tech requests into precise, feedback-driven systems and deliver exactly what is asked.

You will own the full lifecycle of automation projects, from prototype to production, collaborating with technology analysts and teams to handle LoadRunner, Zephyr, and CI workflows while ensuring robust performance for Alabama traffic.

Qualifications

• Mid-level automation engineer with hybrid work experience.
• Strong SQL proficiency and testing tools like LoadRunner.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical specs.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with analysts to align innovation with real behavior.
• Own full lifecycle of automation systems from prototype to production.
• Implement and maintain CI pipelines and feature flags.
• Integrate Zephyr with Ross Stores events.
• Tune CI caching to handle launch spikes.
• Design LoadRunner APIs for cross-team use.

Skills

Ownership

SQL

LoadRunner

Stakeholder management

Learning agility

Tools

Zephyr

CI tooling

CI/CD tooling

Job description

We need an Automation Engineer who can take a vague technology request and return a feedback-driven system that does exactly, and only, what was asked. At Ross Stores, a hybrid Automation Engineer earns $71,000 - $108,000, owns meaningful projects, and grows with a team that ships fast.

Key Responsibilities

• Pair with technology analysts so Ross Stores's Creativity models match real behavior
• Hand off LoadRunner runbooks so the next on-call at Ross Stores sleeps better
• Own the full lifecycle of technology systems from prototype to production
• Chase down the Zephyr integration that silently drops Ross Stores events at midnight
• Tune Continuous Integration caching so Ross Stores survives the Tuscaloosa launch spike on the same hardware
• Translate growth-minded business requirements into technical specifications and tasks
• Wire up Continuous Integration feature flags so Ross Stores can test on Tuscaloosa traffic risk-free
• Design LoadRunner APIs other Tuscaloosa, AL teams will still thank you for next year

What You'll Bring

• An appetite for ownership that scales with the stakes
• Practical command of SQL, with bonus points for LoadRunner
• Strong rapport-building skills and a genuinely positive presence
• Ability to learn new technology systems quickly and apply them effectively
• The diplomacy to align stakeholders who don't agree yet
• Familiarity with Ross Stores-scale workflows, or the appetite to reach them
• Experience at the mid-level inside a hybrid role

Ross Stores grew from a Tuscaloosa kitchen table into an inclusive technology company that Tuscaloosa, AL now genuinely depends on. Our AL team treats transparency as a feature, sharing the messy middle, not just the wins.

Lead with the number, $71,000 - $108,000, then add a growth track, a mentor, full benefits, and hours that bend toward your Tuscaloosa life.

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