Automation Engineer 3 (TravelBank)

U.S. Bank; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 93,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

Basic term & optional term life

Short-term & long-term disability

Pregnancy disability & parental leave

401(k) retirement plan

Paid vacation & holidays

Sick leave & safety policies

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking an Automation Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks for UI, API, and end-to-end testing. The role emphasizes collaborative, high-quality software delivery in a fast-paced financial services environment.

You will develop automated test solutions using TypeScript, JavaScript, and Playwright, drive CI/CD integration, and lead automation initiatives while mentoring engineers across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 2–3 years of relevant work experience with programming concepts.
• Experience automating medium complexity processes is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks.
• Develop and execute automated test solutions using TypeScript, JavaScript, Playwright.
• Implement API and backend automation strategies and validation.
• Drive adoption of BDD with Cucumber/Gherkin across teams.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Lead automation initiatives from requirements to production readiness.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews and best practices.
• Evaluate AI-powered testing solutions to improve efficiency.

Skills

Test automation frameworks

BDD & Agile delivery

CI/CD & DevOps

AI-powered testing

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Playwright

TypeScript

JavaScript

Postman

Bruno

GitHub Actions

GitLab

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Copilot

AI Agents

MCP

Job description

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

Job Description

Why TravelBank?

TravelBank is a fast-paced, innovative company where talented and passionate people come together to build exceptional products. Guided by our mission to craft best-in-class experiences through collaboration, trust, and communication, we foster a close-knit culture where individuals can grow, innovate, and make a real impact.

The Automation Engineer tests, creates, implements and supports robotics process and desktop automations. Performs design, scripting, testing, implementing, maintaining and modifying automations of moderate complexity, significance, and risk. Creates comprehensive test plans and test cases; defines automation data needs across systems and creates a plan to coordinate this test data. Creates and executes performance tests to ensure the expected automation performance levels are achieved. Performs, and at times, leads clients and technical staff to investigate, analyze, and resolve technical problems. Writes documentation that describes automation capabilities and operating procedures. Estimates and defines time tables and project tasks; analyzes and estimates cost and time. Conducts analysis of organizational needs for the creation and implementation of automation solutions; participates in feasibility assessments of new automation opportunities and helps determine best approach for automation.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks from the ground up to support UI, API, and end-to-end testing.
• Develop and execute automated test solutions using TypeScript, JavaScript, and Playwright to ensure application quality and reliability.
• Implement robust API and backend automation strategies, including service validation and integration testing.
• Drive adoption of Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) practices using Cucumber/Gherkin to improve collaboration and test coverage.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and support continuous testing initiatives across development lifecycles.
• Lead automation efforts from requirements gathering through implementation, troubleshooting, and production readiness with minimal supervision.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, best practices, engineering standards, and automation strategy guidance.
• Evaluate and implement AI-powered testing solutions, leveraging tools such as GitHub Copilot, AI Agents, and MCP-based automation approaches to improve efficiency and quality.

Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience

- Two to three years of relevant work experience with programming concepts, development logic or automating simple to medium complexity processes

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

• Test Automation Frameworks: Design, build, and maintain scalable UI, API, and end-to-end automation frameworks.
• Playwright, TypeScript & JavaScript: Expert-level experience developing automated test solutions using modern web technologies.
• API & Backend Testing: Hands-on experience with API automation, service validation, and tools such as Postman or Bruno.
• BDD & Agile Delivery: Experience implementing Cucumber/Gherkin, Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), and Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• CI/CD & DevOps: Strong knowledge of GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, continuous testing, and Git-based source control.
• Cloud & Container Technologies: Experience with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native testing strategies.
• AI-Driven Quality Engineering: Experience leveraging GitHub Copilot, AI Agents, MCP, intelligent test generation, and self-healing automation.
• Quality & Performance Testing: Knowledge of performance, load, scalability, security, and penetration testing practices.
• Technical Leadership: Proven ability to lead automation initiatives, mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, and establish engineering standards.
• Metrics & Compliance: Experience with quality dashboards, test coverage reporting, automation metrics, and regulated environments (PCI, PII, HIPAA).

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Location expectations
This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

Benefits:

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Basic term and optional term life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave
• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
• Adoption assistance
• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

Review our full benefits available by employment status here.

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.

E-Verify

U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about E-Verify program.

Pay Range: $92,820.00 - $109,200.00

U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment. U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. U.S. Bank is subject to, and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). In addition, certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA, NMLS registration, Reg Z, Reg G, OFAC, the NFA, the FCPA, the Bank Secrecy Act, the SAFE Act, and/or federal guidelines applicable to an agreement, such as those related to ethics, safety, or operational procedures.

Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and related workplace conduct and safety policies.

Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.