QA Automation Engineer

KellyMitchell Group; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 51,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance

Employee-Owned Profit Sharing (ESOP)

401K offered

Job summary

KellyMitchell is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer for a contract role in Irving, TX. The candidate will modernize a cloud-based Store Technology/RIS2.0 platform and build QA automation frameworks across Android, web, API, and performance testing.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years of QA automation experience, hands-on Android automation with Appium/UIAutomator2, API testing skills, and deep knowledge of CI/CD integrations with Jenkins. Onsite work with competitive hourly compensation.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional QA automation experience.
• 1+ years testing MongoDB, Node.js, and AWS.
• Android automation with Appium and UIAutomator2.
• Android performance testing and profiling tools.
• Strong programming in JavaScript or Java.
• Experience with API automation and performance testing tools.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable automated testing frameworks for Android, web, API, and performance testing.
• Develop and execute Android automation with Appium/UIAutomator2, including profiling.
• Web/API automation with Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, Karate, or REST Assured.
• API performance/load testing with JMeter, Gatling, k6; analyze throughput and latency.
• Define test strategies, plans, cases, acceptance criteria, and risk-based quality.
• Integrate tests into Jenkins/CI-CD; report clearly; collaborate with teams.
• Validate device capabilities (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, barcode, offline, intermittent network).

Skills

QA automation

Android automation

API testing

Performance testing

JavaScript/Java

CI/CD

Tools

Appium

UIAutomator2

Selenium WebDriver

Cypress

Karate

REST Assured

JMeter

Gatling

k6

Android Studio Profiler

ADB

MongoDB

AWS services

Job description

Job Summary

Our client, a leading convenience retail and store technology provider, is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to join their team. This is a contract opportunity supporting the modernization of a cloud-based Store Technology/RIS2.0 platform. The ideal candidate will have strong experience building QA automation frameworks from the ground up across Android, web, API, and performance/load testing environments.

Contract Details

Contract Work location: Irving, TX

Core Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable automated testing frameworks for Android, web, API, and performance/load testing
• Develop and execute Android automation using Appium and UIAutomator2, including device performance testing and application profiling
• Perform web and API automation using tools such as Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, Karate, or REST Assured
• Conduct API performance and load testing using JMeter, Gatling, k6, or comparable frameworks, analyzing throughput, latency, reliability, and resource utilization
• Define and execute test strategies, test plans, test cases, acceptance criteria, and risk-based quality approaches across functional and non-functional requirements
• Integrate automated testing into Jenkins and CI/CD pipelines while maintaining clear quality reporting and collaborating with Engineering, Product, Support, and Customer Success teams to identify and resolve defects
• Validate device capabilities and reliability, including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, barcode scanning, offline behavior, and intermittent network conditions

Required Skills/Experience (Must-Haves)

• 6+ years of professional QA automation experience, including building and maintaining automation frameworks from the ground up
• 1+ years of hands-on testing experience with MongoDB, Node.js, and AWS services
• Hands-on Android application automation experience with Appium and UIAutomator2
• Experience with Android performance testing and profiling using Android Studio Profiler, ADB, Perfetto, or equivalent tools
• Strong programming skills in JavaScript, Java, or a comparable programming language
• Hands-on experience with API automation and performance/load testing using tools such as Karate, REST Assured, JMeter, Gatling, or k6
• Experience defining and reviewing test plans, test cases, acceptance criteria, and risk-based quality strategies

Preferred Skills/Experience (Nice-to-Haves)

• Hands-on MongoDB testing experience, including query validation, schema/index verification, data migration, transaction consistency, and performance analysis
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot for automation development, refactoring, test generation, debugging, and documentation
• Experience with test-data management, synthetic data generation, data masking/anonymization, and repeatable environment-specific datasets
• Experience with API mocking and service virtualization using WireMock, MockServer, Mockito, or similar tools
• Experience testing event-driven and asynchronous integrations, including message queues, retries, timeouts, failure scenarios, and eventual consistency
• Experience with AWS cloud-native services such as S3, Kinesis, AWS IoT Core, Lambda, Step Functions, and CloudWatch, particularly for high-volume data processing and resiliency testing
• Experience with observability platforms, cloud telemetry, network troubleshooting, proxy/latency simulation, and testing mobile/web applications under varying network conditions

Key Competencies & Behaviors

• Takes ownership of end-to-end quality and proactively identifies technical and business risks
• Works effectively with Engineering, Product, Support, and Customer Success teams in a Scrum environment
• Demonstrates creativity, practical problem-solving, and strong analytical skills when investigating defects and reliability issues
• Continuously evaluates and improves automation coverage, testability, processes, and quality strategies
• Clearly communicates testing results, risks, defects, dependencies, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Work Environment

Location: Irving, TX Onsite, Hybrid or Remote: Onsite

Compensation & Benefits

• Pay Range: The approximate pay range for this position is between $42.00 and $61.00 per hour. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to background, knowledge, skills, and location. We comply with local wage minimums.
• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance Plans
• Employee-Owned Profit Sharing (ESOP)
• 401K offered

About KellyMitchell

At KellyMitchell, our culture is world class. We’re movers and shakers! We don’t mind a bit of friendly competition, and we reward hard work with unlimited potential for growth. This is an exciting opportunity to join a company known for innovative solutions and unsurpassed customer service. We're passionate about helping companies solve their biggest IT staffing & project solutions challenges. As an employee-owned, women-led organization serving Fortune 500 companies nationwide, we deliver expert service at a moment's notice.