QA Automation Engineer

Mindlance; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mindlance is seeking a proactive Automation Engineer to design, develop and maintain scalable UI, API and performance test automation frameworks for our Institutional Services clients.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, define a test automation strategy, integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines and drive continuous improvement through metrics and AI-assisted testing approaches.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and maintaining automation frameworks for UI and API tests.
• Ability to define and implement a test automation strategy across functional and non-functional areas.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted testing approaches and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain scalable automation frameworks (UI, API, performance).
• Define and implement the overall test automation strategy and tooling decisions.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines for seamless test execution.
• Collaborate with Development and Product Owner teams to translate requirements into test automation plans.
• Review code and test scripts to ensure quality, scalability and maintainability.
• Drive test data strategy and environment management for automation needs.

Skills

Automation framework design

UI automation

API automation

CI/CD integration

Automation testing

AI-assisted testing

Tools

CI/CD tools

Automation tools

Performance testing tools

Job description

Overview

Ensures the efficient execution of high-quality business processes that deliver software products to the Bank’s Institutional Services (IS) customers through the design, development and execution of automated test scripts. Works with cross-functional teams to identify test scenarios, implement automation frameworks, and detect and report software defects to support the software development lifecycle.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain scalable and robust automation frameworks (UI (User Interface), API (Application Programming Interface) and performance.
• Define and implement the overall test automation strategy, including tooling, scripting, and architecture decisions.
• Evaluate, recommend and implement new testing tools and technologies; explore ways to improve testing efficiency and coverage through AI-assisted tools and practices.
• Collaborate with Development teams to understand system architecture and implementation; collaborate with Product Owner team by engaging in regular sprint planning and backlog grooming sessions to understand product requirements and acceptance criteria, translating them into comprehensive test automation strategies that ensure coverage of both functional and non-functional requirements.
• Collaborate with engineers to integrate automated tests into CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment) pipelines using pertinent tools ensuring seamless and efficient test execution throughout the development life cycle.
• Review code and test scripts to ensure quality, scalability, and maintainability.
• Drive test data strategy and environment management for automation needs.
• Contribute to performance, security and load testing strategy and implementation.
• Continuously monitor and improve test automation metrics and KPIs (Key Performance Indicators).
• Publish automation test execution status report with traceability of test coverage at feature level and communicate it to stakeholders to ensure their awareness of progress and identify any issues upfront.
• Solve complex technical and operational problems. Serve as a resource for less experienced teammates.
• Understand and adhere to the Company’s risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company’s Risk Appetite. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
• Promote an environment that supports a culture of belonging and reflects the *** brand.
• Maintain Company's internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
• Complete other related duties as assigned.

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities

No Supervisory Responsibilities

EEO

“Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of – Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.”