QA Automation Engineer – AI & Cloud Testing

Morningstar, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Life insurance

Health benefits

Paid sabbatical

Parental leave

Job summary

Morningstar, Inc. in Chicago seeks an Associate QA Automation Engineer to design, develop, and implement automated testing for web, API, and cloud-native applications.

You will partner with software engineers, product managers, and quality engineers to improve test coverage and software quality throughout the lifecycle. The ideal candidate blends a quality mindset with coding and automation skills, comfortable with AI-enabled testing and cloud technologies, and eager to tackle complex technical

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 1-2 years of experience in QA Automation, Software Engineering, SDET, or related role.
• Experience with QA principles, testing methodologies, and software development best practices.
• Experience programming in at least one language such as Java, Python, C#, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
• Experience building/maintaining automated tests with Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, TestNG, JUnit, or similar.
• Experience testing APIs, web apps, and backend services.
• Familiarity with Git and modern CI/CD practices.
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Curiosity for emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated tests for web apps, APIs, back-end services, and end-to-end workflows.
• Create and execute functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end test plans based on requirements.
• Identify quality risks early in the software development lifecycle.
• Develop and enhance reusable test automation frameworks and utilities.
• Perform exploratory and manual testing when appropriate and automate repetitive testing.
• Validate REST APIs, data integrations, cloud-native apps, and async workflows.
• Contribute to CI/CD quality controls by integrating tests into deployment pipelines.
• Investigate, document, and communicate defects with development teams to find root causes.
• Participate in code reviews and improve testing/automation practices.
• Work with cloud technologies (AWS) to support testing and troubleshooting.
• Support AI-powered applications including LLM integrations and intelligent automation.
• Develop test approaches for AI-enabled systems evaluating quality, accuracy, reliability, grounding, and workflow effectiveness.
• Explore AI-assisted testing tools to improve efficiency, quality, and productivity.
• Stay current with industry trends in QA, automation, cloud, and AI.

Skills

QA automation

Programming in Java/Python/JS/TS

Git & CI/CD

Analytical problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/IT or related

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

TestNG/JUnit

Job description

Morningstar, Inc. in Chicago seeks an Associate QA Automation Engineer to design, develop, and implement automated testing for web, API, and cloud-native applications.

You will partner with software engineers, product managers, and quality engineers to improve test coverage and software quality throughout the lifecycle. The ideal candidate blends a quality mindset with coding and automation skills, comfortable with AI-enabled testing and cloud technologies, and eager to tackle complex technical