QA Automation Engineer — Contract-to-Hire, Up to $135k

NextPath Career Partners; Reading (Berks County); On-site; USD 122,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

NextPath Workforce Solutions is seeking a QA Automation Test Engineer to join our client’s team in Reading, PA. This contract-to-hire role focuses on building automated test suites across UI, API, and integration layers for a SaaS product.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years in QA automation or SDET roles, proficiency with Selenium/Cypress/Playwright, and experience embedding tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in QA automation, software quality engineering, or SDET roles within SaaS or platform environments.
• Experience designing, developing, and maintaining automated test frameworks across UI, API, and integration layers.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language used for test automation (e.g., Java, JavaScript, Python).

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts for UI, API, and integration testing.
• Ensure comprehensive testing coverage for new features and system updates.
• Improve automation strategies to enhance testing speed, reliability, and scalability.
• Collaborate with Agile teams to define acceptance criteria and quality standards.
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, stand-ups, and retrospectives to align on quality objectives.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous delivery.
• Validate system performance, stability, and uptime to meet SaaS standards.
• Analyze defects, identify root causes, and partner with engineering to implement solutions.
• Create and manage test data to support automated and performance testing.
• Contribute to ongoing improvements in QA processes, tools, and frameworks.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to test automation, maintaining clear documentation.

Skills

QA Automation

SDET

Test Frameworks

Programming Languages

CI/CD

Tools

Selenium

Cypress

Playwright

REST Assured

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Job description

NextPath Workforce Solutions is seeking a QA Automation Test Engineer to join our client’s team in Reading, PA. This contract-to-hire role focuses on building automated test suites across UI, API, and integration layers for a SaaS product.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years in QA automation or SDET roles, proficiency with Selenium/Cypress/Playwright, and experience embedding tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).