Remote Senior QA Automation Engineer - CI/CD & API Testing

Centstone; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 76,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

Centstone is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer in Minnesota with remote work options to lead and implement enterprise automation frameworks. You will design scalable test systems, drive API and UI validation, and mentor junior engineers in a collaborative, cross-functional team.

The role emphasizes strong Java/Selenium expertise, CI/CD integration, and experience with Jenkins to push quality across development, QA, and DevOps. This is a long-term contract opportunity.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7+ years of experience designing, developing, and executing automated testing for large-scale enterprise applications.
• Minimum 5+ years with Java and Selenium, OO programming, and automation framework development.
• Minimum 3+ years integrating automated testing with CI/CD pipelines, preferably using Jenkins.
• Minimum 5+ years SQL experience, including database queries, data validation, and automated database testing.
• Strong experience with web application testing, REST API automation, regression testing, test framework architecture, and Agile/DevOps quality engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain, and modernize scalable enterprise automation frameworks using Java, Selenium, and reusable object-oriented architecture.
• Develop automated functional, regression, system integration, API, and database validation test solutions.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and support continuous test execution using Jenkins and related DevOps tools.
• Review automation code, troubleshoot framework issues, establish coding standards, and provide technical mentoring to QA automation engineers.
• Collaborate with developers, architects, DevOps engineers, business analysts, and QA teams to improve test coverage, automation strategy, and overall quality engineering practices.

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Tools

Java

Selenium

Jenkins

CI/CD pipelines

API testing

Job description

Centstone is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer in Minnesota with remote work options to lead and implement enterprise automation frameworks. You will design scalable test systems, drive API and UI validation, and mentor junior engineers in a collaborative, cross-functional team.

The role emphasizes strong Java/Selenium expertise, CI/CD integration, and experience with Jenkins to push quality across development, QA, and DevOps. This is a long-term contract opportunity.