Senior API Automation Engineer & SDET (Java, CI/CD)

Us Bank; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 98,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

Paid vacation (2–5 weeks)

Up to 11 paid holidays

401(k) and employer matching

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking an Automation Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks for enterprise payment and software platforms. You will create API test suites, automate workflows with Java, and integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines.

You will collaborate with software engineers, product teams, and QA partners to troubleshoot defects, analyze logs in Datadog, and optimize test coverage in an Agile environment across on-site locations in Atlanta.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Seven to nine years of relevant work experience with programming concepts, development logic or automating complex API processes.
• Experience with API automation testing using Postman and similar tools.
• Strong programming skills in Java and in converting manual tests to automated scripts.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks and solutions to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of enterprise payment and software platforms.
• Create, execute, and optimize automated API test suites using tools such as Postman, Bruno, ReadyAPI, Groovy scripting, and Citrus or similar automation frameworks.
• Develop high-quality automation code using Java and apply software engineering best practices to build reusable and maintainable test solutions.
• Convert manual test cases, business requirements, and API collections into robust automated regression and integration test suites.
• Collaborate with software engineers, product teams, and quality assurance partners to identify, reproduce, troubleshoot, and resolve application defects.
• Analyze application logs, troubleshoot test failures, and perform root cause analysis using monitoring and observability tools such as Datadog.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and related DevOps tools to support continuous testing and accelerated software delivery.
• Participate in code reviews, pull request reviews, and automation design discussions to ensure adherence to quality and development standards.
• Develop and maintain test data, test environments, and automation assets to support functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing activities.
• Utilize source control and Agile development tools, including Git, Jira, IDEs, and pull request workflows, throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Enhance and maintain test automation frameworks leveraging technologies such as Citrus, Selenium, Cucumber, TestNG, and other industry-standard tools.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to improve testing strategies, increase automation coverage, and drive defect prevention initiatives.
• Leverage AI-powered engineering tools to improve automation development efficiency and code quality.

Skills

APIs testing

Java programming

CI/CD practices

Analytical problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Postman

Bruno

Citrus

Selenium

Cucumber

TestNG

ReadyAPI

Groovy scripting

Datadog

Jenkins

Git

Jira

IDEs

GitHub Copilot

Microsoft Copilot

ChatGPT

Job description

U.S. Bank is seeking an Automation Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks for enterprise payment and software platforms. You will create API test suites, automate workflows with Java, and integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines.

You will collaborate with software engineers, product teams, and QA partners to troubleshoot defects, analyze logs in Datadog, and optimize test coverage in an Agile environment across on-site locations in Atlanta.