Senior Automation Architect, Software Testing

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC); Illinois; Hybrid; USD 164,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Tuition reimbursement

Student loan assistance

Tech stipend

PTO and parental leave

401k match

Health benefits

Job summary

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) seeks an experienced test automation engineer to design, implement and maintain robust automation across frontend, API and backend layers. You will collaborate with developers, PMs and support teams to ensure quality and scalability of all systems.

You will drive performance testing, create reusable components, and mentor on BDD practices using Cucumber or Karate. A hybrid work setup and strong benefits support your growth at OCC.

Qualifications

• Must have experience architecting enterprise automation frameworks across frontend, API and backend layers.
• Ability to lead Functional, Integration and Regression testing across multi-tier architectures.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Docker and Kubernetes.
• Migrate/manual tests to Cucumber or Karate BDD with shared Gherkin libraries.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain automation frameworks and test plans.
• Collaborate with software developers, PM and customer support to ensure quality.
• Write and execute automated tests; analyze results and track defects.
• Contribute to performance and scalability testing and data validation.
• Develop reusable test components and ensure environment consistency.

Skills

Automation framework design

End-to-end testing

CI/CD pipelines

BDD with Cucumber/Karate

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Selenium

RestAssured

PostgreSQL

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) seeks an experienced test automation engineer to design, implement and maintain robust automation across frontend, API and backend layers. You will collaborate with developers, PMs and support teams to ensure quality and scalability of all systems.

You will drive performance testing, create reusable components, and mentor on BDD practices using Cucumber or Karate. A hybrid work setup and strong benefits support your growth at OCC.