Senior Automation Engineer

Roberts Recruiting, LLC; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% medical and dental premiums paid

Establish HSA for out-of-pocket expenses

Employee parking/MBTA costs

Company events

Fully stocked kitchen

Job summary

A leading tech recruitment firm in Cambridge is seeking an Automation Engineer with 3-5 years of experience in automation testing. You will enhance quality assurance by creating automation frameworks and improving team processes. Qualifications include expertise in Java, Selenium, and various QA tools. The position offers comprehensive benefits including full health premium coverage and team engagement activities.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years automation experience required.
• Experience in developing test automation frameworks and tools.
• Must possess effective communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and expand software QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Create automation frameworks, tooling, and tests.
• Participate in test framework design discussions.

Skills

Test frameworks

Automation test scripts

Java

Selenium Webdriver

JIRA

Git

Jenkins/Travis

API Testing

Agile Development/SCRUM

Effective communication

Tools

Selenium Webdriver

JIRA

Git

Jenkins/Travis

Monitoring tools

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to work with one of Boston's hottest tech companies!! We're a Series A startup with a really great work/life/balance and a fantastic team! We're looking for an Automation Engineer with 3-5 years automation experience. You will be working to create tests, frameworks, and tooling. In addition to helping improve team velocity through automation and streamlining testing processes.

You are someone who is organized, collaborative and possess a demonstrated ability in QA Tools and processes. As a team member, your knowledge of testing methodologies will help the QA Tools team release daily with confidence.

What you’ll be doing here:

• Maintain and expand software QA methodologies, tools, and processes
• Maintain and create automation frameworks, tooling and tests
• Hands‑on experience to refine/extend test automation frameworks to support the QA Tools team
• Participate in test framework design discussions, reviews, and implementation
• Maintain and expand existing Ruby/Webdriver automation
• Clearly write concise test cases, plans, and defects
• Document test suites and maintain existing libraries
• Perform manual testing to help validate enhancements, features, and bug‑fixes
• Work with a cross‑functional team of product managers and developers

About you and your skills:

• Experience working on test frameworks
• Experience in developing automation test scripts, execution, and maintenance
• Experience in Java, Selenium Webdriver
• Experience with Development Tools, QA, and Agile tools: JIRA, Testrail for JIRA, Git, Jenkins/Travis
• Experience with monitoring tools (Sumo, Datadog, Rollbar)
• Demonstrated experience with Agile Development/SCRUM
• Experience with API Testing
• Be able to work well individually as well as in a team environment
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Must be proactive, self‑directed, self‑motivated, detailed, quick‑learner and organized

Benefits:

• We pay 100% of the cost of both your medical and dental premiums directly to the insurance companies
• Establish an HSA to cover any out‑of‑pocket expenses you may incur that are not covered by the insurance
• Employee parking/MBTA costs
• Host lots of fun all‑company events
• Fully stocked kitchen