Senior Automation QA Engineer

Thomson Reuters; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 82,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Work-life balance

Career development

Competitive benefits

Inclusive culture

Volunteer days

ESG initiatives

Job summary

Thomson Reuters Special Services seeks a Sr. Automation QA Engineer to develop automated solutions, design test plans, and implement a scalable automation framework across multiple products. You will write Playwright-based tests, mentor teammates, and leverage AI-assisted tooling to accelerate test creation and maintenance.

The role requires 7+ years in QA, proficiency in Python and JavaScript/TypeScript, and the ability to obtain a U.S. National Security Clearance.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of QA experience.
• Strong Python and JavaScript/TypeScript with modular, reusable code.
• Hands-on Playwright experience for web apps.
• Experience leading or mentoring QA engineers.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. National Security Clearance.
• U.S. Citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Designs and builds maintainable, scalable test structures across products.
• Translates requirements into test plans with PMs/Engineers.
• Writes and executes Playwright-based functional tests.
• Leads test automation architecture decisions and tool adoption.
• Mentors QA team and guides skill development.
• Analyzes test failures and drives fixes.

Skills

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Playwright

AI-assisted testing

QA leadership

Agile

Backend testing

Frontend testing

Tools

CI/CD

Job description

Are you passionate about the chance to bring your automation and quality assurance experience to a world class organization that is leading the way in both content and technology to serve and protect our citizens home and abroad? Do you have the skills necessary to deliver high-quality client solutions? Then Thomson Reuters Special Services (TRSS) is looking for you!

About the Role

As a Sr. Automation QA Engineer, you will be responsible for developing and reviewing automated solutions, delivering high-quality tests and code contributions. You will be responsible for creating and executing test plans, design, and implementation of the automation framework to support multiple products. As a Sr. Automation QA Engineer, you will also contribute to a variety of areas including:

• Designing and building test structures that are easily maintainable, resilient, performant, and scalable across multiple products.
• Working with Product Managers and Engineers to clarify requirements and translate them into test plans.
• Writing and executing Playwright-based functional tests that cover critical user scenarios and workflows.
• Writing thorough tests that cover edge cases with appropriate ROI for velocity and quality.
• Leveraging AI-assisted tooling to accelerate test script creation, maintenance, and refactoring, improving test coverage and reducing manual upkeep.
• Using AI to analyze test failures, suggest root causes, and recommend fixes, working with technical staff to ensure root causes are investigated and resolved.
• Applying MCP (Model Context Protocol) to connect Claude with requirements systems, defect trackers, and test execution logs for full-context analysis.
• Collaborating with software development team to design and implement the automation framework needs and recommending Application improvements.
• Leading technical decisions on test automation architecture and framework direction, including evaluation and adoption of new tools, techniques, and practices.
• Preparing project status report and management review reports and participate in project review, quality review and audit with the various stakeholders.
• Functional testing levels may include application integration, system, system/network integration and acceptance testing; may also include non-functional testing such as performance, volume, load, and fallback.
• Providing leadership and mentorship to QA team members by guiding skill development, assigning work, and ensuring quality across functional, non-functional, and other testing activities.
• Identifying opportunities for improvement in current processes and implement new processes/tools.
• Using innovative ideas to support and expand Quality Assurance deliverables.

About You

You're a good fit for the role of Sr. Automation QA Engineer if you have/are:

• Minimum 7 years' experience in Quality Assurance
• Advanced proficiency in Python and JavaScript/TypeScript, with deep experience designing clean, modular, reusable, and maintainable code for scalable test automation
• Required: Hands-on experience with Playwright for web application test automation
• Advanced experience evaluating and applying AI tools/technologies (e.g., AI-assisted test generation, self-healing scripts, code-completion tools) to reduce test maintenance overhead and accelerate script creation at scale
• Experience leading or mentoring QA engineers
• Comprehensive understanding of test methodologies and techniques
• Familiar in building Test Automation Frameworks from the ground up
• Experience working in agile development environment
• Experience with Backend and Frontend testing and automation
• Have a systematic, disciplined, and analytical approach
• Ability to achieve results with broad performance guidelines
• Ability to handle a variety of activities simultaneously and to adapt to often changing priorities in accordance with organizational needs
• Ability to devote high levels of effort and to work under tight deadlines
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. National Security Clearance.
• U.S. Citizenship essential to comply with government contract/agency or department of Federal Government requirements.

What's in it For You?

• Hybrid Work Model: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow's challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.
• Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
• Making a Real-World Impact:We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

In the United States, Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match. In addition, Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave. These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws. Finally, Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee; optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee; Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts; fitness reimbursement; access to Employee Assistance Program; Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee; access to 529 Plan; commuter benefits; Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan.Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The base compensation range varies across locations.Eligible office location(s) for this role include one or more of the following: New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and/or Irvine, CA; McLean, VA; Washington, DC. The base compensation range for the role in any of those locations is $94,000 USD - $175,000 USD.For any eligible US locations, unless otherwise noted, the base compensation range for this role is $82,000 USD - $152,200 USD.Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual's knowledge, skills and experience with consideration given to internal equity. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs.This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance.

About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

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