Senior Automation Test Engineer - Backend & API Champion

Motional; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 125,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401k with company match

Health savings accounts

Life insurance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Motional in Las Vegas is seeking a Senior Automation Test Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable test frameworks for fleet operations. You will focus on backend API validation and frontend UI workflows, while leading an automation engineer and shaping QA practices within CI/CD pipelines.

You will implement automated testing for distributed services, APIs, and data pipelines using Python, Go, and JavaScript, and collaborate with product teams to improve coverage and reliability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in software QA or test automation, backend/API focus.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Hands-on proficiency in Python and Go for backend test automation, and JavaScript for frontend automation.
• Experience designing and building automation frameworks for complex distributed systems.
• Experience with REST/gRPC API testing, service integration validation, and data pipeline verification.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated quality gates for prod releases.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture, development, and maintenance of backend and frontend automation frameworks for fleet operations.
• Design and execute automated test suites for backend services, APIs, data pipelines, and frontend UI workflows.
• Lead integration testing for third‑party APIs and internal services across fleet management, dispatching, and monitoring.
• Develop automation in Python, Go, and JavaScript; adopt new tools as the platform evolves.
• Mentor and guide an automation test engineer; conduct code reviews and knowledge sharing.
• Collaborate with software engineers and product teams to define test strategies and QA gates in CI/CD.
• Perform root-cause analysis on test failures and defects; drive resolution.
• Contribute to test plans and documentation to improve transparency for stakeholders.

Skills

Python

Go

JavaScript

Test automation

API testing

CI/CD

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

CI/CD tools

API testing tools

Job description

Motional in Las Vegas is seeking a Senior Automation Test Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable test frameworks for fleet operations. You will focus on backend API validation and frontend UI workflows, while leading an automation engineer and shaping QA practices within CI/CD pipelines.

You will implement automated testing for distributed services, APIs, and data pipelines using Python, Go, and JavaScript, and collaborate with product teams to improve coverage and reliability.