Senior QA Automation Engineer - AI-Driven Testing & CI/CD

SoundExchange; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 123,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

SoundExchange is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer in Washington, DC to design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for web and mobile apps, integrating tests into CI/CD to accelerate high-quality releases.

You will lead automation strategy, build scalable frameworks, and collaborate with Engineering, Product, QA, and DevOps, applying modern testing techniques and AI-assisted tools where appropriate.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of software quality assurance, test automation, or software engineering roles with significant automation responsibilities
• Experience supporting quality practices for customer-facing applications, distributed systems, and/or data driven platforms is preferred

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks for web and mobile applications using tools such as Selenium, Cypress, and Playwright
• Create reusable, maintainable, and scalable test automation patterns, utilities, and supporting libraries that improve team efficiency and long-term test stability
• Evaluate and apply modern AI-assisted coding and test generation tools where appropriate to accelerate development while maintaining accuracy, security, and maintainability
• Integrate automated test execution into CI/CD pipelines to support pull request validation, continuous integration, regression testing, and release readiness workflows
• Partner with software engineers, product managers, QA and DevOps teams to define acceptance criteria, risk based test strategies, and quality gates early in the development lifecycle
• Develop and manage test data, mocks, stubs, fixtures, and environment setup needed for reliable automated and integration testing
• Monitor automation results, improve reporting and visibility into quality trends, and continuously reduce flaky tests and unstable pipelines
• Contribute to API and service-layer testing to complement UI automation and improve speed and depth of feedback
• Promote quality engineering best practices, code reviews for test automation, and shared ownership of release quality across the engineering organization
• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining automation frameworks for enterprise-grade software applications
• Strong hands-on experience with Selenium, Cypress, and Playwright; experience with web and mobile test automation is required
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD platforms such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or equivalent tooling
• Solid understanding of software testing principles, test design techniques, defect lifecycle management, and quality engineering practices
• Experience validating REST APIs, backend services, and third-party integrations in addition to user interface testing
• Understanding of source control, branching strategies, build pipelines, and modern software delivery practices
• Experience working effectively in Agile teams with strong communication and collaboration across engineering and business stakeholders
• Knowledge of test reporting, test case management, defect tracking, and release support processes
• Familiarity with accessibility, performance, and security testing concepts is a plus
• Experience with modern AI coding tools and AI-enabled developer productivity tools is a plus
• Experience with modern AI agentic workflows and self-maintaining testing suites is a plus

Skills

Selenium

Cypress

Playwright

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

REST API testing

Automated testing

Agile teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

Job description

SoundExchange is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer in Washington, DC to design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for web and mobile apps, integrating tests into CI/CD to accelerate high-quality releases.

You will lead automation strategy, build scalable frameworks, and collaborate with Engineering, Product, QA, and DevOps, applying modern testing techniques and AI-assisted tools where appropriate.