Senior QA Automation Engineer – Hybrid (Chicago)

Morningstar; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 95,275 - 139,741; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k match up to 6%

Stock ownership potential

Health benefits

Job summary

Morningstar is hiring a Senior QA Automation Engineer in Chicago to lead end‑to‑end web QA automation development and collaborate across cross‑functional teams. You will define automation strategy, build scalable test frameworks in Python, and implement AI‑assisted tooling with Copilot to accelerate testing and quality.

Hybrid work requires four days onsite weekly. The role demands 5+ years in QA and 3+ years of hands‑on automation, with deep experience in Selenium, API testing, SQL/NoSQL, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance and Testing, including 3+ years of hands‑on automation.
• Strong understanding of test frameworks, Selenium WebDriver, test management tools, bug‑tracking tools such as ALM, TestRail, and Jira, and Agile methodologies.
• Proven experience in automated testing of financial applications and web portals.
• Expertise in UI automation using Selenium WebDriver and automation framework development.
• Understanding of retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG), vector databases, and MCP development.
• Experience with Python, SQL/NoSQL databases, and AWS.
• Hands‑on experience using GitHub Copilot as an AI assistant during software development.
• Proficiency in Java and JavaScript.
• Expertise in API testing, both manual and automated, using Rest Assured and ReadyAPI.
• Exposure to performance testing and security testing too.
• Self‑driven with a practical, professional approach to QA standards, procedures, and issue resolution.
• Ability to write use cases from product requirements, execute them, and report defects in a bug‑tracking system.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, contribute independently, and help build a robust and flexible automation framework.
• Passion for mentoring and helping the QA community build automation skills.
• Current hands‑on experience designing, building, and scaling cross‑functional automation frameworks across back‑end integration, database, and UI layers.
• Experience integrating test automation into CI/CD pipelines and supporting SDLC automation, including cloud‑based test execution and reporting through tools such as ALM and Jira.
• Ability to improve quality and processes through automation strategy and technology selection based on architecture and process assessments.
• Strong SQL skills, including writing and understanding queries and stored procedures.

Responsibilities

• Define and establish the automation strategy, framework, and testing processes.
• Understand complex application architecture and design effective automation test frameworks.
• Build end‑to‑end web QA automation with Python for the back end, using GitHub Copilot where appropriate.
• Help establish AI standards and practices to support faster and more reliable adoption across the QA group.
• Analyze requirements, design test scenarios, and develop automation test cases.
• Own QA requirements and provide testing guidance to the broader technology team.
• Contribute as an individual contributor while also leading key QA initiatives.
• Lead and coordinate application enhancement and TechOps testing activities with technology and business teams.
• Participate actively in team ceremonies, including stand‑ups, planning sessions, and retrospectives.
• Communicate regular project updates, including completed work, work in progress, next steps, risks, quality metrics, KPIs, and costs.

Skills

Selenium WebDriver

Python

Java

JavaScript

API testing

Rest Assured

ReadyAPI

CI/CD

AWS

SQL

GitHub Copilot

QA automation framework

Tools

ALM

TestRail

Jira

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Morningstar is hiring a Senior QA Automation Engineer in Chicago to lead end‑to‑end web QA automation development and collaborate across cross‑functional teams. You will define automation strategy, build scalable test frameworks in Python, and implement AI‑assisted tooling with Copilot to accelerate testing and quality.

Hybrid work requires four days onsite weekly. The role demands 5+ years in QA and 3+ years of hands‑on automation, with deep experience in Selenium, API testing, SQL/NoSQL, and