Senior QA Engineer: AI-Driven Automation & Leadership

Nearmap; Lehi (UT); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

YOU days off

Volunteering days

Parental leave

Work from Overseas policy

Health insurance discount

Nearmap subscription

Job summary

Nearmap is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to lead quality efforts and hands-on automation across API, web, and Windows desktop apps. You will mentor QA engineers, set automation standards, and drive test strategy for features and releases.

The role emphasizes AI-assisted tooling, Claude AI integration, and building robust CI/CD test pipelines in Azure DevOps. You will collaborate with Product and Engineering to assess risks, ensure coverage, and report quality metrics.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of QA engineering experience, including 2+ years in a lead or senior QA role.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java and REST Assured for API test automation.
• Experience using Claude AI (or similar LLM tools) to support automation development and testing workflows.
• Working proficiency in Python for scripting and tooling.
• Experience testing Windows desktop applications (UI automation frameworks such as WinAppDriver, Appium, or similar).
• Experience with Web UI test automation (Selenium, Playwright, or similar).
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps (Test Plans, Pipelines, Boards, Repos).
• Excellent communication skills and mentoring or leading other QA engineers.

Responsibilities

• Provide both manual and QA automation and assist in mentoring a team of QA engineers, providing technical guidance, and code reviews.
• Set automation standards, frameworks, and best practices across the QA function.
• Plan and prioritize QA work in partnership with engineering and product leadership.
• Assist QA Manager to provide test strategy for new features and major releases, including risk assessment and coverage planning.
• Report on quality metrics, automation coverage, and release readiness to stakeholders.
• Act as the primary escalation point for complex quality and testing issues.
• Design, build, and maintain automated test suites for API, web UI, and Windows desktop applications.
• Develop and extend API test automation frameworks using Java and REST Assured.
• Write automation scripts and tooling in Python to support test execution, data setup, and reporting.
• Evaluate, integrate, and apply AI automation tools to improve test generation, maintenance, and self-healing capabilities.
• Use Claude AI to accelerate automation development, including generating test cases, refactoring test code, analyzing failures, and creating test documentation.
• Build and maintain CI/CD test pipelines within Azure DevOps, including test plans, pipelines, and release gates.
• Perform manual and exploratory testing where automation coverage is still developing
• Triage test failures, distinguish flaky tests from genuine defects, and drive root-cause analysis

Skills

Java

REST Assured

Python

Claude AI

AI-assisted automation

API testing

Selenium

Playwright

WinAppDriver

Appium

Scripting

QA mentoring

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience

Tools

WinAppDriver

Appium

Selenium

Playwright

Azure DevOps

Job description

Nearmap is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to lead quality efforts and hands-on automation across API, web, and Windows desktop apps. You will mentor QA engineers, set automation standards, and drive test strategy for features and releases.

The role emphasizes AI-assisted tooling, Claude AI integration, and building robust CI/CD test pipelines in Azure DevOps. You will collaborate with Product and Engineering to assess risks, ensure coverage, and report quality metrics.