Senior SDET: AI-Powered Test Automation Leader

Ztek Consulting INC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ztek Consulting INC is seeking an experienced QA Automation Engineer to join our testing team in Chicago. You will design, implement, and maintain automated test frameworks for Web/API/Batch workloads using Playwright and Selenium, while collaborating with engineers and SMEs to ensure quality across projects.

You will build end-to-end, integration, and unit tests, integrate CI/CD testing in Concourse, and maintain testing infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Experience in test automation design and development.
• Proficient in web/API testing with Playwright or Selenium.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Concourse, Jenkins, Azure DevOps).
• Strong knowledge of databases and SQL.
• Familiarity with AI test tooling (Copilot, Claude, Cursor).
• Ability to create and maintain test plans.

Responsibilities

• Testing and test automation.
• Design and develop Test Plan, Strategy document and review with customer and SMEs.
• Design and develop automated test frameworks.
• Write maintainable and reusable test code.
• Implement CI/CD testing in Concourse.
• Create end-to-end, integration, and unit tests.
• Review code and provide constructive feedback.
• Participate in software design discussions.
• Maintain test infrastructure and tools.
• Create Test AI agents and reuse those in multiple projects and provide ROI/Benefits.

Skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving

Excellent communication skills

Team collaboration

Time management

Documentation skills

Tools

Python

Java

C#

Typescript

JavaScript

Selenium

TestNG

JUnit

PyTest

Playwright

Git

Concourse

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

SQL

Postgres

MsSQL

BigQuery

Postman

REST Assured

Copilot

Claude

Cursor

JIRA

Selenium WebDriver

Playwright

JMeter

SVN

AWS

GCP

Job description

Ztek Consulting INC is seeking an experienced QA Automation Engineer to join our testing team in Chicago. You will design, implement, and maintain automated test frameworks for Web/API/Batch workloads using Playwright and Selenium, while collaborating with engineers and SMEs to ensure quality across projects.

You will build end-to-end, integration, and unit tests, integrate CI/CD testing in Concourse, and maintain testing infrastructure.