Senior SDET Automation Architect

Randstad Digital Americas; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 69,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Digital Americas is seeking a Senior SDET Automation Engineer to join a premier client in the Washington, DC area to design, develop, and scale enterprise-grade test automation frameworks across web, mobile, and API environments.

This role champions shift-left methodologies, integrates automated suites into modern CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure, and partners with DevOps, SRE, and multi-functional development teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software test automation, framework engineering and QA.
• Proficient in Java, Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, TestNG, WebdriverIO, and custom reporting.
• Extensive Appium/XCTest/XCUITest experience for Android/iOS.
• Strong API testing and DB validation with REST Assured, JSON parsing, and SQL.
• Knowledge of ADA accessibility and PCI compliance.
• Experience integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines and cloud testing.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize scalable test automation frameworks for web, mobile, and API testing.
• Author and execute comprehensive test plans covering functional, integration, regression, load, and performance testing.
• Embed automated test suites into CI/CD deployment pipelines and cloud infrastructure to enable continuous delivery and quality gates.
• Manage defect lifecycles in Jira and build automation dashboards and metrics for real-time visibility.
• Drive shift-left testing initiatives and collaborate with DevOps, SRE, and development teams to enforce QA standards.

Skills

Technical leadership

Quality engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelors

Tools

Java

Selenium WebDriver

Cucumber

TestNG

WebdriverIO

Jira

Kibana

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Appium

XCTest

XCUITest

Xcode

Job description

Randstad Digital Americas is seeking a Senior SDET Automation Engineer to join a premier client in the Washington, DC area to design, develop, and scale enterprise-grade test automation frameworks across web, mobile, and API environments.

This role champions shift-left methodologies, integrates automated suites into modern CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure, and partners with DevOps, SRE, and multi-functional development teams.