Senior Test Automation Engineer

Cognizant; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Test Automation Engineer to lead automation initiatives for mission-critical loan servicing applications. You will collaborate with product, development, architecture, and business teams to improve software quality and accelerate delivery in a hybrid Coppell, Texas role.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience in Selenium-based automation, multiple languages, and CI/CD integration, with a track record of designing scalable automation strategies and measurable

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, MIS, or related technical discipline, or equivalent education/experience.
• 6+ years leading manual and automation testing programs for large, complex enterprise apps.
• 4+ years designing, developing, implementing, and executing automated test scripts.
• Strong experience with Selenium-based automation frameworks and Java, Python, JavaScript, or C#.
• Experience developing test strategies and plans across functional, regression, API, and automated testing.
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or Bamboo).

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute an enterprise test automation strategy aligned with software development, quality engineering, and business objectives.
• Design and maintain scalable automation solutions for regression, API, mobile, and performance testing.
• Establish automation success metrics and communicate results to management.
• Define approaches for test-data management, stable automation environments, and CI/CD integration with DevOps tools.
• Partner with cross-functional product, engineering, architecture, and business teams to prioritize automation and support in-sprint testing.

Skills

Test automation leadership

Selenium

CI/CD

Programming (Java/Python/JS/C#)

API testing

Test data management

Jira/Git

Collaboration across teams

Estimating testing effort

Cross-functional communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Bamboo

Postman

Git

GitHub

Selenium

Appium

JMeter

Job description

About the role

As a Senior Test Automation Engineer, you will make an impact by leading test automation initiatives for mission-critical loan servicing applications. You will be a valued member of the Quality Engineering team and work collaboratively with product teams, software development leads, architects, business partners, and other stakeholders to improve software quality and accelerate delivery.

In this role, you will:

Develop and execute an enterprise test automation strategy aligned with software development, quality engineering, and business objectives.

Design and maintain scalable automation solutions for regression, smoke, sanity, API, mobile, and performance testing, ensuring appropriate test coverage, traceability, and reusability.

Establish automation success metrics, measure automation effectiveness and return on investment, and communicate results to management.

Define approaches for test-data management, stable automation environments, continuous integration and continuous delivery, and integration with DevOps tools.

Partner with cross-functional product, engineering, architecture, and business teams to prioritize automation, support in-sprint testing, estimate delivery efforts, and drive process improvements throughout the software development lifecycle.

Work model

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position in Coppell, Texas. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.

The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you are engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured, we will always be clear about role expectations.

What you need to have to be considered

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Management Information Systems, or a related technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.

6+ years of experience leading manual and automation testing programs for large, complex enterprise applications.

Four or more years of hands-on experience designing, developing, implementing, and executing automated test scripts.

Strong experience with Selenium-based automation frameworks and at least one programming language such as Java, Python, JavaScript, or C#.

Experience developing test strategies and plans across functional, regression, smoke, sanity, API, and automated testing.

Experience integrating automated tests into continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or Bamboo.

Hands-on experience with API testing, defect management, and version-control tools such as Postman, Jira, Azure DevOps, Git, or GitHub.

Ability to estimate testing efforts, communicate execution status, document software defects, and collaborate effectively across technical and business teams.

These will help you stand out

Experience with behavior-driven development, test-driven development, scriptless automation, or robotic automation frameworks.

Experience with Appium for mobile testing and JMeter for performance and load testing.

Working knowledge of Bash, PowerShell, Ruby, Bugzilla, or SVN.

Prior experience with Qualitia.

Experience supporting mortgage servicing, loan servicing, banking, or financial-services applications.

We’re excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Don’t hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan