Senior Test Automation Engineer

Archer; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k safe harbor match

Medical, dental, vision plans

Paid vacation and holidays

Promotion from within

Agile development processes

Job summary

Archer, in collaboration with Leo Technologies, seeks a Senior Test Automation Engineer to lead automation efforts and ensure robust software releases.

You will work across UI and API layers, leveraging Playwright, Cypress, and other modern frameworks, coding in JavaScript/TypeScript, and collaborating with AI tools to diagnose issues and improve testing processes.

Qualifications

• Must have a minimum of 5+ years of work experience in a similar position or product development.
• Requires a bachelor’s degree, technical certification, or equivalent work experience.
• Working knowledge of Playwright, WebdriverIO, TestCafe, or Cypress, and/or other similar modern test automation framework(s).
• Hands-on experience with coding in JavaScript and/or TypeScript.
• Working experience with Black-, Gray-, and White-Box testing approaches at the component and integration testing levels (DB, API, and UI).
• Experience creating, maintaining, and improving hybrid automated e2e UI+API tests.
• Experience optimizing and reviewing complex test code, including from other team members.
• Hands-on experience with using assistive AI development tools, harnesses, Commands, SKILLs, etc. to effectively leverage them in the QA Engineering role and duties.
• Knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript / TypeScript frameworks (React, Ember, etc.).
• A good understanding of, and working experience with, the software development lifecycle and processes, including development, testing, and deployment.
• Able to own software product / feature quality through requirements, design, implementation, release, and support.
• Familiar with CI/CD tools.
• Familiar with Test Management Systems (Xray, Zephyr, TestRail, etc.).
• Software Engineering background a strong plus.
• Experience with SSH terminal is a big plus
• Integrity, Honesty, and Forthrightness
• Dedication to the mission of Public Safety

Responsibilities

• Advancing automation efforts
• Building and maintaining highly available systems across various production environments
• Validating software releases
• Debugging complex issues and performance problems throughout the stack
• Helping to ensure that end users have a bug-free experience
• Working closely with development teams and AI agents to help discover, triage, and debug issues, and consult on testing requirements
• Champion Quality throughout our Organization and its deliverables

Skills

JavaScript

TypeScript

QA testing

CI/CD

Automation strategy

Debugging

Collaboration with AI tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Playwright

WebdriverIO

TestCafe

Cypress

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Elixir

PostgreSQL

React

GitHub Actions

Job description

Archer is collaborating with Leo Technologies to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role. As a Senior Test Automation Engineer, you will help define and drive our automated test efforts and.

Keep Our Platform Running Smoothly, With Key Responsibilities Including

• Advancing automation efforts
• Building and maintaining highly available systems across various production environments
• Validating software releases
• Debugging complex issues and performance problems throughout the stack
• Helping to ensure that end users have a bug-free experience
• Working closely with development teams and AI agents to help discover, triage, and debug issues, and consult on testing requirements
• Champion Quality throughout our Organization and its deliverables

Requirements

WHAT WE VALUE

• Must have a minimum of 5+ years of work experience in a similar position or product development
• Requires a bachelor's degree, technical certification, or equivalent work experience
• Working knowledge of Playwright, WebdriverIO, TestCafe, or Cypress, and/or other similar modern test automation framework(s)
• Hands-on experience with coding in JavaScript and/or TypeScript
• Working experience with Black-, Gray-, and White-Box testing approaches at the component and integration testing levels (DB, API, and UI)
• Experience creating, maintaining, and improving hybrid automated e2e UI+API tests
• Experience optimizing and reviewing complex test code, including from other team members
• Hands-on experience with using assistive AI development tools, harnesses, Commands, SKILLs, etc. to effectively leverage them in the QA Engineering role and duties
• Knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript / TypeScript frameworks (React, Ember, etc.)
• A good understanding of, and working experience with, the software development lifecycle and processes, including development, testing, and deployment
• Able to own software product / feature quality through requirements, design, implementation, release, and support
• Familiar with CI/CD tools
• Familiar with Test Management Systems (Xray, Zephyr, TestRail, etc.)
• Software Engineering background a strong plus.
• Experience with SSH terminal is a big plus
• Integrity, Honesty, and Forthrightness
• Dedication to the mission of Public Safety

Technologies WE USE

• Hosting: AWS Cloud and AWS services (Server and Serverless)
• Backend: Elixir, JavaScript, and Postgres
• Frontend: TypeScript, React, and Nginx
• Search and analytics: Elastic Search
• Messaging: SQS and Kafka
• Industry-standard build tooling and CI/CD: CodePipeline and GitHub/GitLabs
• Monitoring and Logging: Prometheus and Grafana
• Code Quality: Playwright (NodeJS and TypeScript), sobelow, eslint, credo
• Project Management: Jira and Confluence
• Containerization and Orchestration: Docker and Kubernetes
• Infrastructure deployment and automation: Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible
• Assistive AI development tools: Claude, Copilot

What We Bring To The Table

• 401k safe harbor match
• Generous medical, dental, vision plans, and FSA
• Vacation, sick, and paid holidays offered
• Promotion from within
• Agile development processes with Daily sync
• Work with talented and collaborative co-workers