Senior Test Automation Engineer: AI-Driven QA & CI/CD Leader

C T Corporation System (DE); Coppell (TX); On-site; USD 71,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Wolters Kluwer is seeking a hands-on Senior Software Automation Engineer to own and drive Quality Strategy for enterprise products. You will lead advanced testing, mentor juniors, and deliver robust automation across UI, API, and non-functional layers in a fast-paced environment.

The role demands 5-8+ years of QA with strong automation and experience in building scalable frameworks using C#/.NET or Java, plus CI/CD integration and contract testing knowledge.

Qualifications

• 5-8+ years in QA with significant automation experience.
• Proven hands-on framework development experience.
• Ability to contribute 40-60% in active coding.
• Demonstrated leadership in driving quality initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement end-to-end Quality Strategy across UI, API, and non-functional layers.
• Establish automation roadmap and quality KPIs.
• Establish and enforce a Test Pyramid model across unit, API, integration, and UI automation.
• Drive shift-left practices and increase automation coverage at lower layers.
• Define and track QA KPIs (automation coverage, defect leakage, regression stability).
• Drive release readiness reviews and risk assessments.
• Influence engineering teams to adopt quality best practices.
• Architect and implement/modify scalable automation frameworks using C# (.NET) or Advanced Java.
• Hands-on knowledge of integrating automation tests in CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement / Knowledge of contract testing using OpenAPI/Swagger.
• Mentor and review automation engineers' code.
• Provide technical guidance and framework standards.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and DevOps stakeholders.
• Leverage AI-assisted tools to enhance development efficiency.
• Hands-on knowledge of prompting techniques to improve automation productivity.

Skills

C#/.NET

Advanced Java

REST API automation

CI/CD integration

QA KPIs

Agile/Scrum

Selenium/Playwright

SQL

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

RestSharp

HttpClient

Grafana

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Job description

Wolters Kluwer is seeking a hands-on Senior Software Automation Engineer to own and drive Quality Strategy for enterprise products. You will lead advanced testing, mentor juniors, and deliver robust automation across UI, API, and non-functional layers in a fast-paced environment.

The role demands 5-8+ years of QA with strong automation and experience in building scalable frameworks using C#/.NET or Java, plus CI/CD integration and contract testing knowledge.