Software Engineer, Test – Infrastructure III

Jobtailor; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is hiring a Lead Automation Engineer in Chicago to design and maintain scalable automation frameworks, improve CI/CD pipelines, and lead performance testing across distributed systems.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive initiatives to expand automation coverage and improve quality across products.

Qualifications

• 4–7 years in software development, test automation, or QA infrastructure.
• Strong proficiency in one or more of Ruby, Java, C#/.NET, C++, Perl, or Python.
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable automation frameworks.
• CI/CD & Containers: Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, and modern CI/CD pipelines.
• Distributed systems: REST APIs, microservices, Linux, and networking fundamentals.
• Performance engineering: load, stress, and performance testing.
• Databases: SQL and NoSQL for data-driven testing.
• Problem solving: diagnose and resolve complex issues across systems.
• Technical leadership: mentor engineers, drive initiatives, and collaborate with Agile teams.
• Preferred: applying AI to testing and automation to boost productivity.

Responsibilities

• Lead Automation Development: Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks across multiple products.
• Own Complex Test Automation: Build and maintain automation for functional, integration, regression, and performance testing.
• Advance Test Infrastructure: Enhance testing tools, libraries, and CI/CD workflows.
• Strengthen CI/CD Pipelines: Optimize automated test execution in Jenkins and containerized environments.
• Analyze and Resolve Complex Issues: Investigate failures using logs, metrics, and diagnostics.
• Lead Performance Validation: Develop load and stress testing strategies for production-like workloads.
• Collaborate Across Engineering: Partner with Engineering, PM, DevOps, and Operations.
• Provide Technical Leadership: mentor engineers through reviews and design discussions.
• Drive Continuous Improvement: expand automation coverage and improve framework architecture.

Skills

Automation Framework Development

Technical Leadership

CI/CD Pipeline

Performance Testing

Distributed Systems

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in CS/Engineering

Tools

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

PyTest

Selenium

JUnit

TestNG

Cucumber

RSpec

SQL

Job description

• Lead Automation Development: Design, develop, and maintain scalable, reusable automation frameworks that improve reliability, maintainability, and engineering efficiency across multiple products.


• Own Complex Test Automation: Build and maintain automation for functional, integration, regression, and performance testing across distributed applications, APIs, and telecommunications platforms.


• Advance Test Infrastructure: Enhance internal automation tools, testing libraries, and CI/CD workflows that improve quality, reduce manual effort, and accelerate software delivery.


• Strengthen CI/CD Pipelines: Design and optimize automated test execution within Jenkins and containerized environments, ensuring dependable and repeatable validation throughout the software development lifecycle.


• Analyze and Resolve Complex Issues: Investigate failures across applications, services, databases, and infrastructure using logs, metrics, and diagnostic tools to identify root causes and improve automation resiliency.


• Lead Performance Validation: Develop and execute performance, load, and stress testing strategies that accurately model production workloads and identify system bottlenecks before release.


• Collaborate Across Engineering: Partner with Software Engineering, Product Management, DevOps, and Operations to improve system quality, release readiness, and overall testability.


• Provide Technical Leadership: Mentor engineers through code reviews, automation design discussions, and troubleshooting while promoting engineering best practices across the QA organization.


• Drive Continuous Improvement: Lead initiatives that expand automation coverage, improve framework architecture, increase test reliability, and elevate engineering productivity.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience


• Experience: Typically, 4–7 years in software development, test automation, or QA infrastructure engineering.


• Programming Skills: Strong proficiency in one or more of Ruby, Java, C#/.NET, C++, Perl, or Python.


• Automation Frameworks: Experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable automation frameworks using JUnit, TestNG, PyTest, RSpec, Selenium, Cucumber, or equivalent technologies.


• CI/CD & Containers: Experience developing and maintaining automated testing within Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, and modern CI/CD pipelines.


• Distributed Systems: Strong understanding of distributed systems, REST APIs, microservices, Linux environments, and network fundamentals.


• Performance Engineering: Experience developing and executing load, stress, and performance testing while analyzing application behavior under production-scale workloads.


• Databases: Solid understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases for data-driven testing


• Problem Solving: Demonstrated ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues across multiple systems


• Technical Leadership: Experience mentoring engineers, leading code reviews, driving technical initiatives, and collaborating across Agile teams


• Preferred Qualification: Demonstrated experience leveraging AI technologies to enhance software testing, test automation, defect analysis, and engineering productivity, with the ability to drive AI adoption and best practices across a Quality Engineering team.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing and maintaining scalable automation frameworks, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and executing performance testing strategies. Proven ability to lead technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and enhance software testing through innovative solutions.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Automation Framework Development


• CI/CD Pipeline Optimization


• Performance Testing Strategy


• Technical Leadership


• Distributed Systems Understanding

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Ruby


• Java


• C#/.NET


• C++


• Perl


• Python


• JUnit


• TestNG


• Selenium


• SQL

Soft Skills

• Problem Solving


• Collaboration


• Mentoring

Industry Keywords

• Test Automation


• Quality Engineering


• Agile


• Microservices


• Telecommunications

Tools & Technologies

• Jenkins


• Docker


• Kubernetes


• PyTest


• RSpec


• Cucumber