Software QA Automation Engineer (java focused)

GreyStar Systems LLC; Ann Arbor (MI); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

GreyStar Systems LLC is seeking a Software QA Automation Engineer (Java focused) for an ongoing contract in Ann Arbor, MI (Hybrid). The role involves developing and maintaining test strategies, automating tests with Java-based tools, and collaborating with developers to ensure quality across UI, API, and integration layers.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in QA, 5+ years Java coding, and hands-on experience with Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber, and CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years in software QA, preferably in Agile environments.
• 5+ years of Java coding experience.
• Experience with automated testing tools listed (Cucumber, Selenium, Playwright, Java).
• API automation testing using Java Springboot2, RestAssured, GraphQL or Postman.
• Experience with JMS messaging protocols (AMQ, RabbitMQ, Kafka).
• CI/CD with Jenkins/JenkinsX and Git for version control.
• SQL queries for test data preparation and validation.
• Nice to have Couchbase, Splunk, Kubernetes, and payment-related testing.

Responsibilities

• Develop, document, and maintain test strategy and scenarios.
• Build and execute unit, integration, and performance tests across environments.
• Automate QA using modern frameworks and CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with developers to ensure comprehensive test coverage.
• Create defects with detailed repro steps and validate fixes.
• Perform exploratory testing to refine test cases for features.
• Present results to sign off production releases and support releases.

Skills

QA automation strategy

Test planning & documentation

Exploratory testing

Independent work in Agile

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

Java

Selenium WebDriver

Playwright

Cucumber/Gherkin

RestAssured

GraphQL

Postman

Jenkins/JenkinsX

Git

SQL

Couchbase

Splunk

JIRA

Kubernetes

Job description

Title: Software QA Automation Engineer (java focused)

Contract: Ongoing contract

Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan (Hybrid)

Description

• Participate in developing and documenting User Stories by providing the test strategy and automation estimates
• Develop, document, and maintain the test strategy and test scenarios
• Build and execute unit, component, acceptance, integration, load, security, scalability, usability, and platform tests
• Conducts code reviews to ensure consistency, quality, and reusability of test automation artifacts
• Partner with the developers to ensure all areas of the application are fully tested and to find technical solutions for test automation
• Build and manage automated test suites and ensure execution through various environments, CI-CD pipelines and to be used by NOC teams.
• Regularly execute, maintain and upkeep automated test suites and analyze the results to identify the cause for failures.
• Create defects for issues found with appropriate details and ensure issues are resolved, including validation of the fix, and required automation updates
• Present appropriate results to sign off on software functionality for new Production releases
• Work with cross team and release management to manage dev, QA, and production release of the software
• Perform exploratory testing to understand the feature and how it is implemented, to find additional or unexpected behavior, and to refine and define additional test cases for the feature
• Contribute to the QA automation framework using industry standard tools and approaches
• Leverage and enhance coding standards and best practices for automated QA code
• Participate in analyzing Major Incidents and Emergency Change controls to identify opportunities to automate software quality test cases to reduce or eliminate those

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 7 years of industry experience, preferably in an Agile development environment.
• Must have 5 years of Java coding experience
• Experience with automated testing tools - Cucumber/Gherkin, Selenium Webdriver, Playwright and Java
• Experience in API automation testing using JAVA Springboot2, RestAssured, GraphQL or Postman.
• Experience with JMS driven messaging protocols like AMQ, RabbitMQ, Kafka, and etc.
• Knowledge of MS Entity Framework/Spring JDBC
• Experience with Service oriented architecture.
• Knowledge working with CI/CD processes and tools - preferably Jenkins/JenkinsX.
• MUST HAVE Experience with source control versioning tools and processes -- Git / Stash.
• Experience in writing SQL queries for test data preparation as well as data validation.
• NICE TO HAVE -- experience with querying Couchbase database.
• Experience working with databases and various data formats and related technologies for testing. SQL Server and SQL Server Management Studio is a plus
• Experience with Splunk analytics for validating technical fixes and updates in the app code/config.
• Experience with defect tracking tools (JIRA)
• Experience in manual testing.
• POS system experience is a plus
• Nice to have experience with payment gateways and payment terminals
• Nice to have experience with Kubernetes and container-based application deployment and operations
• Ability to work independently with an aptitude for detailed work and follow-up activities.
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced agile work environment
• Experience in heavy traffic eCommerce applications.