Staff Engineer - Automation

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Remote; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care benefits

401(k) retirement benefits

Employee stock purchase program

Paid time off

Paid sick leave

Parental leave and benefits

Job summary

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. is hiring a Staff Engineer – Automation to lead automated testing across large-scale enterprise retail systems.

This fully remote role allows work from anywhere in the United States, with periodic in-person interviews at Pittsburgh/NYC locations. Key duties include building reusable automation libraries for microservices, REST APIs, and UI testing, and driving TDD QA practices across teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain reusable automation libraries for microservices, REST APIs, and UI testing.
• Drive consistent Test Driven Development (TDD) QA practices across teams.
• Ensure quality through code reviews and CI/CD integration.
• Create test strategies and scripts aligned with requirements.
• Oversee version control, code merging, and review workflows.

Job description

Staff Engineer – Automation

AEO Employment Services CO LLC seeks a Staff Engineer – Automation to handle automated testing strategies for large scale enterprise retail systems. This is a fully remote position, and the employee can work from anywhere in the United States. Periodic in person presence is required at one of our Pittsburgh or NYC headquarters, distribution centers or field locations for interviews, orientation and quarterly meetups. Duties include: (i) developing and maintaining reusable automation libraries for Microservices, REST APIs and UI testing; (ii) driving consistent Test Driven Development (TDD) QA practices across teams; (iii) ensuring quality standards through code reviews and CI/CD integration; (iv) creating test strategies and scripts aligned with requirements; and (v) ensuring appropriate version control, code merging, and review workflows.

This is a fully remote position, and the employee can work from anywhere in the United States. Periodic in person presence is required at one of our Pittsburgh or NYC headquarters, distribution centers or field locations for interviews, orientation and quarterly meetups.

Must have a bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent degree) in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field plus five (5) years of post-baccalaureate and progressively responsible experience in a related quality engineering position.

Experience must include three (3) years: (i) developing UI/API automation frameworks for e-commerce and retail platforms to validate core functionality; (ii) utilizing Selenium, Java and Spring and BDD tools Cucumber and JBehave for validating complex workflows across web and mobile channels; (iii) developing and executing tests of microservices and REST APIs supporting core retail functions such as order processing, product search, cart and checkout; (iv) designing test strategies, writing detailed test cases and executing tests to ensure business logic accuracy across multi-channel retail platforms; (v) using Java and Spring Boot for test development and build automation using Maven or Gradle; (vi) utilizing Bamboo or Jenkins for version control and CI/CD pipelines; (vii) writing SQL queries and scripts for data integrity validation in PostgreSQL and MongoDB databases for product updates and order creation status; (viii) working in cloud environments GCP or AWS for serverless deployments and monitoring build status; and (ix) leading automation discussions with Developer, QA and Other Stakeholders and advising on correct automation solution.

Experience can be concurrent.

This is a fully remote position, and the employee can work from anywhere in the United States. Periodic in person presence is required at one of our Pittsburgh or NYC headquarters, distribution centers or field locations for interviews, orientation and quarterly meetups.

Pay/Benefits Information:

• Actual starting pay is determined by various factors, including but not limited to relevant experience and location.
• Subject to eligibility requirements, associates may receive health care benefits (including medical, vision, and dental); wellness benefits; 401(k) retirement benefits; life and disability insurance; employee stock purchase program; paid time off; paid sick leave; and parental leave and benefits.
• Paid Time Off, paid sick leave, and holiday pay vary by job level and type, job location, employment classification (part-time or full-time / exempt or non-exempt), and years of service. For additional information, please clickHERE.
• AEO may also provide discretionary bonuses and other incentives at its discretion.