Test Automation Associate

JP Morgan Chase; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

JP Morgan Chase is seeking a Test Automation Analyst for its Credit Card team. You will design, build, and maintain automated tests and an in-house framework for critical customer workflows.

Collaborate with product and tech partners to convert requirements into test scenarios, reduce flakiness, and surface quality risks early. You will help establish practical testing standards so the team can deliver changes with confidence, joining ceremonies and driving continuous improvement in automation

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 1 year of experience maintaining test automation frameworks.
• 1 year of API testing using tools like Postman or Bruno.
• Strong Selenium experience and knowledge of Cucumber or similar frameworks.
• Solid Java and web fundamentals (HTML/CSS/JS) understanding.
• Ability to select stable locator strategies and use waits effectively.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated functional, end-to-end, and regression tests.
• Maintain and enhance in-house automation framework for stability and speed.
• Translate acceptance criteria into clear test scenarios and plans.
• Build test code using reusable patterns (page objects) and utilities.
• Create stable element locator strategies and compare tradeoffs.
• Diagnose automation failures and resolve timeouts and stale elements.
• Automate API validation and support manual testing when needed.
• Integrate tests into build/release pipelines and report progress.

Skills

Java programming

Test automation

API testing

CI/CD concepts

Debugging

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS or related field

Tools

Selenium

Cucumber

Postman

Bruno

Job description

Join us to improve customer experiences by raising quality and delivery speed through automation. You will build reliable automated tests that help teams release changes safely and confidently.

As a Test Automation Analyst in our Credit Card team, you design, build, and maintain automated tests and an in-house automation framework for critical customer workflows. You work closely with product and technology partners to turn requirements into test scenarios, reduce test flakiness, and surface quality risks early. You help establish practical testing standards so the team can deliver changes with confidence.

Job responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated functional, end-to-end, and regression tests.


• Maintain and enhance an in-house automation framework to improve stability, speed, and readability.


• Translate acceptance criteria into clear test scenarios and effective test plans.


• Build maintainable test code using reusable patterns (for example, page objects) and shared utilities.


• Create stable element locator strategies and explain tradeoffs between approaches.


• Diagnose and resolve common automation failures (for example, missing elements, timeouts, and stale elements).


• Automate API validation and support manual testing when automation is not feasible.


• Integrate automated tests into build and release pipelines to continuously validate changes.


• Communicate test progress, results, and issues to partners and stakeholders.


• Participate in team ceremonies (refinement, planning, reviews, and demos) and contribute to continuous improvement.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.


• 1 year of experience maintaining test automation frameworks.


• 1 year of experience manually testing APIs using tools such as Postman or Bruno.


• Strong hands-on experience with Selenium and a test framework such as Cucumber.


• Working knowledge of Java and the ability to explain core concepts used in day-to-day automation work.


• Understanding of web fundamentals (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) to support reliable automation.


• Ability to select and implement stable locator strategies (for example, IDs and CSS selectors) and describe when other approaches are needed.


• Ability to use appropriate wait strategies to make tests reliable and avoid hard-coded delays.


• Experience using version control and collaborating through code reviews and feature branching.


• Experience using continuous integration and build tools (for example, Jenkins and Maven).


• Strong communication skills, including the ability to clearly explain testing decisions, results, and risks.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience working in financial services and familiarity with credit card products.


• Experience automating modern front ends, including elements inside shadow roots.


• Experience integrating automation with external tools or data sources (for example, spreadsheets, screenshots, or databases).


• Experience designing and validating tests on cloud-based platforms and services.


• Experience working in Unix-based environments.


• Working knowledge of Python in addition to Java.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the US. We are not able to provide immigration sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time. Final job grade level and corporate title will be determined at time of offer and may differ from this posting.