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QA Automation Engineer

Northern Base
Jersey, NJ Full Time
POSTED ON 9/10/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/10/2026

Role: QA Automation Engineer
Location: Jersey City, NJ (Onsite)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Visa Type: USC / GC / GC EAD Only

Experience: 8–14 Years

Must-Have Skills:

  • 5 years of experience in Software Testing, Test Automation, and Quality Engineering
  • Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, Agile testing methodologies, and QA best practices
  • Hands-on experience with Playwright
  • Strong experience with JavaScript / TypeScript
  • Functional, regression, smoke, integration, system, and E2E automation
  • Experience migrating Selenium-based automation scripts to Playwright
  • API testing using Postman, Rest Assured, or equivalent tools
  • Experience building and maintaining automation frameworks from the ground up
  • Automation framework design, test strategy, and test execution
  • Basic to intermediate SQL for database validation and backend testing
  • CI/CD integration using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or GitLab CI
  • Defect tracking and test management using Jira, ALM, or Azure DevOps
  • Strong experience with Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, or Azure Repos
  • Unix/Linux environments and batch processing systems
  • Analysis of job execution logs, automation logs, failures, and data load issues
  • Automated data validation and reconciliation frameworks
  • Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills

Preferred Experience:

  • Experience designing scalable and maintainable Playwright automation frameworks
  • Experience with Selenium-to-Playwright migration projects
  • Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines
  • Experience with API and integration testing across multiple systems
  • Experience supporting production deployments and post-release validation
  • Experience with UAT, system, smoke, regression, and end-to-end testing
  • Experience creating test execution reports, quality metrics, and stakeholder status updates
  • Experience working closely with Developers, Product Owners, Business Analysts, and DevOps teams
  • Experience in Agile/Scrum environments
  • Experience continuously improving QA processes and automation best practices

Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

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