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QA Automation Engineer (Karate Framework / API) Number of days onsite - 5 If onsite, provide Office ... Experience: 3 to 8+ years of software quality assurance experience with a strong primary focus on ...

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Job Title: QA Automation Engineer Location: Ashburn, VA (Hybrid - 2 Days Onsite) Employment Type ... software development. Clearance (Priority) Candidates with any of the following will be given ...

... software quality. Key Responsibilities * Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation ... Mentor junior QA engineers and contribute to QA best practices and process improvements * Ensure ...

The QA Automation Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing ... Maintain documentation of test results to assist in debugging and modification of software

BigRio is a remote-based technology consulting firm headquartered in Boston, MA, specializing in software solutions. They are seeking a QA Automation Engineer to perform integration testing with a ...

Qualifications: * 1-3 years of experience in software quality assurance or test automation, including internship, academic, or project experience. * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering ...

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How much do software quality assurance automation engineer jobs pay per hour?

As of Sep 10, 2026, the average hourly pay for software quality assurance automation engineer in the United States is $51.44, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $42.55 and $59.38 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the difference between Software Quality Assurance Automation Engineer vs Software Tester?

AspectSoftware Quality Assurance Automation EngineerSoftware Tester
Primary FocusDeveloping and maintaining automated testing scripts to ensure software qualityExecuting manual or automated tests to identify bugs and issues
Skills & CertificationsProgramming skills, automation tools, scripting languages, certifications like ISTQBTesting methodologies, attention to detail, basic scripting knowledge
Work EnvironmentCollaborates with developers, QA teams, often in Agile settingsWorks closely with QA teams, often in manual testing environments
Tools UsedSelenium, QTP, TestComplete, JenkinsJIRA, TestRail, manual testing tools

While both roles focus on software quality, the Software Quality Assurance Automation Engineer specializes in creating automated tests to improve efficiency, whereas the Software Tester primarily performs manual testing to identify issues. The automation engineer requires programming skills and automation tool expertise, making their role more technical and development-oriented.

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Infographic showing various Software Quality Assurance Automation Engineer job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% As Needed, 81% Full Time, 13% Part Time, 4% Contract, and 1% Nights. Highlights an 84% Physical, 1% Hybrid, and 15% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $106,997 per year, or $51.4 per hour.

Software QA Automation Engineer (java focused)

Ann Arbor, MI • On-site

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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.