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# QA Automation Engineer

- **Company:** ApTask
- **Location:** Phoenix, AZ, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $104,000.0 - $110,240.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Automation of Tests, Computer Engineering, Continuous Integration, Distributed Systems, Node.Js, Selenium, ReactJS, Backend, Information Technology, Playwright, Selenium Webdriver
- **Published:** July 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www2.jobdiva.com/portal/?a=4ujdnwqsdebu7m13em5f0pt5dw80o500d7dv9cbq5ebzngb7yk0n43mjtefnbx0d&compid=0/jobs/28819864#/jobs/28819864

## About the Role

* BS or MS degree in computer science, computer engineering (preferred)
 * 5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance of software technologies and tools.
 * 5+ years of experience writing automated tests for webapplications using Playwright ( with experience on Selenium or Webdriver.io )
 * 3+ years of experience in writing automated tests for APIs (using Karate framework)
 * Has exposure to Quality Assurance in a variety of distributed infrastructure technologies and systems
 * Good understanding of Java and React concepts
 * Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
 * Eagerness to work iteratively and collaboratively to build new software
 * Experience in financial industry is a plus.
 * WebdriverIO · Next-gen browser and mobile automation test framework for Node.js | WebdriverIO
 * Next-gen browser and mobile automation test framework for Node.js

## Description

* Contribute in an agile team by driving user story analysis and feature grooming, designing and developing thorough test-cases and test scenarios.
 * Create and maintain automated tests running in a continuous integration environment.
 * Ensure excellent application usability through careful manual testing
 * Collaborate with Product team, development team and backend teams to plan, test and release high-quality features.
 * Work closely with development team to iteratively test concurrently with feature development
 * Analyze and create end point mocks to aid in testing
 * Assists in estimation and assessment of feasibility of features
 * * Follow and help cultivate consistent development best practices Work closely with development team to iteratively test concurrently with feature development


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