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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # QA Automation Engineer - **Company:** Donato Technologies, Inc - **Location:** United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Testing (Software), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Acceptance Test-Driven Development, Confluence, JIRA, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Browser Compatibility, Bug Tracking Systems, C Sharp (Programming Language), Computer Programming, Databases, Continuous Integration, Data Validation, Data Transformation, Software Debugging, File Systems, Distributed Systems, Systems Development Life Cycle, E2e Testing, Webui, Standard Sql, Responsive Web Design, Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Software Engineering, Test Management, User Interface Testing, Grafana, Event Driven Architecture, Integration Tests, Information Technology, Teamcity, Selenium Webdriver, Api Management, SDET, Jenkins, Microservices - **Published:** August 12, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/151844c7-ad94-4385-aacf-1fdf686c8f6c ## About the Role * Candidate with at least 7+ years of experience in software testing, test automation, or quality engineering * Strong hands-on programming experience in C# * Experience with Selenium WebDriver (web UI automation) and API automation (REST/SOAP) * Relevant automation experience to understand existing frameworks and scale up quickly to create/debug scripts * Experience creating new automation frameworks from scratch (web, API, service-level, and end-to-end) * Strong SQL and data validation experience across systems * Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or TeamCity) * Mortgage, Financial Services, Lending, or other regulated-industry domain knowledge is a plus, * Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) a software tester who can code and writes test code against product/application code * 7+ years of test automation experience using C#, Selenium WebDriver, and API automation * Strong experience with API testing, service-level validation, integration testing, and end-to-end workflow validation (REST/SOAP) * Experience with Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) and BDD o Hands-on experience with cross-browser UI testing and responsive design testing * Experience working in a CI/CD environment for executing automated tests (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or TeamCity) * Experience with test management/defect tracking tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps, or Confluence * Strong understanding of SDLC, agile delivery, release validation, and quality engineering principles * Continuously improve the test process by identifying and implementing best practices, tools, and techniques * Provide timely and accurate reports on testing progress and results to stakeholders * Collaborate with cross-functional teams to navigate and resolve reported issues Preferred: * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field * Experience with performance, resiliency, security, accessibility, or contract testing * Experience with observability tools/production telemetry to troubleshoot and improve coverage * Experience with AI-assisted testing tools for test design, automation, or defect analysis * Experience with distributed systems, microservices, or event-driven architectures ## Description * Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for web, API, service-level, integration, and end-to-end testing using C# and Selenium WebDriver * Validate application behavior beyond the UI service responses, data transformations, event flows, and downstream system impacts * Assist with solutions to validate complex scenarios at a code or infrastructure level * Analyze automation failures, identify root causes, reduce test flakiness, and improve automation reliability * Investigate complex application, automation, data, integration, and environment issues using logs, metrics, traces, and telemetry * Determine root cause of issues (database, file systems, etc.) and work with Development teams to resolve them * Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and ensure results provide meaningful feedback for build/deploy/release decisions * Support release readiness activities with clear test results, risk indicators, and quality recommendations * Support planned production releases and critical off-hours deployments as needed * Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities; 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