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# QA Automation Engineer

- **Company:** WAVERLEY SOFTWARE, INC.
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Open Source Technology, Salesforce.Com, Systems Integration, AI Platforms
- **Published:** September 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://waverleysoftware.com/careers/senior-qa-automation-engineer#apply

## About the Role

* An engineering background moving into QA automation.
 * 5+ years of test automation or software engineering experience.
 * Hands-on experience with Playwright
 * Comfort working across multiple stacks/surfaces, including web and ideally Salesforce.
 * Strong spoken and written English.
 * A proactive, self-directed style: comfortable flagging blockers, communicating async, and taking initiative in a fast-moving greenfield project.
 * Experience with system integrations and orchestration.
 * Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex data science concepts and architectural trade-offs to client-side technical leadership (CTOs, Lead Data Scientists)., * Experience with open-source model deployment (Llama 3, Mistral) and fine-tuning techniques.
 * Familiarity with managed cloud AI services (AWS SageMaker, Vertex AI, or Azure AI).

## Description

* Build out the automation framework alongside the Lead Architect.
 * Apply the framework retroactively across the existing codebase to lift automated coverage toward the 60-70% target.
 * Support other QA engineers as they adopt the new framework.
 * Deliver automated tests within the same sprint as the feature code they cover.
 * Production Reliability & Monitoring: Ensure ongoing model scalability, reliability, and robust monitoring in production environments.
 * Performance & Cost Optimization: Proactively identify and implement strategies to optimize both the computational performance and operational costs of AI systems.