QA Automation - Plano, TX
$42,000–$147,000 year
On-site · Plano, Texas, United States
Job Summary
QA Automation Engineer (Contract) in Plano, TX leading automated testing for a microservices ecosystem. Responsible for designing and maintaining end-to-end, integration, and contract test frameworks; validating service contracts and APIs (Level 2/3) using Postman, REST Assured, Karate, Pact; applying Domain-Driven Design to test scenarios; integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps); tracking quality metrics and observability; performing performance/load testing; mentoring junior QA engineers; and collaborating with product managers, architects, and developers to ensure reliability, scalability, and adherence to functional and non-functional requirements.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of QA/testing experience
- 5+ years in test automation for microservices or complex distributed systems
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent work experience)
- Proven track record in microservices testing: integration, contract (Pact or equivalent), and end-to-end testing
- Experience with automation tools/frameworks (Java-based, Python-based, Selenium/Cypress, REST Assured, Postman, QTest)
- Familiarity with cloud-native environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) and container orchestration (Kubernetes)
- CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps) and version control (Git)
- Strong understanding of SDLC and testing levels; Agile/Scrum experience
- Excellent communication and mentoring skills
- Bonus: experience with BDD tools (Cucumber, SpecFlow); performance testing tools (JMeter, Gatling, Talos, K6); security testing or chaos engineering
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