QA Automation Engineer

Job Role: QA Automation Engineer



Location: Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid – 3 days onsite/week)

Duration: Long-Term Contract

Interview Process:



1 round virtual/video



1 round in-person (in-person interview is mandatory)



Visa Status: US Citizen, Green Card, or H1B



Job Summary



We are seeking an experienced QA Automation Engineer to join a high-performing QA Engineering organization responsible for testing and validating proprietary enterprise software solutions. This role emphasizes hands-on coding automation experience, strong collaboration skills, and a commitment to engineering excellence.



The ideal candidate is a team player with a solid background in building and maintaining automated test frameworks, who can work closely with cross-functional partners including Engineering, DevOps, Infrastructure, Information Security, and Release Management.



Candidates without financial services experience will be considered, provided they have worked with large, well-established enterprise organizations.



Key Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain test cases and test plans for proprietary enterprise software applications.
Design, build, and support automated test suites to ensure software quality and reliability.
Perform functional, exploratory, user acceptance, and automated testing throughout the SDLC and release lifecycle.
Apply strong engineering standards and best practices to software testing and automation.
Assist and mentor QA team members, including supporting User Acceptance Testing and issue triage.
Contribute to testing efforts across the entire application stack (backend, database, frontend, and UI).
Collaborate closely with business partners, product owners, and technology teams in an agile environment.
Support high-velocity delivery while maintaining quality, safety, and stability.


Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
5+ years of software testing and test automation experience.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.


Solid understanding of testing methodologies including black box, white box, system, functional, exploratory, and automated testing.
Demonstrated ability to quickly understand complex business and technical problems.
Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks such as Selenium and/or Appium.
Proven experience creating comprehensive test plans and test cases for custom software.
Experience testing web applications, APIs, and data-driven applications.
Strong experience designing and implementing automated test suites.
Experience working with CI/CD pipelines.
Experience in an Agile delivery environment.
Familiarity with cloud-based platforms and services.
Strong SQL coding and debugging skills.
Experience with service-oriented architectures is a plus.


Manager Preference

Strong coding-focused automation experience (not manual-heavy QA).
Proven team player who collaborates effectively in enterprise environments.
Experience working at large, well-known organizations (50,000+ employees) preferred.