QA Engineer / Automation Tester with expertise in Selenium - $101 CTC - HYBRID ( LOCAL TO AUSTIN AREA ONLY)

Job Description:

***Crop to Crop resumes are accepted
Location Requirement: QThe primary work location will be 4601 W Guadalupe Street, Austin, Texas 78751.

Position will be 3 days remote with 2 days (Mon & Thurs) required to be onsite at the location listed above. Program will only allow candidates who are LOCAL TO THE AUSTIN AREA ONLY (Within 50-mile radius). **Subject to change per the hiring team**

Candidates must already reside in Texas.

Skilled QA Engineer / Automation Tester with deep expertise in Selenium-based functional automation testing. This role requires a strong foundation in core testing principles, hands-on automation framework development, and the ability to ensure high-quality software delivery through structured, scalable, and reliable test solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust automated test scripts using Selenium.
• Build and enhance automation frameworks (data-driven, hybrid, or BDD).
• Perform functional, regression, integration, and system testing.
• Analyze business requirements and create comprehensive test scenarios and test cases.
• Collaborate with developers, product owners, and architects to clarify requirements.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, grooming, retrospectives).
• Perform API testing (manual and automated).
• Conduct defect tracking, root cause analysis, and impact assessment.
• Ensure CI/CD pipeline integration of automation suites.
• Provide test coverage analysis and quality metrics reporting.

Required Skills:

• Experience in Quality Assurance and testing
• Strong hands-on expertise in Selenium WebDriver and other automation tools
• Experience with Java (preferred) or C#/Python for automation scripting.
• Experience building and maintaining automation frameworks from scratch.
• Strong understanding of functional testing principles.
• Experience with: TestNG / JUnit / NUnit, Maven / Gradle, Git
• Experience integrating automation with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).
• Experience with API testing tools (Postman, RestAssured, etc.).
• Strong SQL knowledge for backend validation.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Strong understanding of: Test planning and strategy, Test case design techniques (boundary value, equivalence partitioning), Regression strategy, Risk-based testing
• Ability to independently own testing for a feature/module.

Desired Skills:

• Experience with BDD frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow).
• Experience with Selenium Grid / parallel execution.
• Experience testing cloud-based applications (Azure/AWS).
• Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter).
• Experience with containerization (Docker).
• Exposure to DevOps practices and shift-left testing.
• Experience in microservices architecture testing.
• Knowledge of security testing basics.