QA Automation Engineer

Job#: 3054615

Job Description:

Apex Systems is a world class technology services business that incorporates industry or insights and experience to deliver solutions that fulfill our clients' digital visions.

Apex has an opportunity for an QA Automation Engineer. For applicants who are interested in this opportunity, send your updated resume to Gabriel Ortega, Account Manager, at .

Here are the details:

Position: QA Automation Engineer

Location: 10 Park Plaza, Boston (Hybrid, 3 days/week in office)

Pay Rate: $75-$79/hour

Duration: 11/2/26-10/29/27 (with possibility of extension)

Detailed Description of Services:

This role will support the IT QA automation initiative, with focus on definition, review, assessment, and implementation of an automation framework for testing Windows UI applications. Collaborate with QA and application engineering teams to define/select tools for design/implementation of scalable automation solutions to streamline test execution and improve overall QA processes. Other responsibilities include extending automation to web-based applications and integrating with test management and tracking tools. The ideal candidate has expertise in implementation/support of automation frameworks (especially Windows UI), scripting/automating tests for Windows and Web applications, Quality Assurance best practices and strategies applying methods, tools, metrics

SaaS/Cloud applications testing with strong understanding of infrastructure

Team collaboration: Learning, and sharing knowledge/mentoring team members

Implementation/support of automation frameworks to improve test effectiveness

Development/implementation of UI Automation (Windows, Web Applications)

Delivering innovations in testing for continuous improvements and efficiencies

Programing or scripting languages (e.g. C#, .NET, JavaScript, Python, PowerShell)

Knowledge of relational databases and building SQL queries

Experience with cloud platforms, such as AWS or Azure

Experience with industry-specific ERP applications

Experience with transit scheduling and operations management applications, such

as HASTUS, Trapeze FX or Trapeze OPS is a plus.

Responsibilities

Contribute to defining the technology stack, infrastructure design, and

testing approach; support scoping and specifying tool requirements for an

effective automation framework.

Collaborate with QA and Application Team members on advancing the automation strategies for the target project

Evaluate solutions presented as a modular, scalable automation framework for Windows UI applications, with extensibility to Web UI applications.

Define and establish core automation framework components/ integrations (test case management, object repository, logging, reporting, data-driven testing, config management)

Help drive the evaluation of automation tools and libraries; create POCs and ROI analyses to select the most effective software stack for current and future needs

Define adoption criteria and best practices for tool usage and test design

Develop reliable, maintainable test suites (functional, regression, smoke)

Implement parallel execution strategies and optimize for speed and stability

Define/Enforce coding standards, and adherence to QA best practices

Error management strategies, deterministic test data, environment controls

Integrate with build pipelines (where applicable) and test management tools

Automate test reporting and publish actionable metrics

Partner with developers, QA analysts, and product owners to define testable requirements, acceptance criteria, and risk-based coverage

Extend the framework to support web UI automation (e.g. Selenium)

Assessment of tools for Web Load Testing as an extension of automation

Enable unified reporting and artifact management across test suite types

Produce clear documentation, samples, and onboarding materials; conduct training for QA engineers and stakeholders

Mentor team members and contribute to continuous improvement of QA

Reporting - Hybrid Position

Must be able to report to Boston, MA three or more times per week.

Remote work on other days of the week is considered based on the employee meeting the MBTA policy for remote work engagement.

Typical weekly work hours are 8 hours per day within the range of 8am to 6pm, Monday-Friday up to 40 hours per week.

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