QA Automation - AI Software Development Engineer in Test

Job Title:     QA Automation - AI Software Development Engineer in Test

Duration:     Start Date : 1/19/2026 till End Date: 12/31/2026

Location:     Charlotte, NC 28202) – Hybrid 3 days onsite

Interview: -

·       Candidates to perform technical assessment (Coding test) Hiring Manager review coding test

·       Candidates who move on will do a 30-60 minutes zoom interview - Review again - Potential second interview, in-office or on Zoom interview for 3^rd round

Top 3 Hard Skills: -

·       Deep understanding of APIs, modern technological approaches to testing

·       High degree of programming experience in Typescript or Python

·       High understanding of current AI/ML patterns and paradigms

Qualifications

·       10+ years of experience in testing automation engineering with both functional & API based testing

·       Preferred BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related subject

Required Skills & Experience

·       Proficiency writing code in Python, writing end to end test scripts utilizing multiple services and reporting results.

·       Experience using SQL to join and query data across multiple tables and schemas

·       Experience with AWS services including S3, Lambda, Dynamo DB, Cloudwatch, etc

·       Experience with CI/CD supporting technologies: GIT, GitLab, Docker

·       Experience with up-to-date AI paradigms: Large language models, Classification models, MCP, RAG, Dynamic prompting for LLMs

Preferred Skills & Experience

·       Experience automating API tests and extensive knowledge of creating and leveraging mocks, stubs, and virtual services to fulfill test automation requirement

·       Automating tests for the full solution stack (unit, business logic, contract, usability, functional, performance)

·       Experience testing AI implementations and an understanding of the risks models pose to systems and the business at large

·       Major plus with direct experience in the following

·       Experience leaving feedback on Merge/Pull Requests to ensure teams follow best practices

·       Financial services technology / consumer banking testing experience

·       Experience with Genesys IVR and Salesforce is a plus

Extensive knowledge of:

·       White Box Testing practices

·       Software engineering best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build and release processes, continuous integration and continuous deployment concepts (CI & CD), and test suite development and maintenance

·       Working knowledge of:

·       Commonly used ML/AI Python libraries/packages

·       Spacy, nltk, etc

·       Experience in troubleshooting issues and root cause analysis

·       Possesses a deep understanding of shift-left test practices and techniques along with the frameworks, and tools that support it.

·       Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Enthusiastic and energetic with an inherent curiosity to break code