Title: Automation Quality Engineer
Contract: Ongoing contract
Location: Irvine, CA (Onsite)
Description :-
The Onsite Automation Engineer Contractor will support the PrepE project by designing, developing, and maintaining automation across mobile/tablet applications, APIs, backend services, AWS/cloud components, S3, Docker/containerized services, and CI/CD pipelines.
This is a hands-on execution role for an experienced contractor who can ramp up quickly, work onsite with Taco Bell QE, Product, and Engineering teams, and deliver reliable automation assets that can be transitioned to the internal QE team.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain reusable automation frameworks and test components for the PrepE project across API, backend, cloud, container, and mobile/tablet layers.
- Develop mobile automation using Appium and Android technologies, including APK installation, device interaction, synchronization, app state validation, and troubleshooting.
- Build end-to-end automation that validates data and functionality across AWS services, S3, REST APIs, Docker/containerized services, and mobile/tablet applications.
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and improve test reliability, execution speed, coverage, reporting, and maintainability.
- Investigate automation and application failures by analyzing APIs, cloud services, S3 data, container behavior, logs, and device behavior.
- Partner with QE, Engineering, and Product teams to identify quality risks, improve testability, and align automation with project priorities.
- Provide documentation, demos, and knowledge transfer so automation assets can be maintained by the internal QE team after the engagement.
Must-Have Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in Software Quality Engineering, Automation Engineering, SDET, or similar technical automation roles.
- Strong experience designing and building automation frameworks, reusable libraries, test infrastructure, reporting, and CI/CD integration.
- Hands-on mobile automation experience with Appium and Android APKs, including physical or virtual device validation.
- Strong programming skills in Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or similar languages.
- Strong experience with REST API automation, AWS/cloud services, S3, Docker/containerized applications, and end-to-end data validation.
- Ability to work onsite, operate independently, communicate progress/risks clearly, and deliver against defined project milestones.
Nice-to-Have Skills
· Experience with Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps, or similar pipeline tools.
· Experience testing restaurant, retail, IoT, or device-integrated technology platforms.
· Experience improving automation stability, test data strategy, reporting, and maintainability.
Success Criteria
Success will be measured by delivery of reliable, maintainable automation that supports PrepE validation and can be transitioned to the internal QE team.
- Build reusable automation frameworks and test components that support end-to-end validation across backend, API, cloud, container, and mobile/tablet layers.
- Reduce manual validation effort through reliable automation coverage aligned to PrepE project priorities.
- Improve issue detection, automation stability, execution reporting, and maintainability.
- Provide clear documentation, demos, and knowledge transfer before completion of the contractor engagement.
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