Automation Engineer, Manager
About the Role
Charles River Development (CRD)
Who We Are Looking For
Automation Engineer (Officer level)
hands‑on individual contributor
, responsible for both manual and automation testing. This is an execution‑focused role requiring strong ownership of test design, automation development, and end‑to‑end quality validation across releases.
- Collaborate with Scrum Master, Product Owner, Architects, BAs, and Developers to ensure end‑to‑end quality ownership within Agile Scrum teams.
- Design, develop, and scale
automated test frameworks and regression suites
to validate business requirements across products and services.
- Demonstrate strong programming expertise in
Java / C# / JavaScript / Python
to build maintainable automation solutions.
- Build and integrate
CI/CD pipelines
to execute automated functional, integration, regression, and performance tests.
- Perform hands‑on
front‑end automation testing
using Playwright, Selenium, or equivalent industry‑standard tools.
- Execute and maintain
manual and automated test suites
covering functional, integration, regression, and performance testing.
- Interpret automation results, log defects, and proactively collaborate with developers to drive timely issue resolution.
- Test
REST APIs, microservices, Azure Functions, and serverless workflows
, performing initial cloud‑environment troubleshooting.
- Write
SQL queries independently
to validate data correctness and support root‑cause analysis.
- Champion
QA process improvements
AI‑assisted testing
.
- Mentor junior QA engineers on test design, automation best practices, and Agile quality standards.
What We Value
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in software QA with strong emphasis on test automation
- Proven experience as a hands‑on individual contributor (not a people‑management role)
- Strong expertise in UI and API automation (e.g., Selenium, Rest Assured, or equivalent)
- Strong understanding of test frameworks (e.g., TestNG, Cucumber, BDD‑style frameworks)
- Proficiency in Java
- Strong manual testing fundamentals and test design methodologies
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery models
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated test execution
- Ability to write SQL queries for validation and perform strong defect analysis
Nice to Have
- Exposure to performance testing concepts and tools
- Experience testing complex enterprise platforms (financial systems preferred)
- Experience with Jira and test management practices
About Charles River Development
Work, Live and Grow.
Inclusion, Diversity and Social Responsibility.
www.crd.com
About State Street
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