Java QA Automation Engineer

Chicago 8 days agoFull-time External
Negotiable
Position Description Education & Experience: A degree is required. 6+ years of experience as an SDET/Automation Engineer. Technical Skills (Required - Must Have): 1. Back-end/API Automation (6+ yrs): Rest Assured, Java, Spring Boot. Must have experience with RESTful APIs, Postman, and Swagger. 2. Front-end/UI Automation (3+ yrs): Cypress or Playwright with TypeScript. Must understand web fundamentals (HTML, JavaScript, CSS). 3. Framework & Methodology: Proven experience with BDD, Cucumber, and Gherkin for both API and UI testing. 4. CI/CD: Good working experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines. Desired Skills Designing and maintaining API test automation frameworks. Experience with Agile/Scrum teams (2+ years). End-to-end and integration testing (full-stack, 3rd parties). SQL for database querying. DevOps tools (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Git). Apigee or other API gateways (a plus). Load and performance testing experience. Critical Soft Skills: Exceptional communication and stakeholder management. Ability to adapt quickly to a complex environment. Proactive, flexible, and creative collaborator. Important Disqualifiers & Red Flags No multi-project experience: Candidates who have not handled multiple projects simultaneously should not be submitted. Not local: The hiring team wants local candidates only. Do not submit non-local applicants. Missing core tech: Lack of the required 6+ years in Java/Rest Assured for API or 3+ years in Cypress/Playwright for UI will be disqualifying.