QA Automation Engineer

KinderSystems is the leading provider of subsidy management software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions to state agencies and childcare providers. The QA Automation Engineer will deliver quality and performance across large-scale software products, collaborating with developers to implement automation and validate release readiness in an Agile environment.

Responsibilities:

• Independently reviews requirements, specifications, and project documentation to derive test scenarios, identify edge cases, and ensure quality of products and tests to be developed
• Writes modular, reusable automation scripts and implements integration automation by applying current techniques and formal test design strategies
• Integrates automation into CI/CD pipelines, validates release readiness, and proactively communicates risks and blockers to engineering teams throughout the development cycle
• Executes full integration tests and validates connected systems across supported platforms including iOS, Android, and web to ensure end-to-end quality of product
• Applies accessibility testing fundamentals for web applications and contributes to improving accessibility coverage across the product
• Debugs automation failures, analyze logs and API issues, identify root causes, and verify fixes independently
• Owns testing tasks end-to-end, producing test plans, test cases, test procedures, and test reports while actively participating in peer code reviews and maintaining documentation
• Collaborates effectively across functional areas with internal partner engineering teams, participates actively in sprint planning, and shares best practices with less experienced QA team members
• Estimates own testing tasks, proactively identify gaps in coverage, and works productively end-to-end with minimal supervision while maintaining strong team collaboration
• Uses AI tools daily to support test case generation, script refinement, edge case identification, and automation productivity — critically evaluating outputs before incorporating them into test work
• Shares AI-assisted approaches and discoveries with the broader QA team, contributing to a culture where AI is a standard part of the daily workflow
• Apply an AI-first approach across QA planning, test design, automation, defect analysis, documentation, and reporting by leveraging AI tooling to improve speed, coverage, accuracy, and overall software quality

Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience in a QA automation engineer role, with demonstrated ability to own testing tasks independently end-to-end
• Strong working knowledge of Java, Python, TypeScript and/or JavaScript, with experience writing modular and reusable automation code
• Proven experience creating reusable automation test cases utilizing tools such as Selenium and/or Playwright. Experience with Appium a plus
• Strong experience in API testing (SOAP and RESTful), including SQL validation in support of integration test scenarios
• Strong experience with XML, databases, and SQL; hands-on experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines
• Hands-on experience with Linux, Windows, and/or mobile devices
• Must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills as well as the ability to analyze complex problems in large systems
• Applicant must be able to prioritize, schedule and complete testing for multiple applications with overlapping schedules
• Experience with test processes, open-source test frameworks, formal test design strategies, and automating tests in Java using frameworks such as Selenium and Playwright required
• Must be detail oriented, and a creative thinker with passion for quality and test automation
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with Appium for mobile test automation
• Strong working knowledge of tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Git, and Artifactory/Maven; active contribution to documentation and Agile workflows
• Experience using AI tools (such as Claude) to refactor automation scripts, generate edge case scenarios, and improve productivity