QA - Automation Engineer I

Job Title: QA & Automation Engineer with Backend Skills - I

Other Job Titles: Software Engineer I

Location: Dallas, TX

Type: In office

Relocation: Relocation is not available for this role

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status.

We are looking for a QA Automation Engineer with strong backend development experience to join our globally distributed team across Mexico, India, the US, and Canada. This engineer will be a critical part of the team responsible for ensuring reliability, performance, and quality of our Identity & Access, and API management services that support a global platform.

As part of a DevOps-focused, service-owning team, you will collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and site reliability engineers to design and implement test strategies, automate testing pipelines, and drive quality in every phase of the development lifecycle. You'll play a critical role in improving test framework, driving automations, and contributing to backend systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust backend test strategies for microservices and APIs, ensuring high coverage across functional, regression, and performance scenarios.
• Build and maintain scalable test automation frameworks for APIs and microservices using tools like Java or similar.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams integrating automated tests early in CI/CD pipelines (e.g., using GitHub Actions).
• Monitor, analyze, and report quality metrics to identify areas for improvement and proactively prevent defects.
• Contribute to service health monitoring by validating logs, alerts, service integrations, and reliability metrics.
• Write and maintain test plans & scenarios around the testing framework and create documentation in alignment with evolving services and system requirements.
• Partner with developers and architects to enhance testability, review technical designs, and participate in code reviews with a focus on quality.
• Collaborate with backend engineers to build testable systems and deliver high-quality code in an Agile/DevOps environment.
• Support the team in identifying and automating repetitive processes to reduce manual testing and operations work.

Job Duties

• Develop and maintain automated tests for backend services written in Java and Spring Boot.
• Validate API integrations through platforms such as Azure API Management or Gravitee.
• Work with structured (SQL) and unstructured (NoSQL) databases during testing of backend flows.
• Implement mock services and simulate third-party dependencies as part of integration tests.
• Support security, load, and performance testing for mission-critical identity and access services.
• Be an active contributor in CI/CD processes and building delivery pipelines, ensuring fast feedback and quality gates.
• Collaborate exploring new tools to enhance manual testing when needed, especially for new features or complex flows.

Experience

• Excellent communication and documentation skills to work with a global team.
• Experience in test automation for backend systems and APIs.
• Proficiency in Java and/or other OOP languages used in automation.
• Experience with API testing frameworks and tools (e.g., Postman).
• Understanding of microservices architecture and testing distributed systems.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, particularly GitHub Actions or similar tools.
• Exposure to cloud services like Azure and tools for monitoring, alerting, and logging (e.g., AppInsights, Elastic) is a plus.
• Knowledge of identity management and security protocols (e.g., OAuth2, OpenID Connect, SAML) is a plus.
• Experience with performance/load testing tools like JMeter, Gatling (Nice to Have).
• Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes for testing containerized services (Nice to Have).
• Hands-on knowledge with service virtualization (Nice to Have).
• Understanding of API gateways and Identity and Access federation technologies (Nice to Have).

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The salary range for this position is $63,000 - $108,212

The salary range information provided, reflects the anticipated base salary range for this position based on current national data.  Minimums and maximums may vary based on location.  Individual salary will be commensura