Senior QA Automation Engineer

Senior QA Automation Engineer

Salary Range:$115,000.00 To $140,000.00 Annually

Location: Remote, US or Canada

Type: Full-Time

Becht is a 4.9 STAR-rated Glassdoor and a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company!

Who is Becht?

Founded in 1964, Becht is a rapidly growing, multidiscipline consulting firm relied on by customers to relentlessly solve their most difficult and entrenched problems. We combine vast experience through our network of over 1200 technical experts with both engineering expertise and professional experience. Becht is a company founded on excellence, and as such we seek individuals who want to be part of our passionate and energetic team.

Who Do We Want?

We are seeking an experienced Senior QA Automation Engineer to join our remote team developing a mission-critical enterprise SaaS platform for the energy and refining sector. This role requires strong experience designing and maintaining automated test solutions for web-based systems, along with a solid understanding of DevOps practices to ensure automated tests are tightly integrated into our CI/CD processes. You will work closely with both Product and Engineering to identify testing gaps, strengthen overall quality, and help improve delivery reliability over time.

Key Responsibilities

- Automated Framework Development: Design, build, and maintain automated test suites for UI, API, integration, and regression testing. Ensure tests are stable, scalable, and integrated into CI/CD pipelines.

- Collaboration: Work closely with the Product Owner and engineering teams to define test coverage, identify gaps, and recommend appropriate automation strategies and tooling.

- DevOps Integration: Partner with engineering to integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, improve test reliability and execution speed, and enhance overall delivery quality through optimized build, deploy, and monitoring workflows.

- Load/Performance Testing: Develop and execute performance and load tests. Recommend best practices to monitor system behavior across varying user loads, network conditions, and environments.

- Defect Analysis & Prevention: Isolate, reproduce, and document defects. Build automated tests to prevent recurrence and improve long-term product quality.

- Continuous Improvement: Enhance testing processes, toolsets, and standards. Evaluate new technologies and testing methodologies and drive their adoption where beneficial.

Qualifications

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. 5-10 years of experience as a QA Automation Engineer or Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET).

- Experience designing, developing, and maintaining automated test suites for modern enterprise SaaS applications.

- Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and strong familiarity with DevOps practices (automation, monitoring, pipeline reliability).

- Understanding of modern development stacks; familiarity with .NET/ASP.NET Core, Angular 18+, and Azure environments is preferred.

- Strong knowledge of databases, system security, and data protection practices.

- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills.

- Strong communication and teamwork abilities, with a proactive approach to identifying risks and gaps in test coverage.

Preferred Skills

- Experience with DevOps tooling and practices, including Azure DevOps or equivalent CI/CD systems.

- Experience with performance/load testing tools (k6, JMeter, Locust, or similar).

- Experience writing and maintaining C# integration and API tests for .NET 8 Web APIs and Entity Core Framework.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, and 401(k) plans with company match.

Although Becht does not offer relocation for this position, you must have easy access to a commercial airport for travel purposes.

Due to our remote work model, access to reliable internet is a must.

We are unable now or in the future to sponsor applicants for work visas. Must be a US Citizen or Green card holder to obtain a TWIC card.

Becht is an Equal Opportunity Employer.