Senior QA Automation Engineer – Digital Product Squad

What You'll Do:

● Own, maintain, and expand the Digital Product UI and end-to-end automation framework (TypeScript + Playwright), keeping it modular, reliable, and easy for the team to scale.

● Design and execute automated UI, end-to-end, API, regression, smoke, and redirect tests across the guest-facing web and mobile-web ordering experience.

● Build cross-browser (Chromium, Firefox, WebKit) and responsive desktop/mobile-web coverage using the Page Object Model, fixtures, and shared infrastructure patterns.

● Extend API and integration test coverage for the digital ordering flows the product depends on — REST endpoints, JSON payloads, schema validation, and the third-party delivery/ordering connectors (e.g., DoorDash, UberEats, Olo, Order Connector) — and the data export and reporting flows behind digital orders.

● Validate analytics and event tracking (GTM/GA4 dataLayer events) and use API mocking and SSR payload interception to test complex scenarios deterministically.

● Maintain and improve automated test execution within CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, Docker), keeping regression suites healthy, fast, and trustworthy.

● Investigate defects, troubleshoot flaky tests, and perform root-cause analysis to surface quality risks early in the development lifecycle.

● Drive automation strategy and framework architecture decisions, and contribute to cross-squad quality engineering standards.

● Leverage AI-assisted tools and agentic workflows (e.g., Kiro, automated AI code review) to improve test design, automation development, code review, troubleshooting, and engineering productivity.

● Mentor QA and automation engineers, lead by example on code quality and review discipline, and help grow the team's technical capability.

● Participate in and help lead sprint planning, test strategy discussions, and release validation activities.

Experience We're Looking For

● 5+ years of hands-on QA Automation, SDET, or Quality Engineering experience, including ownership of automation frameworks or significant test suites.

● Strong programming skills in TypeScript/JavaScript and a solid understanding of object-oriented and modern software design principles.

● Proven experience building and maintaining UI automation frameworks with Playwright (or comparable tools such as Selenium/Cypress), using patterns like Page Object Model and fixtures.

● Strong experience testing REST APIs, working with JSON payloads, and applying JSON schema validation.

● Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated test execution, ideally with Azure DevOps.

● Experience with Git, Node.js, and modern software development and code-review workflows (linting, pre-commit hooks, PR discipline).

● Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and root-cause analysis skills, including diagnosing and stabilizing flaky tests.

● Ability to quickly understand and contribute to large, existing codebases, and to make sound architecture and maintainability decisions.

● Experience using AI-assisted development tools for coding, debugging, test generation, documentation, or code review.

● Demonstrated technical leadership: mentoring engineers, setting standards, or driving automation/quality strategy.

● Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.

Bonus Experience

● Experience with Java and the Karate framework for API and integration test automation.

● Experience testing third-party integrations — delivery service providers (DoorDash, UberEats, Olo, GrubHub, EzCater), loyalty, payment, or digital ordering connectors.

● Experience validating data pipelines, reporting, or analytics — including database validation (e.g., MongoDB) and data export/email verification.

● Experience with restaurant technology, POS systems, online/digital ordering, or other transactional business applications.

● Experience testing server-side-rendered web applications (e.g., Nuxt/Vue) and validating analytics/event tracking (GTM, GA4).

● Familiarity with Docker and containerized testing environments, and with distributed or scheduled test execution.

● Experience with test management/reporting tooling (e.g., TestRail, AIO Tests) and test raceability practices.

● Experience with modern AI-assisted engineering workflows and agentic development tools.

Technology Environment

● TypeScript / JavaScript / Node.js

● Playwright

● REST API Testing & JSON Schema Validation

● Java & Karate (API/integration suites)

● Azure DevOps (CI/CD)

● Docker

● Git

● Allure & AIO Tests (reporting / test management)

● MongoDB (data validation)

● AI-assisted tooling (Amazon Q, Kiro, agentic code review)

The Type of Team Player We Need

● Proactive mindset with a high degree of ownership and accountability.

● Passion for quality, automation, and continuous improvement.

● Strong analytical thinker and creative problem-solver.

● Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with evolving priorities.

● A natural mentor and collaborator who elevates the people and standards around them.

● Curious about emerging technologies and modern engineering practices, including AI-assisted software development.

● Team-oriented professional who enjoys partnering across Engineering, Product, and QA disciplines.