Senior QA Automation Developer

About the role

The QA-Core team is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to architect and build test automation infrastructure, tooling, and agentic solutions. This role focuses on increasing engineering productivity by designing and shipping services that enable other teams to test software efficiently. You will work closely with product teams to identify requirements, build prototypes, and iterate on solutions until they are production-ready.

Responsibilities

• Design and own automation framework for functional and performance testing.
• Build agents to automate existing QA/testing workflows and remove engineering friction.
• Build the applications and services that automation depends on, deploy them, and operate them in production environments.
• Take prototypes all the way by building demos, gathering feedback, and iterating until hardened and monitored.
• Identify gap areas in existing frameworks and tools, and iterate toward solutions that close them.

Required skills

• Java
• Python
• Kubernetes
• Selenium WebDriver
• Playwright
• TestNG
• Maven
• Git
• Jenkins
• ArgoCD
• SQL
• Grafana
• SumoLogic
• Docker
• Gatling

Nice to have

• Claude Code
• MCP server

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Stock option plan
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Flexible PTO
• Professional growth and development
• Paid parental leave
• Health & wellness initiatives

About the Company

Upgrade helps customers move in the right direction with affordable and responsible financial products. Since 2017, the company has helped over 7.5 million customers access over $42 billion in consumer credit and is backed by prominent technology investors.