Automation QA Engineer

Automation QA Engineer

An Automation QA Engineer (also known as a Quality Assurance Automation Engineer) is primarily responsible for testing web and mobile applications for functionality, and to find bugs. Quality assurance in software development is one of the most critical processes in the software industry, and automated testing services are increasingly popular, which translates to a thriving job market for Automation QA Engineers.

Automated testing (or more generally the type of testing that would be carried out by an Automation QA Engineer) haven’t necessarily replaced manual testing, which still has its place in certain scenarios. Automated testing is specifically used in unit, regression, black box, integration, key word driven and data testing and is ideal for environment stimulation.

Automation QA Engineers are particularly sought after because their specialist skills help to save time, by eliminating the need to write extensive test scripts. A test script that an Automation QA Engineer writes can be reused, and bugs can be detected during the development phase itself, which leads to shorter product development lifecycles.

Automation QA Engineers are often outsourced as a single contributor to a software development or testing team, and the reduced need of software testers translates to savings for the company, and oftentimes an increased salary for the Automation QA Engineer. Automated testing runs includes all testing of web applications on all browsers, encompassing tests that can be simultaneously executed on an entire network and multiple devices, 24/7 without the need for checks.

An Automation QA Engineer has varying responsibilities, including API and microservices testing, desktop application testing, load and performance testing or testing for mobile apps on iOS or Android. An Automation QA Engineer will have a specific inventory of technological tools to call upon to execute these tasks, like JMeter, SoapUI, SpecFlow, Cypress and more.

If you’re an Automation QA Engineer looking for your next role, get in touch with one of our specialist consultants today.

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