Senior QA Automation Engineer

Job Description

Carta is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to enhance software quality and developer velocity. The candidate will drive a strategic shift towards shared quality responsibility across the engineering organization. They will lead efforts to identify coverage gaps, implement test automation frameworks, and roll out self-service tools. The role involves partnering with QAs, developers, and platform teams to improve test reliability and triage.

Carta's QA Organization consists of ~15 QAs who work closely with Product, Engineering, and Support teams.

Role Involves:

• Creating automated tests.
• Implementing and scaling test automation frameworks.
• Rolling out self-service tools for developers.
• Partnering with QAs, developers, and platform teams.
• Piloting new ways of working to reduce manual effort.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in an Automation Engineering role.
• Strong ability and expertise in creating automated tests in Python and Selenium.
• Strong programming expertise in one OOP language like Python, Java, JS or Go (Python preferred).
• Understanding of CI/CD and hands on experience with building and deployment tools like CircleCI, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Docker.
• Strong experience with automation design patterns, with proven experience in both backend and frontend projects.
• Strong knowledge in cloud infrastructure and container orchestration (Kubernetes preferred).
• Ability to understand the technical needs for the teams and help them implement QA processes and mindset.

What Carta Offers:

• Opportunity to advance quality maturity.
• Mentoring junior level team members.