Overview

QA Automation Tester Jobs in Dallas, TX at Inherent Technologies

Title: QA Automation Tester

Company: Inherent Technologies

Location: Dallas, TX

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced QA Automation Engineer to design, develop, and maintain end-to-end manual and automated testing solutions for enterprise web and mobile applications. The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in Selenium, Playwright, Appium, REST API testing, Java/TypeScript, and modern CI/CD practices. This role requires working closely with Agile teams to ensure high-quality software releases while driving automation best practices, mentoring team members, and leveraging AI-assisted testing solutions.

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and own end-to-end manual and automated test suites.
  • Develop and maintain automation frameworks using Selenium (Java), Playwright (TypeScript), Appium, and REST API automation.
  • Execute functional, regression, smoke, integration, and end-to-end testing.
  • Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, estimation, backlog refinement, and retrospectives.
  • Validate user stories during sprint execution to ensure early defect detection.
  • Lead testing activities for assigned modules and own release quality sign-off.
  • Define and optimize automation strategies and execution plans.
  • Improve automation stability and framework performance.
  • Utilize AI-assisted testing solutions for test generation, smart test selection, self-healing automation, and failure analysis.
  • Execute automated tests on cloud/grid platforms.
  • Create test scenarios, test cases, and test data.
  • Update Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM).
  • Log, track, and retest defects.
  • Review automation code and enforce QA best practices.
  • Mentor junior QA engineers and support continuous process improvement.
  • Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and product owners throughout the SDLC.

Experience

  • Overall Experience: 5 10 Years
  • Selenium Automation: 3 5+ Years
  • API Automation (REST API/REST Assured): 3 5+ Years
  • Playwright (TypeScript): 2 4 Years
  • Appium: 2 3 Years
  • Java / Python / C# / TypeScript: 2 4+ Years
  • SQL: 2 3 Years
  • Manual Testing: 2 4 Years
  • GitLab / CI-CD: 2 3 Years
  • Tosca / Test Grid: 2 3 Years
  • Experience with Agile/Scrum delivery model.

Technical Skills

  • Automation: Selenium WebDriver, Playwright (TypeScript), Appium, REST API Automation, REST Assured, Tosca, Selenium Grid/Test Grid
  • Programming Languages: Java, Python, C#, TypeScript, JavaScript
  • Testing: Manual Testing, Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing, End-to-End (E2E) Testing, Smoke Testing, Mobile Testing, Web Testing
  • DevOps & Tools: GitLab, CI/CD, JIRA, qTest
  • Database: SQL
  • AI-Assisted Testing: Test Generation, Smart Test Selection, Failure Insights, Self-Healing Automation

Mandatory Skills

  • Selenium Automation Testing, Playwright (TypeScript), Appium, API Testing (REST API/REST Assured), Tosca, JavaScript Test Case Design, Java/Python/C#/TypeScript, SQL, Manual Testing, GitLab, CI/CD, JIRA, qTest, Mobile Testing, Web Testing, End-to-End (E2E) Testing.

Good-to-Have Skills

  • LambdaTest, Selenium Grid, AI-Assisted Testing, Self-Healing Automation, Smart Test Selection, Failure Insights, Customer Journey Testing, Middleware Integration Testing, Backend Integration Testing, Payment & Order Flow Validation.

Performs tests in strict compliance independently, guides other testers and assists

Test Leads For The Following

  • Construct test scenarios based on customer user stories or requirements
  • Construct systematic test cases from scenarios for applications based on customer

user stories or requirements

  • Execute systematic test cases from scenarios for applications based on customer

user stories or requirements

  • Ensure that new or revised components or systems perform to expectation.
  • Ensure meeting of standards; including usability, performance, reliability or

compatibility.

  • Document Test results and report defects
  • Facilitate changes in processes/practices/procedures based on lessons learned

from the engagement

  • Develop proficiency of other testers on the project

Typical Performance Measures

  • Timely completion of all tasks
  • # of requirement/user story ambiguities logged
  • Requirements / User story coverage based on test cases/script
  • # of test cases/script developed in comparison to the benchmarks
  • # of test cases/script executed in comparison to the benchmarks
  • # of valid defects

Performance Areas

Requirements Management:

Participate, Seek Clarification, Understand, Review

Domain Relevance

Test feature / component with good understanding of the business problem being

addressed for the client

Conduct gap analysis between requirement fitment and technology stack, using

technology/domain expertise

Reporting

Reporting the test activities of a small team including multiple testers

Estimate

Estimate time, effort and resource dependence for work performed

Manage Knowledge

Consume, Contribute

Test Design, Development, Execution

  • Identify testable scenarios and create test scenario document
  • Update RTM
  • Obtain sign off on test scenarios
  • Basis (3) above, identify and create test cases and test data
  • Smoke testing for system readiness check
  • Execute test cases / scripts
  • Identify, log and track defects
  • Retest
  • Log in productivity data

Skill Examples

  • Ability to review user story / requirements to identify ambiguities
  • Ability to design test cases / scripts as per user story / requirements
  • Ability to apply techniques to design efficient test cases / script
  • Ability to set up test data and execute tests
  • Ability to identify anomalies and detail them

Knowledge Examples

  • Knowledge of Methodologies
  • Knowledge of Tools
  • Knowledge of Types of testing
  • Knowledge of Testing Processes
  • Knowledge of Testing Standards

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