Automation Tester

UST

$78K — $117K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in performance testing with LoadRunner.
  • Proficiency in Dynatrace for application performance monitoring and diagnostics.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, RDS, S3, CloudWatch, Lambda, etc.).
  • Basic to intermediate Linux skills (shell scripting, system monitoring).
  • Familiarity with scripting languages such as C, Python, or Bash.
  • Understanding of system architecture, cloud computing, and networking fundamentals.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and own manual and automated tests for releases.
  • Create and maintain automation suites using Selenium/Playwright, Appium, and REST API frameworks.
  • Lead testing activities, ensuring quality gates and exit criteria are met.
  • Drive in-sprint Agile testing, representing quality engineering in sprint planning.
  • Validate user stories early to facilitate early detection of issues.
  • Contribute to the optimization and stability of automation best practices.
  • Mentor junior engineers and help maintain quality engineering standards.

Benefits

  • Accrue a minimum of 10 days of paid vacation per year.
  • Receive 6 days of paid sick leave annually, with additional bereavement and jury duty leave.
  • Eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents in the US.
  • Participate in the Company's 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching.
  • Access to basic life and disability insurance benefits.
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) available for eligible expenses.
Full Job Description
Role description

Automation Tester

Lead II - Software Testing

UST is searching for an Automation Tester who will design, develop, and own the end-to-end manual and automated tests for assigned releases.

The opportunity:
• Create and maintain automation suites using Selenium (Java)/Playwright (Typescript), Appium and REST API frameworks
• Lead and coordinate testing activities for modules, owning quality gates and exit criteria
• Drive in-sprint Agile testing and represent QE in sprint planning, estimation, and risk discussions Actively validate user stories within sprint, ensuring early detection
• Contribute to automation stability, optimization, and best practices
• Use AI assisted testing solutions to accelerate the testing tasks (test generation, smart test selection, failure insights, self healing concepts)
• Define and optimize functional, regression and E2E execution strategies leveraging shared frameworks and cloud platforms
• Mentor A1/A2 engineers, review automation code, and drive QE standards, processes, and continuous improvement

This position description identifies the responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the performance of the position. Other relevant essential functions may be required.

What you need:
• Must have - 5+ years of experience in performance testing with LoadRunner.
• Must have - Proficiency in Dynatrace for application performance monitoring and diagnostics.
• Must have - Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, RDS, S3, CloudWatch, Lambda, etc.).
• Basic to intermediate Linux skills (shell scripting, system monitoring, file management).
• Familiarity with scripting languages (e.g., C, Python, Bash).
• Understanding of system architecture, cloud computing, and networking fundamentals.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and documentation abilities.

Compensation can differ depending on factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, education, and level of experience. UST provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in various U.S. markets as set forth below.

Role Location: Hybrid-Virginia

Compensation Range: $78,000-$117,000

Benefits

Full-time, regular employees accrue a minimum of 10 days of paid vacation per year, receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year), 10 paid holidays, and are eligible for paid bereavement leave and jury duty. They are eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching. They and their dependents residing in the US are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as the following Company-paid Employee Only benefits: basic life insurance, accidental death and disability insurance, and short- and long-term disability benefits. Regular employees may purchase additional voluntary short-term disability benefits, and participate in a Health Savings Account (HSA) as well as a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for healthcare, dependent child care, and/or commuting expenses as allowable under IRS guidelines. Benefits offerings vary in Puerto Rico.

Part-time employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year) and are eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching.

Full-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year) and are eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) program with employer matching. They and their dependents residing in the US are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance.

Part-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year).

All US employees who work in a state or locality with more generous paid sick leave benefits than specified here will receive the benefit of those sick leave laws.

What we believe:

We proudly embrace the values that have shaped UST since day one. We build our culture of Humility, Humanity, and Integrity. These values inspire us to nurture a people-first, human centric culture that fosters diversity, prioritizes sustainable solutions, and keeps our people and clients at the forefront of all decisions.

Humility:

We will listen, learn, be empathetic and help selflessly in our interactions with everyone.

Humanity:

Through business, we will better the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves.

Integrity:

We honor our commitments and act with responsibility in all our relationships.

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