Role Summary
We are looking for a hands-on Senior Software Automation Engineer to own and drive Quality Strategy for enterprise products.
As a Senior Software Test Automation Engineer, you will take on more advanced testing responsibilities and contribute significantly to our quality assurance efforts. Your expertise will help create robust test automation solutions, ensuring software reliability and performance. You will play a crucial role in mentoring junior team members and driving continuous improvement in our testing processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and implement end-to-end Quality Strategy across UI, API, and non-functional layers.
- Establish automation roadmap and quality KPIs.
- Establish and enforce a Test Pyramid model, ensuring optimal balance across unit, API, integration, and UI automation.
- Drive shift-left practices and increase automation coverage at lower layers.
- Define and track QA KPIs (automation coverage, defect leakage, regression stability).
- Drive release readiness reviews and risk assessments.
- Influence engineering teams to adopt quality best practices.
- Architect and implement/modify scalable automation frameworks using C# (.NET) or Advanced Java.
- Good hands-on knowledge of integrating automation tests in CI/CD pipelines.
- Implement / Knowledge of contract testing using OpenAPI/Swagger.
- Mentor and review automation engineers’ code.
- Provide technical guidance and framework standards.
- Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and DevOps stakeholders.
- Leverage AI-assisted tools (e.g., Copilot) to enhance development efficiency.
- Hands-on knowledge of prompting techniques to improve automation productivity.
Required Skills
- Strong proficiency in C# (.NET) OR Advanced Java
- Hands-on experience with Playwright or Selenium
- REST API automation using RestSharp / HttpClient
- Strong understanding of JSON, HTTP protocols, and status codes
- SQL/database validation
- Hands-on knowledge of CI/CD integration (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins)
- Experience tracking QA KPIs and quality dashboards (e.g., Grafana)
- Agile/Scrum experience
- Working knowledge of Performance testing tools like Jmeter.
AI & Engineering Productivity
- Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot or similar).
- Ability to craft effective prompts to generate, refactor, and optimize automation code.
- Experience validating and refining AI-generated outputs to ensure accuracy, maintainability, and security.
- Demonstrated ability to improve engineering productivity using AI tools.
Experience
- 5-8+ years in QA with significant automation experience
- Proven hands-on framework development experience
- Ability to contribute 40–60% in active coding
- Demonstrated leadership in driving quality initiatives
To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.
Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.
Compensation:
$71,300.00 - $124,500.00 USDThis role is eligible for Bonus.
Compensation range listed is based on primary location of the position. Actual base salary offer is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skills, experience and actual hiring location. Your recruiter can share more information about the specific offer for the job location during the hiring process.
Additional Information:Wolters Kluwer offers a wide variety of competitive benefits and programs to help meet your needs and balance your work and personal life, including but not limited to: Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Commuter Benefits, Tuition Assistance Plan, Vacation and Sick Time, and Paid Parental Leave. Full details of our benefits are available upon request.
Skills Required
- 5-8+ years of QA experience with significant software test automation experience
- Strong proficiency in C# (.NET) or Advanced Java
- Hands-on experience with Playwright or Selenium
- REST API automation using RestSharp or HttpClient
- Strong understanding of JSON, HTTP protocols, and status codes
- SQL and database validation experience
- Hands-on CI/CD integration experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins
- Experience tracking QA KPIs and quality dashboards, such as Grafana
- Agile/Scrum experience
- Working knowledge of performance testing tools such as JMeter
- Proven hands-on framework development experience
- Ability to contribute 40-60% in active coding
- Demonstrated leadership in driving quality initiatives
- Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot or similar
- Ability to craft effective prompts to generate, refactor, and optimize automation code
- Experience validating and refining AI-generated outputs for accuracy, maintainability, and security
- Demonstrated ability to improve engineering productivity using AI tools
Wolters Kluwer Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away benefits are positioned as broad, spanning vacation and sick time plus paid holidays and other covered leave types. Paid parental and caregiver leave, bereavement leave, and a volunteer day contribute to a more comprehensive time-off offering.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-oriented support stands out through adoption assistance and paid parental leave provisions. These benefits are described alongside other caregiver supports that extend beyond basic leave categories.
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What We Do
Wolters Kluwer (www.wolterskluwer.com) is a global leader in information services and solutions for professionals in the health, tax and accounting, risk and compliance, finance and legal sectors. We help our customers make critical decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with specialized technology and services. Founded in 1836 and headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands, the company serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries and employs 18,600 people worldwide. Wolters Kluwer reported 2019 annual revenues of €4.6 billion. Listed on Euronext Amsterdam, Wolters Kluwer shares (WKL) are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Wolters Kluwer has a sponsored Level 1 American Depositary Receipt program. The ADRs are traded on the over-the-counter market in the U.S. (WTKWY).
