Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Programming.com is seeking a Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer to support the development and testing of Autonomous Haulage Systems and next-generation mining automation technologies. This role focuses on testing complex distributed, real-time autonomous systems and collaborating closely with various teams to ensure high-quality software delivery.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute risk-based QA strategies for AHS platforms
• Build and enhance test automation frameworks
• Perform functional, performance, security, failover, API, and UI testing
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines
• Support containerized test environments and Infrastructure as Code
• Drive shift-left testing and regression automation
• Execute exploratory/manual testing for edge cases
• Track QA metrics, defect trends, and support root cause analysis
• Support deployment validation, field installations, and compatibility testing
• Mentor QA engineers and improve enterprise QA practices
• Travel up to 10%, including occasional international travel

Skills

• 6+ years in Software QA / Systems Testing
• 4+ years in QA Automation / SDET
• Strong experience with Java, Python, or C#
• Hands-on REST API / gRPC / UI automation
• CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/GitLab/Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions)
• Docker / containerization
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Ansible preferred)
• Experience testing distributed or real-time systems
• Performance / security / failover testing
• Automation framework development
• Strong debugging, documentation, and communication skills
• Event-driven microservices
• Network protocols / distributed application debugging
• Autonomous systems / robotics / industrial automation / IoT experience
• Full SDLC exposure including build/release/testing/production support

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