Senior QA Automation Engineer

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Added Oct 01, 2025 Senior QA Automation Engineer (27085) Chicago, IL | Contract Apply ()

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Job Description

LRS has prospered for over 30 years because our corporate philosophy embraces honest, ethical and hard-working people. If that describes your approach to IT consulting, we need to talk!

LRS Consulting Services is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer for a contract opportunity (with remote work options) with our financial client in downtown Chicago, IL! LRS Consulting Services has been delivering the highest quality consultants to our clients since 1979. We've built a solid reputation for dealing with our clients and our consultants with honesty, integrity, and respect. We work hard every day to maintain that reputation, and we're very interested in candidates who can help us. If you're that candidate, this opportunity is made for you!

Responsibilities :

Work directly with developers, QA, and product owners to facilitate integration testing across a variety of products and platforms

Design and deliver automated integration test suites that validate APIs, service orchestration, data flows, and error / edge cases.

Build and maintain test harnesses, stubs / mocks or service virtualization as needed to exercise integrations in isolated test runs.

Integrate automated tests into CI / CD pipelines and ensure they run reliably across environments (dev → staging → pre-prod).

Execute and debug integration test failures; produce clear defect reports with reproduction steps, logs, and suggested root-cause leads.

Maintain and evolve test code, test data management, and CI test orchestration for repeatability and scalability.

Other duties as assigned.

Requirements :

Minimum 5 years' relevant experience in QA Automation in enterprise software engineering environments.

Strong hands-on experience with modern JavaScript / TypeScript based QA Automation Frameworks, including Cypress (preferably) & / or Playwright.

Demonstrated experience focused on integration testing (incl., APIs, service-to-service flows, end-to-end data paths, etc.).

Practical experience testing RESTful APIs

Experience setting up automated test runs for integration testing.

Strong debugging skills across environments : reading logs, reproducing failures, and isolating integration causes.

Working knowledge of containerized test environments (e.g., Docker); ability to work with environment configuration and test orchestration, preferred.

Proven ability to closely partner with non-technical Product Owners & Stakeholders to ensure success of cross-functional and cross-departmental projects.

LRS is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants for employment will receive consideration without unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, gender identity, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, citizenship status or protected veteran status.

Additional Details

The base range for this contract position is $50 - $70 per hour, depending on experience.

Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hires of this position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.