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We are seeking a SDET to join our client's team to drive innovation in AI-powered test automation. This role focuses on building and maintaining intelligent test automation infrastructure on AWS and CloudBees, with emphasis on self-healing scripts and AI-driven testing solutions. This is a great pportunity to work with cutting-edge AI and automation technologies.

Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks
- Deploy and configure reliable automation assets in CloudBees CI/CD pipelines
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues with automation infrastructure
- Create AI-based automation solutions using AWS Bedrock and frameworks like LangChain
- Integrate AI agents-and solutions with existing automation platforms
- Implement self-healing test scripts and Intelligent Test Automation (ITA) strategies
- Apply context engineering to ensure AI-driven testing relevance and coverage

This position is a contract to permanent opportunity offering a career stability and growth! This position is a hybrid opportunity (1-2x onsite per week in Maryland and/or Wash DC office).-

Required Skills

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field is preferred
- 5+ years of experience in software testing and test automation
- Proven experience with AI tools for test generation, refactoring, and self-healing
- Strong understanding of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience building and scaling testing agents
- Knowledge of context engineering for AI-driven testing
- Experience with modern testing frameworks beyond Selenium
- Background in machine learning or AI applications
- Experience with microservices and containerized applications

Required Technical Skills
- Programming Languages: Python, Java/Selenium, SQL
- AI/ML Frameworks: AWS Bedrock, LangChain, Pandas, and other popular Machine Learning libraries
- Test Automation: Selenium, Playwright, API testing frameworks
- Cloud & DevOps: AWS services, Docker, Kubern

About Cognizant’s Quality Engineering & Assurance Team

Our Quality Engineering & Assurance team is the innovative engine at our company. We are a dedicated group of builders and problem-solvers responsible for the most critical, customer-facing platforms. Within this team, the Quality practice is not a downstream function but a fully integrated partner in development. Our mission is to embed quality into every stage of the lifecycle, and as a Quality Engineer, you will be on the front lines of this effort.

Position Overview

Are you a driven Quality Engineer passionate about building the future of testing? We are seeking a creative and hands-on QE to be a key contributor to our quality practice. This is an exciting opportunity to move beyond traditional QA and dive into the world of AI-driven testing, helping us build and maintain robust quality standards for our mission-critical intelligent applications that are redefining customer interaction.

Key Responsibilities
• Design, develop, and maintain test automation frameworks using Java and Python. Write clean, efficient, and scalable automation scripts for new features to ensure robust test coverage across all deliverables.
• Perform API testing: Understand API concepts, develop and execute functional tests, interpret Swagger YAML files, and validate endpoints using Postman or Rest Assured automation frameworks.
• Conduct database testing: Write and execute SQL queries to retrieve, update, and delete data, ensuring database integrity and reliability.
• Own quality for assigned features and components: Collaborate with product managers and developers on requirements analysis, create detailed test cases, execute comprehensive test suites (functional, integration, regression), and provide final quality sign-off.
• Track and report testing progress: Use tools such as JIRA, ADO, or ALM for defect logging and reporting, ensuring transparency of feature quality to the team and stakeholders. Also understanding of CI/CD co

About the role:

As a Senior Test Automation Engineer specializing in Performance Testing, you’ll own performance quality across critical TQL applications and platforms. You’ll be responsible for ensuring systems are scalable, reliable, and able to perform under real-world demand. You’ll partner closely with software engineering, architecture, infrastructure, and Quality Engineering teams to identify risks early, shape performance strategy, and drive solutions that improve system resilience and customer experience. In this role, you’ll influence how performance testing is designed, executed, and evolved—including leveraging modern automation and AI-enabled approaches to improve speed and efficiency.

What’s in it for you:
• Competitive base salary of $98,630-$140,000
• Flexible work hours and work-from-home options
• Reimbursement for continuous education and technical training
• Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) with company match
• A culture that invests in people and technology
• Certified Great Place to Work and voted a 2019–2026 Computerworld Best Places to Work in IT

What we’re looking for:
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of experience in software development and/or testing with deep expertise in performance testing
• Strong coding skills in object-oriented languages such as C# and JavaScript
• Proficiency with Git and modern CI/CD pipelines
• Strong SQL skills to write, modify, and analyze queries for performance testing
• Understanding of system architecture concepts including APIs, caching, load balancers, and queues
• Ability to analyze complex systems and translate findings into actionable recommendations
• Clear communicator who partners effectively across technical and non-technical teams
• Strong ownership, accountability, and ability to influence technical direction

What you’ll be doing:
• Own performance testing strategy

Requirements
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience: Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent field. - Required,
• 3+ Years Experience developing test strategies, test plans, and test cases. - Required,
• Create and execute test cases; prepare test setups,
• Conduct regression testing and log/report defects,
• Research/resolve basic production support cases,
• Engage with development for clarifications and issue resolution,
• Use AI tools for basic tests creation, documentation, and analysis,
• Programming or scripting experience (Java, Python, JS, C#, or similar),
• Automation tools/frameworks: Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium, REST-Assured, JMeter, etc,
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, testing lifecycle, and SDLC,
• Agile methodology, DevSecOps exposure along with CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, etc.,
• SQL proficiency; ability to test web apps, APIs, and systems with minimal UI,
• Experience with JIRA/ALM/Xray or similar tools,
• Comfort using AI-powered testing tools, copilots, and analysis utilities,
• Strong analytical, communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills,
• Ability to manage workload, collaborate in Agile teams, effectively, and work independently,
• (Desirable) Knowledge of QA concepts and test lifecycle,
• (Desirable) Basic SQL; familiarity with ALM/JIRA,
• (Desirable) Basic understanding of mobile development languages (Java/Objective-C/Swift/C#),
• (Desirable) Strong ability to learn quickly and meet deadlines

What the job involves
• The Sr. Specialist, Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) is responsible for ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of applications through automation, technical testing, and deep collaboration with engineering teams,
• SDETs combine software development skills with quality engineering practices to design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks, tools, and test suites across UI, API, backend, and integrated systems f