Sr. QA Automation Engineer – API / Backend & Web Automation at ICONMA in Austin, TX
- Company: ICONMA
- Location: Austin, TX
- Posted: Sep 23, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Salary: Up to $50 per hour
- Experience: 10+ years
- Visa sponsorship available
Overview
Our Client, an IT Services and Consultant company, is looking for a Sr. QA Automation Engineer – API / Backend & Web Automation for their Austin, TX/Hybrid location. Drafting and presenting proposals to the team (e.g., 'This can be done; what are your thoughts?'), getting alignment, and executing.
Job description
- Our Client, an IT Services and Consultant company, is looking for a Sr. QA Automation Engineer – API / Backend & Web Automation for their Austin, TX/Hybrid location.
Responsibilities
- Drafting and presenting proposals to the team (e.g., 'This can be done; what are your thoughts?'), getting alignment, and executing.
- Coaching and mentoring full-time employees to upskill them.
- Running with decisions autonomously and executing effectively.
Requirements
- Core Technical Skills
- Automation Expertise (Non-negotiable): Must know automation testing inside and out.
- API & Backend Automation: Needs to be deeply well-versed in API testing and backend automation, which covers about 80% to 90% of what is needed.
- Web Automation: Strongly biased/prioritized. If a candidate doesn't have both web and native, Alex explicitly prefers web.
- Native App Automation: A significant plus (having a combination of backend + native is also acceptable).
- Preferred, not a dealbreaker: Experience testing event streaming and video assets (e.g., handling complex edge cases like large video files up to 15 GB or 50 GB.. not sure ).
- Core automation principles are fungible—as long as the person is solid at API testing and a quick learner, prior video domain experience is not a strict showstopper.
- Needs to come in with a strong perspective on what an effective automation framework should look like.
- Capable of drafting and presenting proposals to the team (e.g., "This can be done; what are your thoughts?"), getting alignment, and executing.
- Must be able to "run with it unapologetically" once a decision is made.
- Must not be someone who passively observes or constantly waits for tasks to be fed to them.
- Strong enough to teach, guide, and upskill the full-time employees rather than relying on them for direction.
- Years of Experience: 10.00 Years of Experience
Skills
Required
- Automation testing
- API testing
- Backend automation
- Web automation
- Self-organizing and autonomous execution
- Coaching and mentorship
Preferred
- Native app automation
- Event streaming testing
- Video asset testing
Benefits
- Health Benefits
- Referral Program
- Excellent growth and advancement opportunities