Hybrid Platform Automation Engineer – Cypress/Playwright

at Bread Financial

• Job title: Platform Automation Engineer – Cypress/Playwright
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior, Mid level
• Salary: $97,900 - $177,400 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud, SDLC
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Columbus, United States

About the role

• Platform Automation Engineer enhancing test automation frameworks and ensuring quality for financial technology solutions at Bread Financial. Collaborating with teams to deliver high-quality solutions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on the design and implementation of quality engineering practices for financial technology solutions
• Maintain test frameworks to ensure efficient testing across the enterprise
• Work on improving automation frameworks for scalable test automation
• Help define and advocate for testing standards, automation strategies, and best practices in the SDLC
• Support efforts to address performance bottlenecks and quality gaps
• Contribute to the development of tools for managing test data across environments to support testing
• Integrate testing tools and frameworks into the CI/CD pipeline
• Develop and maintain automated test environments and data solutions to ensure system reliability
• Collaborate with quality engineering, product, and business teams on best practices in test-driven development (TDD) and automation
• Provide guidance to junior engineers on adopting automation practices
• Develop and maintain tools for performance, load, and stress testing

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or related area
• 2+ years of work experience in a related field such as Software Engineering, DevSecOps, or Quality Engineering
• 5+ years of work experience in a related field such as Software Engineering, DevSecOps, or Quality Engineering (preferred)
• Proficiency in Agile Methodology
• Proficient in Scripting Languages
• Experience in Test Automation
• Knowledge in Test Data Management
• Familiarity with CI/CD processes
• Understanding of Cloud Platforms
• Version Control (Git) expertise
• Monitoring Tools familiarity
• Debug Tools knowledge
• Strong multitasking and problem-solving skills
• Effective communication skills

Benefits

• medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and other voluntary benefits (including basic and optional life insurance, supplemental medical plans, and short and long-term disability) to eligible associates
• six weeks of 100% paid parental leave for eligible parents
• 401(k) plan enrollment
• 11 paid holidays
• Flexible Time Off (FTO) program