Senior Software Engineer - (Automation & Performance)

Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks using Selenium WebDriver with Java and TestNG framework experience.

Develop reusable automation scripts for Web and API applications.

Execute automated regression, smoke, sanity, and functional test suites.

Improve automation coverage and reduce manual testing efforts.

Maintain automation test suites within CI/CD pipelines.

Analyze automation failures and work closely with development teams for timely resolution.

Design and execute performance testing strategies using Apache JMeter.

Perform:

Load Testing

Stress Testing

Spike Testing

Endurance Testing

Volume Testing

Develop reusable JMeter scripts with parameterization and correlation.

Analyze response times, throughput, concurrent users, and system utilization.

Identify application bottlenecks and provide optimization recommendations.

Automate REST API testing using Selenium-supported frameworks or REST Assured.

Validate API functionality and performance.

Work with JSON, XML, OAuth, JWT, and REST services.

Monitor application performance using tools such as:

Grafana

Prometheus

New Relic

Dynatrace

Splunk

Analyze:

Heap Dumps

Thread Dumps

Garbage Collection Logs

CPU & Memory Utilization

Perform root cause analysis for application performance issues.

Integrate automation and performance test suites into Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or GitLab CI pipelines.

Participate in release validation and continuous testing initiatives.

Support Shift-Left testing and Quality Engineering practices.

Collaborate with Product Owners, Developers, QA, DevOps, and Architects.

Participate in requirement reviews and provide testing estimates.

Mentor junior QA engineers in automation and performance testing best practices.

Contribute to test strategy, framework enhancements, and engineering standards.

Stay current with emerging automation and performance testing technologies.

Identify opportunities to improve testing efficiency and framework capabilities.

Drive automation-first and quality-first engineering practices.

This role is critical in ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of Staples Promotional Products' digital platforms. Through automation and performance engineering, this position enables faster releases, improved customer experience, reduced production defects, and scalable application performance.

Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.

Passion for Quality Engineering and Test Automation.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Ability to work independently in Agile teams.

Strong mentoring and leadership capabilities.

Continuous learning mindset.

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline.

5+ years of experience in Software Testing / Quality Engineering

Minimum 3 years of hands-on Automation Testing experience using Selenium WebDriver with Java

Minimum 2 years of hands-on Performance Testing experience using Apache JMeter

Experience working on enterprise web applications and APIs.

Experience working in Agile development environments.

Strong hands-on experience with Selenium WebDriver using Java.

Experience in developing automation frameworks using TestNG or JUnit.

Experience with Maven/Gradle build tools.

Experience automating Web and API applications.

Strong knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming concepts in Java.

Experience with Page Object Model (POM), Data-Driven, and Hybrid frameworks.

Experience using Git for source control.

Minimum 2 years of experience in Apache JMeter.

Hands-on experience with:

Experience creating JMeter scripts using parameterization, correlation, assertions, and reusable components.

Ability to analyze performance reports and identify bottlenecks.

REST API testing.

REST Assured or Postman.

JSON/XML.

OAuth/JWT authentication.

Experience with one or more of the following:

Ability to analyze:

CPU utilization

Memory utilization

JVM metrics

Strong SQL knowledge.

Experience writing complex SQL queries.

Experience validating backend data.

Experience with:

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

GitLab CI

Git

Java

Selenium WebDriver

TestNG/JUnit

Apache JMeter

Maven

REST Assured

SQL

Linux basics