Top Automation Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL

Develop and maintain enterprise Ansible automation, infrastructure-as-code solutions, REST APIs, scripts, CI/CD pipelines, and integrations across complex infrastructure environments. Manage automation projects through the full software development lifecycle, support production systems, document solutions, troubleshoot issues, and collaborate with infrastructure, security, and service teams. The role requires secure coding, Agile delivery, on-call participation, U.S. citizenship, and eligibility for Public Trust clearance.

Lead QA strategy and scalable test automation for cybersecurity web applications using Playwright and JavaScript. Build and maintain reliable automated testing frameworks, integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines, establish quality gates, diagnose failures, and support security testing. Mentor junior engineers, conduct code reviews, collaborate cross-functionally, and improve testing practices, coverage, reliability, and release quality across multiple products.

Leads the architecture, integration, qualification, and production scaling of automation systems for precision electro-optical manufacturing. Responsibilities include machine vision, AI-based inspection, robotics, motion control, automated testing and packaging, root-cause analysis, equipment selection, documentation, capacity planning, and continuous improvement. The role serves as a senior technical authority, mentors automation engineers, leads design reviews, and collaborates with product, process, test, manufacturing, and external supplier teams.

Own the conversion of manual regression suites into automated tests for CAD-based desktop and Revit-integrated applications using T-Plan Robot. Design reusable test frameworks, execute and analyze automated tests, document defects, and maintain CI/CD integrations. Apply AI and LLM tools with validation workflows to improve test authoring and reliability. Collaborate with developers and product owners, track coverage and defect trends, and eventually expand automation frameworks and mentorship across other product teams.

Designs, develops, and maintains automated UI, API, integration, regression, performance, and security tests for enterprise applications including ServiceNow and Salesforce. Builds reusable frameworks, integrates testing into CI/CD pipelines, manages quality gates, validates data with SQL and APIs, diagnoses failures, supports test environments, and collaborates on defect root cause analysis. Provides QA automation standards, metrics, reporting, and technical mentorship.

Designs and governs enterprise Infrastructure-as-Code and configuration management frameworks. Develops Ansible and Salt automation for infrastructure provisioning, patching, compliance, configuration drift management, and lifecycle operations across hybrid environments. Integrates automation with CI/CD pipelines, source control, cloud platforms, and DevOps toolchains. Troubleshoots platforms, establishes governance and audit controls, and mentors engineers on automation best practices.

Work as an embedded QA automation engineer to design, build, and maintain end-to-end and API test suites, integrate tests into CI/CD, run performance/load tests against a NestJS monolith, manage test data, and validate AI agent behavior and integrations across OMS/WMS/catalog workflows.

The GTM Engineer will automate sales workflows using tools, build integrations, design a win/loss analysis program, and collaborate with sales teams to leverage AI insights.

Develop and maintain enterprise Ansible automation, infrastructure-as-code solutions, scripts, REST APIs, CI/CD pipelines, and integration workflows. Manage the full automation development lifecycle, troubleshoot production issues, provide technical support, document runbooks, and collaborate with infrastructure, security, and service teams. The role requires secure coding, multi-platform expertise, Agile delivery, on-call participation, U.S. citizenship, and eligibility for Public Trust clearance.

Develop and maintain enterprise automation solutions using Ansible, Python, Bash, and PowerShell. Build RESTful APIs, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks across Linux, Windows, and cloud platforms. Manage the full automation software lifecycle, integrate enterprise systems, support production environments, document solutions, and collaborate with infrastructure, security, and service teams in Agile environments.

Lead architecture and delivery of IT automations and integrations across platforms (n8n, Airflow, Temporal, Jira). Act as technical DRI for complex automation projects, partner with Security and IAM, build reusable frameworks and documentation, establish engineering standards and code review practices, and mentor peers.

Design, develop, and scale mission-critical backend applications and distributed services. Build Python and Celery services, FastMCP services, Docker Swarm environments, and horizontally scalable architectures. Optimize Couchbase and NoSQL data systems, troubleshoot Linux-based distributed environments, and apply cloud-native AWS practices. Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver secure, reliable solutions while using spec-driven development and AI coding tools.

Leads QA automation initiatives by developing and maintaining automated functional, regression, API, and integration test suites for Guidewire software and mobile applications. Improves CI/CD pipelines, performs root cause analysis, drives quality improvements, collaborates with developers and product owners, and mentors junior QA engineers.

Develop and maintain automated tests for Databricks jobs, Delta tables, views, data transformations, and ETL pipelines. Validate data quality, business rules, reconciliations, loads, integrations, and recovery scenarios. Build test data, SQL queries, utilities, and reconciliation frameworks; integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines; perform functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing; analyze failures and collaborate with engineering teams. Preferred work includes testing Stardog, knowledge graphs, ontologies, SPARQL, lineage, and provenance.

Build and maintain automated integration and end-to-end test suites for ReactJS portals and Python/NextJS APIs. Define test strategies and acceptance criteria, validate data with SQL, integrate regression tests into CI/CD, manage test data, investigate defects, reduce flaky tests, and own release quality gates. Use AI tools to generate and scale tests while partnering with product, engineering, and data teams to improve platform quality.

Leads platform-wide QA strategy and mentors engineers while designing automated UI, API, and integration testing frameworks. Validates end-to-end clearing workflows, data consistency, and distributed systems; defines test coverage, environments, and reproducible test data. Integrates automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and drives release confidence, resiliency, and defect reduction across trading and clearing applications.

Design and execute manual and automated tests for web applications and APIs, including functional, integration, regression, exploratory, smoke, and end-to-end testing. Validate workflows and data using SQL, document and troubleshoot defects, review requirements for quality risks, maintain test traceability, and collaborate with Agile development teams. Contribute to UI and API automation, CI/CD test execution, release readiness assessments, and responsible use of generative AI in testing.

Leads platform-wide QA strategy for a regulated clearinghouse, including automated UI, API, and integration frameworks; end-to-end clearing workflow validation; test data and environment management; release confidence metrics; CI pipeline integration; defect reduction; and quality mentorship across engineering teams.

Build and operate Danaher’s enterprise data platform automation and reliability layer. Responsibilities include Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD, self-service developer enablement, data platform provisioning, observability, SLOs, auto-remediation, FinOps, compliance guardrails, and event-driven operations across Snowflake, Azure, Matillion, dbt, and Airflow. The role also develops AI-driven operators and copilots using Azure AI Foundry, Anthropic Claude, and related agent frameworks.

Designs and maintains automated testing frameworks for AI-powered applications, APIs, backend services, and distributed systems. Defines test strategies, acceptance criteria, evaluation metrics, tolerances, and quality gates for deterministic and non-deterministic software. Builds regression, integration, API, and end-to-end coverage; evaluates LLMs, agents, prompts, and tool-calling workflows; integrates testing into CI/CD; analyzes failures, telemetry, and logs; reduces flaky tests; and partners with AI, engineering, and product teams on continuous quality practices.

Designs and operates secure, scalable Azure cloud infrastructure supporting AI initiatives. Builds Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, self-service provisioning, containerized environments, observability, monitoring, and reliability practices. Establishes platform standards, evaluates emerging technologies, drives cross-team architecture decisions, mentors engineers, and ensures governance, security, compliance, data quality, and auditability. The role is fully remote with up to 10% travel.

Build and operate Go-based automation for PostgreSQL provisioning, configuration, upgrades, failover, scaling, and decommissioning at GitLab.com scale. Develop a PostgreSQL-as-a-service platform, integrate cloud infrastructure and infrastructure-as-code tooling, improve database performance and reliability, and create safe upgrade automation. The role includes production ownership, architecture leadership, code reviews, documentation, cross-team collaboration, mentorship, and using AI agents in engineering workflows.

Designs, develops, and supports enterprise automation solutions using Microsoft Power Platform, scripting, APIs, cloud services, and secure authentication. The role integrates cloud and on-premises systems, builds reusable workflows, monitors performance, resolves issues, documents solutions, and ensures governance and compliance. The engineer collaborates with infrastructure, security, application development, and business stakeholders to improve operational efficiency and service delivery.

Develop and maintain Python-based automated tests for Windows desktop applications. Build UI automation suites with WinAppDriver or Appium, manage Azure test environments, integrate testing into GitHub Actions, and write PowerShell setup scripts. Diagnose flaky tests and CI failures, document defects and test coverage, participate in code reviews, and collaborate with QA, development, and DevOps teams to support reliable releases.

Designs and implements automation for spacecraft and ground station operations, monitors satellite health and telemetry, troubleshoots anomalies, executes operational procedures, coordinates orbit maneuvers, and supports satellite integration. The role collaborates across engineering teams to maintain satellite services and fleet performance.