Top Software Test Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL

Perform independent software testing and quality assurance for complex applications and infrastructure. Design and execute automated, regression, integration, performance, and user acceptance tests; develop automation frameworks and test code; document and track defects; collaborate with product owners, developers, and end users; and support debugging, continuous integration, delivery, and end-to-end system testing.

Designs and maintains automated test frameworks and exploratory suites for products, APIs, SDKs, AI models, and data platforms. Develops functional, integration, end-to-end, regression, API, browser, load, and reliability tests; creates datasets, evaluation pipelines, dashboards, and CI/CD release gates. Partners across Engineering, Research, Product, Data, and Infrastructure to validate model behavior, data quality, performance, and production readiness. Documents reproducible defects, supports triage, and communicates risks.

Designs and executes manual software testing for NAVSUP OIS Next Gen applications, including functional, regression, integration, system, accessibility, and user acceptance testing. Creates test plans and cases, validates databases with SQL, documents defects in GitLab, verifies fixes, communicates release readiness, and collaborates with Agile development and product teams. Supports production validation and continuous QA process improvements.

The posting is inconsistent with the title and combines software testing, iOS development, recruitment management, event management, and business development duties. The title indicates a Software Test Engineer role, while the technical responsibilities focus on designing, coding, analyzing, and testing iOS applications, resolving bugs, maintaining software updates, and collaborating with development and project teams.

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.

Design, build, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks and CI/CD-integrated pipelines. Lead functional, integration, regression, and performance testing across distributed systems and telephony platforms. Mentor engineers, analyze failures using logs/metrics, execute load/stress tests, and improve test infrastructure, reliability, and engineering productivity.

Build and maintain multi-layer test automation, improve CI/CD release integrity, and develop internal tools that enhance testability and developer experience. Establish quality metrics, dashboards, and observability for product stability and release readiness. Partner across engineering, infrastructure, product, SRE, and quality teams to implement shift-left practices, performance, resilience, security, API, and dependency testing. Drive automation-first quality improvements and promote consistent engineering standards.

As a Software Development Engineer in Test, you'll create and conduct automated tests, resolve technical issues, and collaborate with development teams to ensure software quality.

Own the full QA and test automation lifecycle for a Google Cloud-based government licensing platform. Develop web E2E and REST API automation, create test strategies and cases, perform manual and exploratory testing, validate workflows and asynchronous integrations, and integrate suites into CI/CD pipelines. Test payment, notification, document upload, and mobile application flows; support performance testing, UAT, defect triage, coverage reporting, and release readiness.

Lead QA activities for an IAM program: design and implement QA methodologies, create and run manual and automated tests, perform code/product reviews, triage defects, validate functionality/performance/security, and support CI/CD, UAT, and release validation across Agile teams.

Execute scheduled, ad hoc, and release-milestone software tests; review test cases; report defects in issue-tracking systems; communicate status in standups; and collaborate with software test managers and development teams. The role requires knowledge of QA methodologies, black-box, grey-box, and white-box testing, strong communication and organization, independent and team-based work, and participation in planning and professional meetings.

Develop and maintain automated testing tools and frameworks for complex healthcare software. Create test plans, execute white-box, black-box, UI, API, and performance testing, identify defects and testing gaps, improve CI/CD processes, and collaborate with product managers and developers to support high-quality releases. The role also involves debugging code, participating in demos, and working with distributed teams in a remote environment.

Designs, develops, and maintains complex software test automation frameworks, tools, libraries, and performance tests. Integrates automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, analyzes test results, enforces coding standards, reviews code, troubleshoots issues, and mentors junior engineers. Collaborates cross-functionally to support quality releases and develops reusable testing solutions using modern programming languages, cloud platforms, containerization, API testing, and automation technologies.

Design, develop, and maintain complex test automation frameworks, tools, libraries, and performance tests. Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, establish coding standards, analyze test results, and drive automation strategies. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, review code, troubleshoot framework issues, and mentor junior testing engineers. The role also supports cloud, containerization, DevSecOps, API, UI, and performance testing initiatives.

As a Software Engineer, Test & Infrastructure II, you will develop automated test frameworks and validate real-time call flows while collaborating with peers in a hybrid environment.

Lead quality engineering for a backend-heavy Immigration AI platform. Design test plans and cases, establish test environments, execute manual and automated testing, build custom frameworks and tooling, and test REST, asynchronous, event-driven, and backend services. Mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, identify automation opportunities, apply GenAI and LLMs, perform load and stress testing, and improve testing pipeline scalability, performance, and efficiency.

Lead initiatives that enable production-like system testing across engineering. Build realistic test environments, workload generation and replay, fault-injection tooling, shared testing frameworks, and continuous or release validation. Partner with infrastructure, reliability, release, and product teams to convert incident learnings into durable test coverage. Mentor engineers, influence testing strategy, and improve observability, debuggability, and operational readiness.

Build and maintain scalable integration and end-to-end test automation frameworks, optimize CI pipelines and test execution, improve test stability and reporting, support engineering teams with triage and best practices, write technical specs/ADRs, participate in on-call rotation, and collaborate cross-functionally to evolve the company test strategy.

Designs, develops, and maintains automated test frameworks and suites for complex API and web applications. Tests software functionality, performance, scalability, and database integrations; debugs defects and verifies fixes. Collaborates with engineering, QA, product, and cross-functional teams on test strategy, code reviews, sprint planning, and root-cause analysis. Contributes to CI/CD automation and creates test plans, cases, procedures, and reports.

Lead design and operation of test infrastructure at scale: test orchestration, smart selection, parallel sharding, flaky-test detection, observability, SLOs, and on-call. Define technical strategy, drive cross-team projects, mentor engineers, and reduce test feedback time to accelerate engineering velocity.

The Staff SDET will design and implement automated test frameworks using TypeScript, collaborate with developers, and enhance testing processes within CI/CD pipelines.

Design, implement, and execute tests for web apps, APIs, and back-end systems. Maintain and support applications, build unit and automated regression suites (Pytest), perform UX/browser automation (Selenium), and run performance/load tests (LoadRunner). Provide technical leadership, mentor staff, participate in hiring, and work within CI/CD, Jenkins, version control, JIRA, and cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Openstack/Oracle).

The Software Test Engineer will design, implement, and maintain test frameworks for back-end services, ensuring product quality through test case creation and automation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Owns test automation and quality efforts for major product areas, including architecting automation frameworks, developing API, UI, and integration tests, and integrating testing into CI/CD pipelines. Leads test strategy, risk analysis, debugging, quality improvements, and release planning. Mentors junior SDETs, reviews test code, analyzes coverage, maintains quality metrics, and drives cross-functional adoption of testing best practices.

Define and lead an enterprise-level test automation strategy across various layers, focusing on scaling automation frameworks, improving quality, and mentoring engineers. Collaborate on testing AI systems, enhancing CI/CD processes, and reducing flakiness in automation.