Top Software Test Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL

Design and maintain automated testing frameworks for cloud-scale distributed systems. Build performance, load, stress, integration, API, end-to-end, chaos, security, and infrastructure tests. Integrate continuous testing into CI/CD pipelines, analyze observability data, validate Kubernetes and microservices environments, and collaborate with Engineering and SRE teams to improve reliability. The role also participates in on-call rotations and helps establish QA strategy and standards across GPU infrastructure, serverless endpoints, storage, billing, and event-driven systems.

Develop scalable test automation frameworks, QA tools, and intelligent testing systems using Playwright, C#, and JavaScript/TypeScript. Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, build end-to-end, integration, and performance solutions, and apply AI techniques to improve test generation and defect detection. Partner with engineering and QA teams, troubleshoot reliability issues, contribute to test strategy, and mentor colleagues on automation and modern testing practices.

Own end-to-end quality for a web trading product squad by defining test strategies, building Playwright automation in TypeScript or JavaScript, integrating tests into CI/CD, and improving test reliability. Partner with engineers and product managers on testability, architecture, and acceptance criteria. Perform exploratory testing, apply AI-assisted QA tools, maintain shared frameworks, and mentor junior QA team members.

Leads quality strategy and automation architecture for commercial-services microservices handling order processing. Designs comprehensive unit, contract, service, UI, end-to-end, performance, and resilience testing across event-driven systems and platforms. Builds test infrastructure, manages test data, improves CI pipelines, diagnoses failures using observability tools, and partners with product and engineering teams on testability and release confidence. Mentors engineers while applying Java, Playwright, Kafka, AWS, GraphQL, and AI-assisted testing workflows.

Own test strategy for a portfolio of government web applications, build automated regression suites, integrate testing into CI/CD, and lead four test engineers. The role replaces manual regression, improves release confidence and delivery speed, and embeds security into development pipelines. Responsibilities include coaching government testers and engineers, communicating readiness to nontechnical stakeholders, and supporting adoption of sustainable testing practices in a U.S. Air Force environment.

Designs and maintains automated test frameworks for Keeper Secrets Manager APIs, SDKs, integrations, and cloud services. Builds API, integration, and end-to-end tests; integrates automation with CI/CD pipelines; manages Docker and Kubernetes test environments; validates authentication workflows; analyzes failures; and partners with engineering and DevOps teams to improve system testability, reliability, and security.

Build and maintain scalable automated testing infrastructure for transactional surveillance systems processing over 1 billion order events daily. Design unit, integration, and acceptance test suites; collaborate with engineers and data scientists; report on coverage and reliability; maintain monitoring and alerting; develop data quality checks; and investigate test failures. The role requires Python, testing frameworks, Git, and software engineering experience, with preferred expertise in data quality, performance testing, APIs, data engineering, and observability.

Design and scale automated test frameworks for Akamai’s custom Linux kernel, hardware compatibility, performance, reliability, security, and OS imaging. Develop hardware validation suites, support kernel and virtualization upgrades, troubleshoot low-level system issues, and improve continuous integration and testing infrastructure across AI and compute platforms.

Build and maintain cloud-native applications and services for Akamai’s IaaS platform. Develop platform features from requirements through design, testing, and deployment; integrate Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies; collaborate with product owners, architects, developers, and test engineers in an Agile continuous-delivery environment. The role focuses on creating scalable, reliable, secure platforms that simplify product development and user experience.

Designs and implements manual and automated tests across unit, component, integration, and end-to-end levels. Builds scalable UI and API automation frameworks, conducts performance and load testing, creates test reports, investigates regressions, and provides testability feedback. Collaborates with engineering, product management, and UX teams in an agile environment. The role requires Python and JavaScript automation expertise, cloud and container experience, CI/CD familiarity, SQL, and knowledge of microservices.

Lead software quality and test engineering for the Dealer Inspire platform. Develop automation strategies and regression suites using Playwright, execute functional, integration, system, security, and performance testing, analyze test coverage and results, establish testing practices, and integrate quality processes into the software development lifecycle. Mentor SDETs and engineers, lead testing initiatives, and collaborate with engineering and product stakeholders.

Own end-to-end verification and validation for complex cloud-native software systems. Design comprehensive testing strategies, build scalable backend and frontend automation frameworks, identify coverage gaps, perform root cause analysis, integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines, and improve testing efficiency. Apply AI-assisted tools to testing and debugging, evaluate emerging AI capabilities, mentor engineers, and raise quality standards across teams.

Owns VM and fleet test strategy, performance quality gates, and hypervisor validation for an IaaS platform. Designs reproducible bare-metal-like test environments, develops automated performance benchmarks and regression gates, validates SLOs and deployment safety, and builds test harnesses and analysis pipelines in Go, Python, and Perl. The role requires deep expertise in virtualization, Linux systems, performance engineering, statistical analysis, and cross-architecture debugging.

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.

Build production-grade test automation infrastructure across API, integration, end-to-end, contract, regression, load, and performance testing. Develop Playwright suites, integrate automated tests with GitHub Actions release gates, create AI-assisted test generation workflows, maintain coverage dashboards, reduce flakiness, and establish performance-testing frameworks. Partner with engineers and product managers to define coverage, acceptance criteria, performance thresholds, and quality standards across the organization.

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, develops, and maintains automated test frameworks and suites for native Android applications. Integrates mobile testing into CI/CD pipelines, executes tests across emulators and physical devices, investigates failures, improves application testability, and validates behavior across Android versions and device configurations. Collaborates with Android Engineering, QA, and Product teams while contributing to automation architecture, tooling standards, and testing best practices.

Build and maintain automated test frameworks and suites for native iOS and Android applications. Integrate mobile automation into CI/CD pipelines, execute tests across simulators, emulators, and physical devices, investigate failures, improve testability and coverage, and contribute to automation architecture and testing standards. Collaborate with Mobile Engineering, QA, and Product teams while using AI-assisted tools to improve development, debugging, analysis, documentation, and workflow efficiency.

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.

Own the enterprise test automation strategy, scale a Playwright and JavaScript framework, expand coverage across Salesforce, MuleSoft, D365, and reporting systems, and build scalable execution and reporting infrastructure. Design QA standards, metrics, and review processes while developing AI-powered agents with Cursor for performance testing, regression analysis, and defect triage. Partner with engineering, product, business, and AI platform teams to deliver governed, reusable quality tooling.

Build and maintain automated UI and API tests using TypeScript and Playwright, contribute to testing frameworks, investigate failures, and establish quality practices across engineering squads. The role includes manual and exploratory testing, API and contract testing, CI/CD quality gates, release criteria, test plans, coverage management, and AI-assisted testing. Collaboration with Engineering, Product, and Design is central to improving testability and enabling continuous delivery.

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.