IT Software Engineer 4

Job Title: IT Software Engineer 4

Location: Chicago, IL

Type: W2 Contract

Education & Experience Required Years of experience: 9+ yrs experience

Degree requirement: Bachelor s degree and 10+ years of experience

Job Description VL Autonomy program is expanding and has more features lined up for 2026 and needs a senior resource to work on those features. This resource will participate in AVT calls, design discussions and coordinate with several other teams. The resource will also work on expanding the SIT automation framework.

Position s Contributions To Work Group

AKA Senior SDET Extend testing automation framework using JAVA/JAVA Script

Take ownership in understanding business requirements/ACs and develop test strategy/test plan

Develop automation testcases using existing automation framework

Typical Task Breakdown Develop test automation code for Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), of systems, infrastructure, and test framework.

Plan, design, develop, and maintain API test automation framework that facilitates automation scripting, execution, and analysis of results

Provide technical leadership and mentoring for test engineers on multiple applications/projects onshore and offshore; train and mentor project team members to create, execute, analyze, and maintain automated regression suites

Coordinate with product owner to resolve open issues/enhancements/upgrades and understand the use of a specific functionality as needed

Develop automated functional scripts using tools such as Java, Karate, JMeter.

Perform exploratory and manual testing of the product suite as appropriate

Provide expertise in testing methodologies, best practices, and standards

Position will be onsite hybrid starting day 1. Interviews may also be onsite

Required Technical Skills Strong design and development skills in two or more of the following technologies and tools: Java (5 years) Cucumber(3-5 years), JBehave or other BDD testing frameworks

At least 9 years of test automation framework design

Strong experience in testing Webservices (REST APIs) ( 5 years)

Proven experience developing test scripts, test cases, and test data

The ability to write queries in SQL or other relational databases

Experience testing full stack and integration testing with 3rd parties

End-to-end system integration testing experience for software platforms

Experience in TDD, continuous integration, code review practice is strongly desired

Experience with DevOps concepts and tools (e.g., CI/CD, Jenkins, Git)

Desired Technical Skills Hands on experience with Python

development experience in AWS Cloud technology

3+ years of experience in developing scenario-based performance testing using JMeter

Experience with Apigee or other API gateways is a plus

At least 2 years working on an Agile team with a solid understanding of Agile/Lean practices.

Understanding of a micro service Architecture

Experience load and performance testing

Strong documentation skills

Soft Skills Required Ability to adapt quickly to a complex environment

Pro-active, flexible and creative

Very strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with developers and business users.

Disqualifiers

Choppy tenure/ Consistent Job Hopping

There is absolutely no 100% remote work, they must go into the office.

If candidate is not local, but open to relocating on their own dime and being there Day 1, please make sure that is clear on the resume or they will be DQ