Senior AI Test Engineer (Manual & Automation) - Contract

Genesis10 is currently seeking a Senior AI Test Engineer (Manual & Automation) for a contract position with a Global Financial Institution located in Irving, TX, Chandler, AZ, or Minneapolis, MN. This is a 12+ month contract opportunity.

The IAM Tools Engineering (ITE) team is seeking an experienced Senior AI Test Engineer to drive quality engineering for an AI enabled self-service identity platform. This is a hands-on senior role with accountability for test strategy, automation architecture, and quality outcomes across complex, distributed systems. As a senior member of the QA discipline, you will own end-to-end testing across UI and API, influence engineering best practices, and serve as a trusted quality partner to product and development teams.

Responsibilities:

• Own and drive the overall test strategy, including functional, integration, API, and UI testing, ensuring alignment with business, security, and AI quality goals
• Design, build, and maintain robust, scalable test automation frameworks supporting UI and API test automation
• Serve as a senior individual contributor responsible for hands-on automation and targeted manual testing, particularly for complex or high-risk scenarios
• Integrate automated functional tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
• Validate AI driven capabilities, including data quality, integrity, model output behavior, and consistency
• Collaborate with developers and product owners early in the lifecycle to ensure testability and well-defined acceptance criteria
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior and offshore QA engineers
• Collaborate effectively with offshore teams, ensuring consistent quality standards and execution
• Proactively identify quality and performance risks and drive mitigation prior to production release

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional software testing experience with complex, web-based applications, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work or consulting experience, training, military experience, education
• Proven experience operating as a senior individual contributor, owning quality outcomes end-to-end
• Strong hands-on experience with manual testing and advanced test automation
• Demonstrated expertise in UI test automation and API test automation
• Hands-on experience with Playwright for UI and/or API automation (preferred) or equivalent modern frameworks with the ability to adopt Playwright quickly
• Experience with Selenium WebDriver
• Strong programming skills in C#
• Experience with BDD principles and writing scenarios using Gherkin
• Experience integrating automated functional tests into CI/CD pipelines
• Deep understanding of functional, integration, system, end-to-end, and non-functional testing
• Strong experience with Git-based version control
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence across a matrixed organization
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively across onshore and offshore teams
• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline OR equivalent professional experience

Desired skills:

• Experience with performance testing, including load, stress, and endurance testing
• Experience using JMeter and BlazeMeter for scalable, cloud-based performance execution
• Experience with SpecFlow and/or Reqnroll
• Familiarity with Micro Focus ALM Octane for test management
• Experience executing tests at scale using Lambda Test HyperExecute
• Experience testing cloud-native applications on AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Working knowledge of AI/ML concepts, including NLP and data-driven systems
• Experience testing AI-based chatbots or conversational AI platforms
• Familiarity with Microsoft Copilot or similar AI-assisted coding/testing tools

Pay range: $59.53 - $67.53 per hour

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!

Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)

For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.

Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.