Senior Automation Engineer - Web

Automation Engineer

Yahoo Mail is the ultimate consumer inbox with hundreds of millions of users. It's the best way to access your email and stay organized from a computer, phone or tablet. With its beautiful design and lightning fast speed, Yahoo Mail makes reading, organizing, and sending emails easier than ever.

Yahoo, with a strong foundation of 900 million users monthly, is in the midst of a renaissance; backed by substantial investment to drive meaningful, long-term growth, led by great products. Are you up for the challenge of writing a chapter on one of the biggest consumer product success stories in history? This won't be easy, but if you're motivated by huge opportunities, backed by an organization that is ready to invest in bold initiatives, and can't wait to start building, Yahoo is the place for you.

Yahoo is composed of organizations, each led by a GM, driving key product lines. This role is within the Yahoo Mail group, which includes its flagship product, Yahoo Mail. You'll be starting on offense; the product line (4.5+ star apps & responsive web experiences), business, and tech (modern front-end stacks with significant backend re-architecture just beginning) provide a healthy start, with lots of upside to realize. Now, we need you to be a key part of our next chapter - embarking on the mission to create the best consumer-focused platform for running the "business of life," in email and beyond. You'll join a team of engineers who strive to deliver our users best consumer mail experience and are willing to meticulously refine the details to achieve this goal.

You are passionate about growing your skills and value high quality application development on modern tech stack and cloud. You'll enjoy building the next generation of communication products, web and mobile platforms. You are interested in how best to drive tasks to completion, collaborate to achieve your goals, think through scenarios and edge cases, learn from your leadership, and understand the broader impact of your work. If you're interested in joining a world-class team of passionate people and industry veterans who care about code quality, architecture, design and user experience as much as having fun together, then we'd like to talk to you.

Responsibilities:

As an Automation Engineer, you'll be a critical contributor to the quality and efficiency of the Yahoo Mail Web application for Desktop and Mobile Web. Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the design, development, and implementation of a robust, scalable automation testing pipeline for the Yahoo Mail Web application, driving comprehensive test coverage and efficient execution within our CI/CD systems.
• Architecting and evolving automated test frameworks and tools that enable continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) for software releases.
• Developing, maintaining, and enhancing sophisticated automated test suites for functional, regression, performance, and integration testing across diverse Web browsers, devices, OS versions, and network conditions.
• Collaborating deeply with Web development, product, and manual QA teams to embed automation into every stage of the development lifecycle, ensuring testability and quality are considered from inception.
• Identifying, analyzing, and triaging complex defects uncovered by automation, working closely with engineering teams to ensure timely resolution and root cause analysis.
• Mentoring and guiding other engineers on best practices in test automation, code quality, and building highly testable features.
• Establishing and reporting on key quality metrics derived from automation results, providing actionable insights to leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Researching, evaluating, and advocating for new automation technologies and methodologies to continuously advance our testing capabilities and efficiency.
• Acting as a subject matter expert for Web test automation, influencing architectural and design decisions to promote inherent testability and reliability of the application.

Qualifications:

• BS in Computer Science (or equivalent) with 8+ years of experience in software development or quality assurance, with a strong focus on web test automation.
• Proven expertise in designing, developing, and maintaining complex automated test frameworks and pipelines for web applications at scale.
• Strong programming skills in Javascript and frameworks such as React and Node.js.
• Extensive hands-on experience with leading web test automation tools such as Playwright, Cypress or WebdriverIO.
• Experience with unit testing frameworks such as Jest and React Testing Library.
• Extensive hands-on experience with cloud-based platforms for web application testing such as Sauce Labs, BrowserStack or LambdaTest.
• Deep technical knowledge of how web applications work, JSON, API integration and service workers.
• Solid understanding and practical experience with CI/CD pipelines, including integrating automated tests into continuous integration systems (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Proficiency in web application debugging using developer tools and using HAR files.
• Strong foundation in Computer Science principles, including data structures, algorithms, and software design patterns.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical issues and solutions clearly to diverse audiences.
• Experience working effectively in Agile/Scrum development methodologies.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with writing tests using AI and/or ML frameworks.
• Experience with performance, network, load and security testing for web applications.
• Understanding of backend systems and APIs that support web applications.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker) and cloud platforms.
• Experience with accessibility testing using tools such as JAWS.
• Experience with visual testing tools such as Chromatic.
• Familiarity with web technologies such as Webpack, Superagent, Babel, Web Vitals, Redux Toolkit, Atomic CSS and Storybook.
• Experience contributing to open-source test automation projects or active participation in relevant technical communities.

The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoo policies; exercising sound judgment; working effectively, safely and inclusively with others; exhibiting trustworthiness and meeting expectations; and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity.

At Yahoo, we offer flexible hybrid work options that our employees love! While most roles don't require regular office attendance, you may occasionally be asked to attend in-person events or team sessions. You'll always get notice to make arrangements. Your recruiter will let you know if a specific job requires regular attendance at a Yahoo office or facility. If you have any questions about how this applies to the role, just ask the recruiter!

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form or call +1.866.772.3182. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace strengthens Yahoo and deepens our relationships. When you support everyone to be their best selves, they spark discovery, innovation and creativity. Among other efforts, our 11 employee resource groups (ERGs) enhance a culture of belonging with programs, events and fellowship that help educate, support and create a workplace where all feel welcome.

The compensation for this position ranges from $136,125.00 - $283,750.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions. Our comprehensive benefits include healthcare, a great 401k, backup childcare, education stipends and much more.