QA Automation Engineer

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and expand automated test coverage for the Kitchen Display System (KDS) platform
• Design and execute automated UI, API, regression, and smoke tests
• Build scalable, maintainable automation solutions using established framework patterns
• Partner with developers, product managers, and QA engineers to ensure quality throughout the SDLC
• Investigate defects, troubleshoot test failures, and identify quality risks
• Maintain and improve automated test execution within CI/CD pipelines
• Leverage AI-assisted tools to improve test design, automation development, and engineering productivity

Requirements

• 4+ years of hands-on QA Automation, SDET, or Quality Engineering experience
• Strong programming skills in Java and object-oriented programming principles
• Experience building UI automation frameworks using Appium, Selenium, or Playwright
• Experience testing REST APIs and working with JSON payloads
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Maven, and Git
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools for coding and debugging

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with restaurant technology, POS systems, or KDS
• Experience with Kotlin
• Experience testing desktop or Electron-based applications
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Docker, or containerized testing environments
• Experience with performance, reliability, or latency-sensitive testing

About the Company

Celara is an enterprise software company focused on restaurant technology, building products that power restaurant operations at scale using modern technologies, automation, and AI-assisted engineering practices.