QA Automation Engineer - Betting Engine

Job DescriptionThe QA Automation Engineer plays a pivotal role in ensuring the highest standards of quality for our Betting Engine, the core system driving real-time betting operations. This role combines automation expertise with close collaboration across engineering teams, focusing on delivering reliable, scalable, and high-performing features. You will contribute to building robust testing solutions that enhance system reliability, ensuring an exceptional experience for customers on our digital platforms. The QA Automation Engineer is a key member of our Betting Engine Technology Team, helping us maintain a competitive edge in the fast-paced sports betting industry. This role is hybrid, working a minimum of 2-3 days per week from your home office location. Home Office: Jersey City NJ / Las Vegas NevadaWhat You Will Do Be the quality advocate for the Betting Engine team, owning the end-to-end validation of features, including requirements definition, automation strategy, and quality signoff. Partner with Technology Leads and Engineers to understand the unique requirements of betting features and align on tailored test strategies. Leverage robust automation frameworks for API, mobile applications (iOS/Android), and web testing to validate critical components of the betting engine. Own and maintain your test suite, proactively addressing test failures and improving automation reliability within the betting context. Build, maintain, and optimize test pipelines integrated into CI/CD workflows to ensure rapid feedback on betting feature changes. Proactively identify risks, advocate for industry-best testing practices, and close gaps in automation coverage specific to real-time betting operations. Raise defects identified through testing, prioritize them effectively, and collaborate with the team for resolution in triage sessions. Support internal testing tools and frameworks, aligning them with the specific demands of the betting engine. Participate in architectural discussions, ensuring testable, scalable, and reliable system design for the betting engine. What You Bring 4+ years as a QA Automation Engineer or SDET in Agile environments, with a focus on backend systems or high-performance applications. Proven expertise in automation frameworks for API and UI testing, with mobile (iOS/Android) automation experience preferred. Very strong Java skills or good basics of ScalaDeep knowledge of CI/CD practices, including tools like GitLab CI/CD.Hands-on experience with API/RESTful service testing, including risk-based approaches and coverage planning. Familiarity with issue-tracking tools like Jira, test case management tools such as Zephyr, and testing environments like BrowserStack. Experience working in cloud-native environments (Kubernetes, Docker, AWS). Exposure to monitoring/debugging tools like Kafka, Splunk, New Relic, or TerraformThe salary range for this position is $110,000 - $149,500 USD, which is dependent on a several factors including relevant experience, geography, business needs and market demand. This role may offer the following benefits: medical, vision, and dental insurance; life insurance; disability insurance; a 401(k)-matching program; among other employee benefits. This role may also be eligible for short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including, but not limited to, cash bonuses. This role includes paid Personal Time Off and paid company holidays.About UsBehold! Caesars Sportsbook is here, and we're proud to be a part of Caesars Entertainment-the number one gaming company in the world with over 80 years of sports betting expertise. At Caesars Sportsbook, we believe all our Team Members should be treated like Caesars. It's the mantra we were founded on, and the standard that drives us to provide our customers with best-in-class service.As we continue to Blaze The Trail with our Caesars Sportsbook & Casino app, the expansion of our Caesars Sportsbook retail locations, our World Series of Poker franchise, our William Hill legacy brand, and partnerships with the biggest names in sports and entertainment, we're creating new and exciting opportunities for you to be a part of our empire and make an impact.Interested in joining the team? Check out our job postings and see what we have to offer, people. And remember-We Are All Caesars!