Automation Engineer 3 (TravelBank)

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed.  We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One. Job Description Why TravelBank? TravelBank is a fast-paced, innovative company where talented and passionate people come together to build exceptional products. Guided by our mission to craft best-in-class experiences through collaboration, trust, and communication, we foster a close-knit culture where individuals can grow, innovate, and make a real impact. The Automation Engineer tests, creates, implements and supports robotics process and desktop automations. Performs design, scripting, testing, implementing, maintaining and modifying automations of moderate complexity, significance, and risk. Creates comprehensive test plans and test cases; defines automation data needs across systems and creates a plan to coordinate this test data. Creates and executes performance tests to ensure the expected automation performance levels are achieved. Performs, and at times, leads clients and technical staff to investigate, analyze, and resolve technical problems. Writes documentation that describes automation capabilities and operating procedures. Estimates and defines time tables and project tasks; analyzes and estimates cost and time. Conducts analysis of organizational needs for the creation and implementation of automation solutions; participates in feasibility assessments of new automation opportunities and helps determine best approach for automation. Job Description Key Responsibilities • Design, build, and maintain scalable  test automation frameworks from the ground up to support UI, API, and end-to-end testing. • Develop and execute automated test solutions using  TypeScript, JavaScript, and Playwright to ensure application quality and reliability. • Implement robust  API and backend automation strategies, including service validation and integration testing. • Drive adoption of  Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) practices using  Cucumber/Gherkin to improve collaboration and test coverage. • Integrate automated testing into  CI/CD pipelines and support continuous testing initiatives across development lifecycles. • Lead automation efforts from requirements gathering through implementation, troubleshooting, and production readiness with minimal supervision. • Mentor engineers through  code reviews, best practices, engineering standards, and automation strategy guidance . • Evaluate and implement  AI-powered testing solutions , leveraging tools such as  GitHub Copilot, AI Agents, and MCP-based automation approaches to improve efficiency and quality.   Basic Qualifications - Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience - Two to three years of relevant work experience with programming concepts, development logic or automating simple to medium complexity processes   Preferred Skills & Qualifications • Test Automation Frameworks : Design, build, and maintain scalable UI, API, and end-to-end automation frameworks. • Playwright, TypeScript & JavaScript : Expert-level experience developing automated test solutions using modern web technologies. • API & Backend Testing : Hands-on experience with API automation, service validation, and tools such as  Postman or  Bruno . • BDD & Agile Delivery : Experience implementing  Cucumber/Gherkin , Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), and Agile/Scrum m