Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer

Job Responsibilities

Quality Strategy and Test Planning

• Develop and execute test strategies and test plans for complex, data-driven applications
• Ensure backward compatibility and functional parity with the legacy system
• Analyze requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria to identify gaps, risks, and ambiguities
• Partner with Product and BAs to clarify requirements and expected behavior
• Identify edge cases, regression risks, and impacts across integrated systems

Manual and Automated Testing

• Design, write, and maintain automated test suites, including end-to-end tests
• Execute and document results for functional testing, regression testing, integration testing, cross-browser and cross-device testing
• Validate API integrations and data flows between frontend and backend systems
• Compare legacy and modern system behavior to ensure consistent outcomes
• Track, document, and verify defect resolution
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
• Improve test coverage, test reliability, and testing processes over time
• Contribute to improving QA standards, tools, and best practices across the program

Agile Collaboration and Delivery

• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives
• Collaborate closely with Frontend and Backend Engineers during development and testing
• Provide early and continuous feedback to help teams build quality into the product
• Support release validation and readiness activities
• Assist with troubleshooting production and pre-production issues as needed

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• 5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance for web-based or enterprise applications
• Experience testing complex, data-driven systems
• Strong experience with manual and automated testing
• Experience validating requirements and identifying gaps early in the development lifecycle
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• High attention to detail and commitment to quality

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting federal government or large enterprise systems
• Experience testing systems requiring legacy parity or backward compatibility
• Experience with test automation tools such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or similar
• Experience testing REST APIs and backend services
• Experience in healthcare, life sciences, or regulated environments

Tools and Technologies

• Test automation using Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium
• REST APIs
• Git, GitLab
• Jira/Confluence
• Agile/Scrum