QA Engineer (6-month contract)
About The Position
Centerfield is seeking a QA Engineer to join its engineering team and drive results across the Platform team. The Platform team focuses on the core Marketing Platform, omnichannel solutions, call center operations, and AI tools that support customer acquisition across Centerfield Technology. The position works closely with the QA Manager, QA Engineers, and other Engineers, reports to the Manager, QA, and is a six-month contract. The role prioritizes testing according to customer impact, technical risk, and release scope; validates stories and APIs; investigates and documents defects; and owns feature quality through release. The QA Engineer also maintains regression testing, supports releases as required by the schedule, communicates progress and risks, and explores practical ways AI tools can improve testing efficiency while validating their outputs.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of experience as a Software Engineer in QA, automation, DevOps, development, or a related area.
- Experience leveraging AI tools for core QA Engineering tasks.
- Strong knowledge of web, API, and database technologies.
- Clear, concise written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to investigate defects, document reproducible findings, and track work through resolution.
- Ability to manage assigned stories independently, meet commitments, and escalate risks promptly.
- Ability to learn the product and team workflows quickly and contribute effectively from the start.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of the Affiliate Marketing domain and Contact Center applications.
Responsibilities
- Prioritize testing based on customer impact, technical risk, and release scope, and make coverage gaps and tradeoffs visible.
- Validate stories against acceptance criteria, including core user journeys, happy paths, and important edge cases.
- Collaborate with product and engineering to understand desired behavior and outcomes when acceptance criteria are lacking.
- Test published APIs and contracts, validate data end to end, and follow call-testing and interactive voice response (IVR) playbooks where applicable.
- Triage issues and file actionable bug reports with reproducible steps, clear evidence, and customer impact.
- Own feature quality through release and maintain the regression suite.
- Use and update testing playbooks, and support after-hours releases as required by the release schedule.
- Communicate progress, dependencies, and risks clearly; seek feedback and share useful testing learnings.
- Explore and adopt practical uses of AI to improve testing efficiency, validating outputs with personal expertise.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and semi-annual bonus.
- Unlimited PTO.
- Medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Generous parental leave.
- 401(k) company match plan, fully vested on day one.
- Paid charity and volunteer days.
- Career growth and opportunities for internal promotion.
- Onsite patio, cabanas, firepits, and working grills.
- Monthly happy hours, catered lunches, and daily food trucks.
- Fully stocked kitchens with snacks and drinks.
- Breakroom with games, couches, workout equipment, and weekly in-office exercise classes.
- Free onsite gym and locker rooms.
- Monthly team outings.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
