QA Engineer (1099 Contractor)

Fearless • Baltimore, MD

1d • Remote

About The Position

Fearless is seeking a contractor to serve as a QA Engineer. This role will function as a consultant and collaborate with cross-functional Agile teams to ensure that websites and their underlying software function correctly, efficiently, and securely for a federal health care platform serving approximately 11 million monthly users. This Quality Assurance role identifies defects, verifies feature implementations, and upholds high-quality standards throughout the software development lifecycle. Working closely with developers, designers, and product managers, the successful candidate builds and executes thorough test plans and champions accessibility and reliability. This position requires candidates to obtain and maintain a federal Public Trust clearance and satisfy all CMS residency requirements.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, tools, and processes
• Ability to identify and write explicit test scenarios, test plans, and test cases from requirements documents
• Experience identifying and implementing Section 508 accessibility standards
• Experience with JavaScript-based testing (Cypress)
• Experience logging and tracking defects using Jira
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Self-starter, highly motivated, able to work with little or no supervision
• Comfortable working on a highly collaborative, cross-functional team
• Ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust clearance

Nice To Haves

• Develop and maintain automated tests in Cypress or PHPUnit
• Perform load and stress testing to identify performance bottlenecks using tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner

Responsibilities

• Review project requirements, user stories, and design mockups to understand the scope of testing
• Create detailed test plans for functional, performance, accessibility, usability, and security testing
• Develop and maintain clear test documentation for the team
• Perform manual and automated testing to validate website functionality, including responsive design across devices and browsers
• Execute regression tests to ensure recent code changes have not introduced new issues, and conduct exploratory testing to surface unexpected defects
• Identify and implement Section 508 accessibility standards in testing
• Log and track defects in Jira with detailed, reproducible reports, screenshots, and clear steps to reproduce
• Collaborate with developers to troubleshoot, conduct root cause analysis, and validate fixes
• Collaborate with security teams to conduct basic security tests and identify vulnerabilities
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and risk management assessments, and recommend testing-process improvements

Benefits

• Competitive contract rates that reflect the expertise, experience, and value our independent contractors bring to client engagements.
• Opportunity to contribute to mission-driven work that delivers meaningful outcomes
• Opportunity to collaborate alongside experienced professionals across technology, delivery, design, and organizational development
• Opportunity to apply expertise to impactful client engagements
• Opportunity to build relationships with a values-driven organization committed to excellence
• Opportunity to work with a team that values autonomy, accountability, and results

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed