Quality Engineer

Inspire11 • Minneapolis, MN

75d • $116,800 - $186,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Inspire11 is seeking a Quality Engineer to join their team. Elevens, as they call themselves, are described as curiously smart, purposefully scrappy, and dedicated to the highest standard of quality. The company fosters a respectful environment that enhances collaboration, drives growth through high expectations, and ensures alignment with core values. Inspire11 is a modern business and technology consulting firm that partners with clients to simplify complexity, solve sustainably, and stay ahead by continuously pushing their thinking forward. They offer a platform for employees to transform the future, valuing those who think differently, build boldly, and lead with impact. The company emphasizes growth through challenge, holding themselves and employees to high standards of excellence and accountability, and empowering them to take ownership and drive meaningful impact. Employees work alongside elite consultants who challenge them to expand their skills and think creatively. The culture promotes autonomy, where outcomes matter more than outputs, allowing employees to shape their work, drive decisions, and make an impact. Bold thinking, creative approaches, and challenging conventional wisdom are core to their DNA. Inspire11 champions inclusivity and authenticity, believing that diverse perspectives drive better solutions and that true innovation happens when employees bring their whole selves to work. The culture thrives on energy, camaraderie, and appreciating unique contributions, making it an amazing place to work.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree plus 2–4 years of experience writing automated tests at the unit, integration, and system levels
• Demonstrated growth in QE skills and increasing ownership of test automation tasks
• Solid understanding of software quality assurance principles and practices
• Experience participating in the Software Test Life Cycle (STLC), including test planning, test case design, and execution in an Agile environment
• Familiarity with TDD, continuous integration and delivery, and code review practices
• Hands-on experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, Node, or Java
• Understanding of OOP concepts
• Hands-on experience with end-to-end test automation frameworks such as Nightwatch.js, Selenium, TestCafe, or Cypress
• Experience using a test case manager such as TestRail or Zephyr
• Hands-on experience writing integration tests using Postman or a similar tool/library
• Hands-on experience writing unit tests using JUnit/TestNG, Chai, Mocha, Mockito, or a similar mocking framework
• Familiarity with Amazon Web Services and Docker
• Experience incorporating automated tests into a CI/CD pipeline
• Exposure to or interest in writing integration test suites against APIs
• Experience or exposure to testing AI/LLM/GenAI applications, including APIs, model outputs, prompt-driven workflows, or AI-enabled product features
• Knowledge of Agile/SCRUM/Kanban
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. at the time of application and throughout the duration of employment.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with testing concepts specific to GenAI solutions, such as response quality, reliability, accuracy, and regression testing, is a plus
• Experience collaborating with distributed or offshore teams is a plus

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain automated tests at various levels within application stacks for clients across Agile squads
• Learn and apply automation architectures, methodologies, coding standards, and best practices through code reviews and peer collaboration
• Partner with development teams to adopt test best practices from the SDET community
• Execute and maintain automated test cases in the CI/CD pipeline
• Produce reports on KPIs of testing results, logging, and coverage
• Collaborate with Agile teams to develop testing plans covering all business functionalities
• Support release activities and contribute to release readiness validation
• Work seamlessly with offshore teams to complete testing requirements collaboratively
• Support quality engineering and automated testing efforts for AI, LLM, and GenAI-enabled applications and workflows

Benefits

• Bonuses (target-based and annual)
• Options or Other Equity in Inspire11
• Contributory Medical insurance plans
• Contributory Dental insurance plans
• Contributory Vision insurance plans
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Life insurance
• A connectivity stipend of $325 annually
• Employee Assistance Program (including counseling, legal consultations, eldercare/parenting services)
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Flexible savings accounts
• Limited-purpose flexible savings accounts
• Healthcare savings accounts
• Dependent care savings accounts
• Commuter benefit accounts
• Statutory leave (FMLA, bereavement, sick leave, emergency leave, jury duty, VESSA)
• Self-managed paid time off policy (PTO)
• Paid parental leave (12 weeks for birthing parents, 6 weeks for non-birthing parents)
• Eight paid holidays
• Impact to 11: charitable giving matching program
• Professional development benefits (reimbursement for course materials and costs)
• Regular gifts of Inspire11 clothes, office items, and swag

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level