Senior QA Feature Enhancement Engineer

Focus School Software•St. Petersburg, FL

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Focus School Software is a leading provider of school management solutions, serving districts across the nation with innovative technology that supports educators in classroom management, district administration, and state reporting compliance. Our platform enables student-centered education through robust, reliable software systems. Focus School Software seeks a Senior QA Feature Enhancement Engineer based out of our office at 475 Central Ave., Suite 305 St. Petersburg, FL 33701. Note, this is a hybrid position whereby the employee will work both from home and from the aforementioned office address. Hence, the employee must live within a reasonable commuting distance of the aforementioned office address. 40hrs/week.

Requirements

60 months of quality assurance or software testing experience.
Must have three (3) years of experience in implementing tests in CI/CD pipelines with tools like Jenkins, Testrail, and Webdriver.io; creating and implementing comprehensive test plans for large-scale web or mobile applications; writing complex SQL queries (e.g., MSSQL or PostgreSQL) for data analysis, debugging, and test validation; and evaluating and implementing performance, security, accessibility and regression testing tools.
Must have one (1) year of experience in mentoring or training QA team members on testing tools, frameworks, and practices; web technology with PHP or JavaScript in the context of debugging or QA.

Responsibilities

Develop a scalable risk-based quality assurance strategy across all product offerings — web, mobile, and API-based modules.
Standardize the core QA activities of test design, data handling, test environment setup, and release validation process for consistent and efficient delivery across teams.
Possess a strong understanding of technical concepts, including advanced SQL and browser debugging consoles.
Work in partnership with Developers, Account Executives, manual and automation QA teams to deliver integrated and consistent quality across the software development life cycle.
Offer internal training and guidance to manual and automation QA engineers in best practices, tool usage, and test framework implementation.
Integrate automated tests into the CI/CD workflow with tools like Webdriver.io and Jenkins.
Assess and integrate test tools for performance, accessibility testing, visual check testing and security, and support team-wide adoption.
Establish and maintain quality metrics dashboards to track defect leakage, test coverage, speed of execution, and readiness of release for various projects.
Perform gap analysis of existing test assets and identify the areas of coverage that are redundant and missing to enhance test efficiency and dependability.
Be the primary point of contact about QA architectural decisions and confirm consistency with company objectives and client requirements.
Periodically assess the latest QA methods, tools, and technologies to ensure the company’s QA practice is current and effective.