Software Quality Engineer

QualityWorks Consulting Group, LLC

7d•Remote

About The Position

The Software Quality Engineer supports software quality assurance and AI-powered test automation on a government client engagement, with a focus on autonomous testing validation. This hands-on testing role validates application changes, integrations, AI-generated test cases, and autonomous test execution results. The engineer identifies defects, verifies test coverage, and ensures reliable testing outcomes while working within established frameworks and standards. It is not a test architecture or technical leadership position. The role is remote within the United States and sits in the Technology department. It requires U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain and maintain the required Public Trust determination and DoD system access. The engineer works with developers, technical leadership, and client stakeholders, and follows government security, access-control, and data-handling requirements, including protection of GFI and CUI where applicable. Success means producing autonomous testing results that engineering and government stakeholders can trust. The engineer applies human judgment to assess whether autonomous agents tested the right functionality, interpreted requirements correctly, identified legitimate risks, and provided sufficient evidence for technical and release decisions, while maintaining security, traceability, and accountability.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
3–5 years of software testing, QA, or quality engineering experience.
Experience with functional, regression, integration, API, and exploratory testing.
Familiarity with automation frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, or Cypress.
Experience evaluating automated test results and distinguishing application defects from test, data, or environment issues.
Ability to interpret requirements, investigate application behavior, and document defects clearly.
Familiarity with Agile/Scrum, Jira or similar defect-tracking tools, and cross-browser testing.
Ability to work independently while following established testing standards and escalating architecture-level decisions appropriately.
U.S. citizenship and U.S. Person status, and ability to complete required government background/vetting documentation (e.g., SAAR-N, DD-2875, or applicable Public Trust processes) and security training within required timelines.
Must be based in the United States and legally authorized to work in the United States.
Must be able to successfully complete the required background investigation and adjudication, obtain and maintain the required Public Trust determination, and obtain and maintain applicable DoD/government system access.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting U.S. federal government or Department of Defense software programs.
ISTQB, CSTE, or comparable testing certification.
Experience with AI-powered, agentic, or autonomous testing platforms.
Experience validating AI-generated test cases or AI-generated technical output.
Experience with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, WebdriverIO, or similar automation frameworks.
Experience with API testing tools.
Experience with Jira or comparable test and defect management systems.
Familiarity with CI/CD environments.
Familiarity with Section 508/accessibility testing.
Familiarity with government cybersecurity, CUI, and system-access requirements.
Existing Public Trust eligibility or prior experience working in a DoD/federal environment.

Responsibilities

Execute functional, regression, integration, API, and exploratory testing.
Validate AI-generated test cases and autonomous test execution results.
Identify false positives, false negatives, defects, and test coverage gaps.
Investigate failures using browser developer tools, logs, network requests, and API responses.
Validate application workflows, business rules, integrations, and browser compatibility.
Document defects, track remediation, and verify fixes through retesting.
Maintain test documentation and traceability between requirements, tests, results, and defects.
Follow established automation frameworks, testing standards, and runbooks.
Collaborate with developers, technical leadership, and client stakeholders to clarify requirements and improve testing practices.
Follow government security, access-control, and data-handling requirements, including protecting GFI and CUI where applicable.
Complete required cybersecurity, information assurance, privacy, and security-awareness training.
Comply with government and organizational rules for system access, credentials, sensitive information, and acceptable use, and maintain continued eligibility for government system access when required.