Software Quality Engineer (Remote)

About the role

QualityWorks Consulting Group is hiring a Software Quality Engineer (Test Engineer) to support software quality assurance and AI-powered test automation on a government client engagement. The role validates application changes, integrations, AI-generated test cases and autonomous test execution results, identifies defects and verifies test coverage. It is a hands-on testing role, not a test architecture or technical leadership position, and is remote.

Key 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.
• Follow government security, access-control and data-handling requirements, including protecting GFI and CUI where applicable.

Required profile

• 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.
• Ability to work independently and follow established testing standards, escalating architecture-level decisions appropriately.
• U.S. citizen and eligible to obtain and maintain the required Public Trust determination and DoD system access, including completing background vetting (e.g., SAAR-N, DD-2875) and security training.

Required skills

• 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.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum, Jira or similar defect-tracking tools and cross-browser testing.
• Nice to have: experience with AI-powered or autonomous testing platforms, API testing tools, CI/CD environments, Section 508 accessibility testing and government cybersecurity requirements.

What we offer

• Competitive salary commensurate with competence and experience.
• Referral bonus under the existing referral programme.