QA Engineer

Job Overview

Apex Systems along with their client is seeking a Sr. QA Engineer for a REMOTE contract to hire opportunity. The role involves establishing and leading quality assurance practices across various cloud-based applications, enterprise systems, data platforms, and AI-enabled solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a comprehensive QA strategy across enterprise applications, cloud platforms, AI solutions, and data products.
• Create detailed test plans, testing methodologies, use cases, and test scenarios for new and existing systems.
• Establish QA best practices and testing standards across the organization.
• Design and build automated testing frameworks to support regression, functional, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Evaluate and recommend testing tools and automation technologies to modernize current testing processes.
• Partner closely with developers, product owners, business stakeholders, and data teams throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Perform testing from both internal user and external customer perspectives to ensure optimal user experiences.
• Test and validate AI-powered solutions, machine learning models, and AI agents prior to enterprise deployment.
• Create testing strategies for AI-generated outputs, predictive analytics, and business intelligence solutions.
• Support modernization initiatives, including re-architecting legacy applications and implementing new business systems.
• Develop automated regression testing suites to reduce manual testing efforts and improve release quality.
• Identify, document, prioritize, and track defects through resolution.
• Produce QA reporting, test execution results, defect metrics, and quality dashboards for leadership and project teams.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure testing coverage aligns with business requirements and operational needs.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, Software Testing, or Test Automation.
• Strong hands-on experience with both manual and automated testing methodologies.
• Experience building and maintaining automated testing frameworks.
• Experience performing regression, integration, system, and user acceptance testing.
• Experience testing cloud-based applications and enterprise software solutions.
• Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies.
• Experience working with Azure cloud environments.
• Experience validating complex data workflows, data pipelines, or Data Lake environments.
• Ability to analyze requirements and translate them into effective testing strategies.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and business teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience testing AI, machine learning, generative AI, or intelligent automation solutions.
• Experience using AI tools to develop test cases, testing scenarios, and quality validation processes.
• Experience validating AI model outputs and identifying model accuracy or reliability issues.
• Experience with enterprise data analytics platforms and reporting solutions.
• Experience evaluating and selecting QA tools and automation platforms.
• Experience supporting enterprise application modernization or system re-architecture initiatives.
• Exposure to business systems, marketplace applications, or customer-facing platforms.
• Knowledge of modern test automation tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or similar technologies.
• Experience working within data-centric or analytics-driven organizations.

Benefits

Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans, an ESPP (employee stock purchase program), a 401K program, a Health Savings Account (HSA) on the HDHP plan, a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program, and other discounts. Professional development includes an on-demand training program, access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars, certification discounts, and perks to associations like CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex also has a dedicated customer service team for benefits and other resources, and a certified Career Coach. Qualified candidates can access a full list of benefits, programs, support teams, and resources within the 'Welcome Packet' provided by an Everforth Apex team member. Everforth Apex is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. For ADA accommodations, please contact the Benefits Department at [email protected] or 804-523-8228. For more information on employment opportunities or to apply, visit our website.