Senior Quality Engineer

About the role

The organization operates within the assessment technology industry, focusing on platforms that support the full lifecycle of exams, from creation to secure delivery. It addresses challenges in exam authoring and remote proctoring by providing technology solutions that facilitate secure and efficient testing experiences used by millions of learners and certification candidates worldwide.

The SENIOR QUALITY ENGINEER will lead quality engineering efforts across key assessment platforms, driving test strategy, automation, and release readiness. This role is essential for ensuring the reliability, security, accessibility, and scalability of products critical to the assessment process. The position involves both hands-on technical work and leadership to improve quality practices, mentor peers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead test strategy and quality planning for new features and platform releases.
• Design comprehensive test approaches including functional, integration, regression, API, accessibility, and end-to-end testing.
• Build and maintain automated testing coverage across web, API, and workflow scenarios.
• Conduct hands-on testing for complex, high-risk initiatives.
• Define and enforce quality gates and release readiness criteria.
• Lead defect triage, root cause analysis, and validation activities.
• Monitor automation and regression outcomes to improve reliability and coverage.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, DevOps, security, and operations teams throughout development.
• Use metrics and production insights to continuously enhance quality practices.
• Mentor quality engineers in automation, test strategy, and accessibility.
• Identify quality risks early and implement mitigation plans.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
• Over 5 years of experience in quality engineering, software testing, or test automation.
• Experience leading quality efforts for complex web-based, cloud-hosted, or customer-facing applications.
• Strong knowledge of test strategy, defect management, regression planning, and release validation.
• Proven technical leadership and mentoring within Agile teams.
• Deep understanding of automation-first testing principles and quality engineering best practices.

Qualifications

• Experience with automation frameworks such as Selenium, WebDriver, or Playwright.
• Familiarity with BDD testing frameworks like Gauge.
• Experience testing UI, API, integration, and end-to-end workflows.
• Knowledge of Java, C#, REST APIs, and CI/CD practices.
• Strong SQL and database validation skills.
• Experience analyzing production issues using logs and telemetry.
• Ability to validate accessibility requirements.
• Understanding of distributed systems and scalable cloud applications.
• Experience working with distributed teams and vendor-supported delivery.
• Responsible use of AI-assisted development and testing tools.

Pay

The full-time salary range for this role is $110,000 to $120,000. This position is eligible to participate in the company’s sales incentive plan.