Senior Software Test Engineer
· Chesapeake, VA · 2 wk ago
On-siteEngineeringFull-time
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain robust end-to-end automation suites for complex web application workflows using Playwright with TypeScript/JavaScript
- Leverage frontier LLM models to increase development velocity and code quality
- Architect scalable, maintainable test frameworks and shared libraries adopted across multiple engineering teams
- Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, confident, continuous delivery
- Write production-quality code daily — page objects, fixtures, custom utilities, API test harnesses, and tooling
- Partner with developers, product managers, and DevOps to shift quality left and embed testability into design and architecture decisions
- Triage, root-cause, and drive resolution of defects and flaky tests; champion test reliability and meaningful coverage metrics
- Mentor engineers on automation best practices and code review test code with a critical eye
- Evaluate and introduce tools and practices that improve quality engineering velocity
Requirements
- Must be a U.S. Citizen AND possess an active U.S. Dept. of Defense Secret security clearance with TS/SCI eligibility
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field
- 5+ years of software quality engineering or software development experience
- Extensive, demonstrable experience using Playwright to automate workflows in modern web applications
- Strong professional experience writing JavaScript/TypeScript — you will be evaluated as a coder
- Experience working in startups or small, fast-moving teams where you owned outcomes end-to-end
- Solid understanding of CI/CD practices and integrating automated tests into build pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, ADO)
- Deep knowledge of testing strategy: E2E, API, integration, and component testing trade-offs
- Strong debugging skills across the stack — browser internals, network traffic, async behavior, race conditions
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence quality practices across teams
Qualifications
- Required Qualifications
- Preferred Qualifications