Junior QA Engineer: AI-Driven Testing & Automation

hatch I.T.; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Expression is seeking a Junior Test Engineer to help improve the quality, reliability, and usability of VOR, their platform for connecting data, AI agents, and workflows to support complex operational needs. You will work alongside developers, product owners, and experienced engineers to test web applications, APIs, data integrations, and AI-enabled workflows.

You will help investigate unexpected behavior, identify gaps in the user experience, and build repeatable ways to verify that the product

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field plus 1 year of work experience.
• 2+ years of foundational software testing or development experience.
• Ability to translate user goals into test scenarios and edge cases.
• Willingness to learn scripting and automation using Python or JS/TS.

Responsibilities

• Test VOR’s web interfaces, APIs, and workflows.
• Explore real user scenarios and edge cases to uncover issues beyond documented criteria.
• Clarify expected behavior with developers and product owners to identify quality risks early.
• Document defects with clear reproduction steps, expected vs. actual results, and evidence.
• Use approved AI tools to explore test scenarios, generate test data, draft automation, and verify outputs.
• Build and maintain automated tests with guidance from experienced engineers.
• Evaluate AI-enabled features for grounded responses, citations, and tool behavior.
• Test permissions, data boundaries, and error recovery to ensure proper workflow behavior.
• Investigate failed tests and distinguish defects from environment issues; verify fixes.
• Provide clear testing evidence and communicate remaining risks for release decisions.

Skills

Testing experience

Analytical skills

Communication

Learning mindset

Scripting basics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

Postman

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Expression is seeking a Junior Test Engineer to help improve the quality, reliability, and usability of VOR, their platform for connecting data, AI agents, and workflows to support complex operational needs. You will work alongside developers, product owners, and experienced engineers to test web applications, APIs, data integrations, and AI-enabled workflows.

You will help investigate unexpected behavior, identify gaps in the user experience, and build repeatable ways to verify that the product