Lead Test Engineer - VA

Nexiva Inc; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Nexiva Inc. seeks a Lead Test Engineer for WMATA Digital Modernization projects at 2401 Mill Road, Alexandria, VA. You will develop test strategies, build automation, and execute functional, integration, regression, and UAT testing to ensure quality.

You will validate web, mobile, API and backend functionality, track defects, and support releases. This on-site role requires collaborating with cross-functional teams and delivering reliable software for WMATA's digital channels.

Qualifications

• Experience developing test strategies and automation.
• Proficient in testing web, mobile, and API functionality.
• Experience tracking defects and coordinating with developers.

Responsibilities

• Review requirements, user stories, and designs to ensure testability.
• Develop test strategies, plans, cases, scripts, and data for enhancements.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using standard tools.
• Execute functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end tests.
• Validate web, mobile, API, and backend functionality against requirements.
• Support testing of interfaces and integrations across systems.
• Identify, document, track, and verify defects through resolution.

Skills

Test automation

Web testing

Mobile testing

API testing

Defect tracking

Test planning

Job description

Job Title: Lead Test Engineer
Location: Various Location 2401 Mill Road, Alexandria, VA 22314
Duration: Long term
Close Date: October 15, 2026
Projected Start Date: November 15, 2026
Project: Digital Modernization
On Site Position

seeks a Lead Test Engineer for its Web Modernization and SmarTrip Mobile App 2.0 projects. The role develops test strategies and automation, executes functional, integration, regression, and UAT testing, tracks defects, and supports releases.
WMATA is currently executing two strategic digital modernization initiatives: the Web Modernization Project and the SmarTrip Mobile App 2.0 Project. Both projects are actively underway and are critical to enhancing the customer experience across WMATA's digital channels. The Web Modernization Project involves the complete redevelopment of the front-end experience for wmata.com and smartrip.wmata.com, replacing the existing platform that was last significantly refreshed in 2016. While a separate vendor is responsible for the website front-end implementation, WMATA requires resources to develop, integrate, test, and deploy the supporting SmarTrip backend services and APIs necessary to enable the new website functionality. The modernized platform will continue to serve as WMATA's primary digital channel for transit information, customer self-service capabilities, and SmarTrip account management The SmarTrip Mobile App 2.0 Project focuses on enhancing the existing iOS and Android SmarTrip Mobile application by introducing new features and improvements designed to provide a more personalized, intuitive, and user-friendly customer experience. WMATA requires support for application integration, development, configuration, testing, deployment, and production implementation of the SmarTrip backend components that support the mobile application and related services

Duties/Responsibilities

• Review business requirements, user stories, functional specifications, and technical designs to ensure requirements are testable and complete.
• Develop test strategies, test plans, test cases, test scripts, and test data for application enhancements and new functionality.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using industry-standard testing tools and frameworks.
• Execute functional, integration, system, regression, and end-to-end testing activities.
• Validate Smart Trip web, mobile, API, and backend system functionality against business requirements.
• Support testing of interfaces and integrations between Smart Trip applications and supporting systems.
• Identify, document, track, and verify software defects through resolution.