Mid-Level Test Engineer

Jobtailor; Arizona; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in the United States (Arizona) seeks an experienced QA/Test Engineer to lead test strategy across Agile sprints. You will design and maintain automated and manual test cases, collaborate with engineers and product managers to define acceptance criteria, and drive quality into every release.

The role covers functional, integration, regression, system, and end-to-end testing, with a focus on performance, reliability, security, and usability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT or related field with 4–8 years of relevant experience, or Master’s with 2–6 years of relevant experience.
• 6+ years of software testing or quality engineering experience.
• Experience supporting Agile software development programs.
• Demonstrated experience creating and executing manual and automated test plans.
• Experience with automated testing tools such as Cypress, Playwright, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, design, development, and execution of comprehensive test strategies across multiple Agile sprints.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated and manual test cases for new and existing capabilities.
• Collaborate daily with software engineers, product managers, system engineers, and Scrum Masters to define acceptance criteria and ensure quality is built into every release.
• Perform functional, integration, regression, system, and end-to-end testing.
• Validate application performance, reliability, security, and usability.
• Identify, document, prioritize, and track software defects through resolution.
• Support CI/CD pipelines by integrating automated testing into deployment workflows.
• Analyze test results, communicate risks, and provide recommendations that improve software quality.
• Contribute to continuous process improvement initiatives that enhance Agile team effectiveness.

Skills

Manual testing

Automated testing

CI/CD

Defect tracking

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/IT

Master's degree (optional)

Tools

Cypress

Playwright

Postman

REST Assured

Jenkins

GitLab

Azure DevOps

Jira

Job description

• Lead planning, design, development, and execution of comprehensive test strategies across multiple Agile sprints.


• Design, develop, and maintain automated and manual test cases for new and existing capabilities.


• Collaborate daily with software engineers, product managers, system engineers, and Scrum Masters to define acceptance criteria and ensure quality is built into every release.


• Perform functional, integration, regression, system, and end-to-end testing.


• Validate application performance, reliability, security, and usability.


• Identify, document, prioritize, and track software defects through resolution.


• Support Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines by integrating automated testing into deployment workflows.


• Analyze test results, communicate risks, and provide recommendations that improve software quality.


• Contribute to continuous process improvement initiatives that enhance Agile team effectiveness.

Requirements

• US citizenship is required per contract.


• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology or related field and 4-8 years of prior relevant experience or Master’s with 2-6 years of prior relevant experience.


• 6+ years of software testing or quality engineering experience.


• Experience supporting Agile software development programs.


• Demonstrated experience creating and executing manual and automated test plans.


• Experience with automated testing tools such as Cypress, Playwright, or equivalent.


• Experience with API testing using tools such as Postman or REST Assured.


• Familiarity with CI/CD tools including Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.


• Experience with defect management tools such as Jira.


• Ability to communicate results and issues to technical and non-technical customer stakeholders.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading comprehensive test strategies and executing both manual and automated testing within Agile environments. Proficient in utilizing testing tools and CI/CD practices to enhance software quality and team effectiveness.