QA Engineer

Piper Companies; Durham (NC); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision insurance

401k match

PTO and Paid Holidays

Job summary

Piper Companies in Durham, NC is seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer with strong backend testing and automation experience. The role offers hybrid work with three days on-site (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) in Durham.

You will execute detailed tests, design test cases, perform API testing with Postman/Selenium/Cucumber, and collaborate with developers, product managers, and designers to ensure quality across web applications.

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of experience as a software quality assurance engineer
• Advanced knowledge of API testing concepts and tools: Postman, Selenium, Cucumber
• Experience with Java or C++
• Advanced knowledge of SQL and Power BI
• Automation scripting and manual testing, Agile methods using Jira/Sprint/Kanban

Responsibilities

• Execute detailed testing of web applications to uncover bugs and usability issues
• Design and run test cases and scripts to confirm functionality, performance, and security
• Conduct API testing with tools like Postman, Selenium, or Cucumber
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and designers to relay testing results
• Identify test data needs, document defects, and verify fixes
• Participate in Agile development activities and ceremonies

Skills

Backend testing

Automation scripting

API testing

Java

C++

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Postman

Selenium

Cucumber

Jira

Xray

Job description

Piper Companies is seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer with strong experience with backend testing and automation. The ideal Quality Assurance Engineer will be hybrid 3 days a week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) in Durham, NC.

Requirements for the Quality Assurance Engineer include:

• Execute detailed testing of web applications to uncover bugs, usability issues, and other defects.
• Able to design and run test cases and scripts to confirm the functionality, performance and security of web based applications
• Conduct API testing with tools like Postman, Selenium, or Cucumber.
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and designers to grasp requirements and effectively relay testing results
• Identify and supply necessary test data, document and report defects, monitor issues to resolution, and swiftly verify fixes
• Participate in Agile development activities, contributing to sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives

Qualifications for the Quality Assurance Engineer include:

• 4-6 years of experience as a software quality assurance engineer, coming from a software background is ideal
• Advanced knowledge of API testing concepts and tools; Postman, Selenium, Cucmber
• Previous experience using Java or C++
• Advanced knowledge of SQL and Power BI
• Understands automation scripting, and can do both manual and automation
• Works with Agile methodologies (JIRA, Sprint, Kanban) and Agile test management (Xray)
• Experience with AWS cloud services such as S3, Lambda, CloudWatch or RDS
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Compensation for the Quality Assurance Engineer include:

• Salary Range: $80,000 - $110,000
• Comprehensive benefit package; Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k match plus PTO, Sick leave as required by law, and Paid Holidays

Keywords: Quality Assurance, QA, software engineer, web applications, web application, web testing, web, API testing, API, bug, debugging, design tests, run tests, cases, case, scripting, scripts, performance, security, Postman, developers, developing, product manager, product managing, designers, test data, data, document, reporting, reports, monitor, monitoring, resolutions, Agile, SQL, automation scripting, manual scripting, JIRA, sprint, kanban, Xray, AWS, AWS cloud services, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, RDS, selenium, backend, frontend, UI/UX, UI UX, manual automation, automated.

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This job opens for applications on 10/30/2026. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.