QA Engineer: AI‑Driven, Cloud‑Native Apps

SMX; Hanover (MD); On-site; USD 86,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid leave

Retirement plan

Job summary

SMX is seeking a QA Tester/Engineer to ensure quality, reliability, and performance of enterprise software and cloud-native solutions. The role covers manual and automated testing, test strategy, and CI environments.

The position emphasizes testing AI-enabled applications, ML integrations, and cloud-native solutions while upholding cybersecurity standards in a high-tempo setting. Competitive compensation and benefits are provided.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience as a QA Tester, QA Engineer, Software Tester, or similar role.
• Demonstrated experience developing and executing test plans and test cases for enterprise applications.
• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, testing types, and quality processes.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain test plans, test cases, and test scripts for web apps, APIs, and cloud-native solutions.
• Execute manual and automated testing including functional, regression, integration, performance, and security testing.
• Test and validate AI-enabled applications, ML integrations, and LLM implementations.
• Develop and maintain automated test frameworks using Selenium, Playwright, TriCentis, or similar tools.
• Perform API testing and validation using Postman and REST clients.
• Identify, document, track, and manage defects through resolution using Jira, Bugzilla, or similar tools.
• Collaborate with developers, product owners, and stakeholders to ensure quality objectives are met.
• Support CI/CD by integrating automated tests into pipelines.
• Validate data integrity and perform database testing with SQL queries.
• Track and report quality assurance metrics and product readiness indicators.
• Ensure cybersecurity requirements and participate in security testing activities.
• Support Agile/Scrum ceremonies and contribute to sprint planning and retrospectives.

Skills

QA methodologies

Test automation

Selenium

Playwright

SQL

API testing

Jira/Bugzilla

Agile/Scrum

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

TriCentis

Jira

Bugzilla

TestRail

Zephyr

Postman

Job description

SMX is seeking a QA Tester/Engineer to ensure quality, reliability, and performance of enterprise software and cloud-native solutions. The role covers manual and automated testing, test strategy, and CI environments.

The position emphasizes testing AI-enabled applications, ML integrations, and cloud-native solutions while upholding cybersecurity standards in a high-tempo setting. Competitive compensation and benefits are provided.