QA Scout: Junior Test Engineer (Remote/Hybrid)

Expression Networks; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Expression is seeking a Junior Test Engineer to improve quality, reliability, and usability of VOR, our platform for connecting data, AI agents, and workflows.

You will test web applications, APIs, data integrations, and AI-enabled workflows alongside developers and product owners. The role emphasizes learning automation, AI-assisted testing, and turning repetitive checks into reliable automated tests.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related fields and 1 year of professional experience.
• 2+ years of foundational experience with software testing or development through employment, internships, coursework, or personal projects.
• Basic understanding of functional, regression, and exploratory testing.
• Ability to translate a user goal or requirement into meaningful test scenarios, including unexpected inputs and failure cases.
• Willingness to learn scripting and test automation using languages such as Python or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Openness to using AI tools thoughtfully, checking their work, and improving your approach through experimentation.
• Strong analytical skills and the persistence to investigate an issue when the cause is unclear.
• Ability to explain findings clearly and collaborate constructively with others.

Responsibilities

• Test VOR’s web interfaces, APIs, and workflows, including how users connect data sources, configure tools and agents, and review workflow results.
• Explore real user scenarios, edge cases, and failure conditions to find issues beyond documented acceptance criteria.
• Work with developers and product owners to clarify expected behavior and identify quality risks early.
• Document defects with clear reproduction steps, expected and actual results, and useful evidence such as screenshots, logs, or API responses.
• Use approved AI tools to help explore test scenarios, generate test data, draft automation, and investigate failures. Review and verify their output.
• Build and maintain automated tests with guidance from experienced engineers, prioritizing repeatable checks that protect important user journeys.
• Help evaluate AI-enabled features for grounded responses, useful citations, appropriate tool behavior, and consistent handling of uncertainty.
• Test permissions, data boundaries, approval steps, and error recovery to help ensure workflows behave appropriately.
• Investigate failed tests, distinguish product defects from test or environment issues, and verify fixes.
• Contribute clear testing evidence and communicate remaining risks to support release decisions.

Skills

Software testing

Automation basics

Analytical skills

Collaboration

Learning mindset

AI tools curiosity

Testing intuition

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related fields

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

Postman

curl

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Expression is seeking a Junior Test Engineer to improve quality, reliability, and usability of VOR, our platform for connecting data, AI agents, and workflows.

You will test web applications, APIs, data integrations, and AI-enabled workflows alongside developers and product owners. The role emphasizes learning automation, AI-assisted testing, and turning repetitive checks into reliable automated tests.