QA Testing Engineer III

SMC³; Peachtree City (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SMC³ is seeking a QA Testing Engineer III to design and maintain manual and automated tests supporting product quality. You will lead test strategy, identify quality risks, and support continuous delivery with modern QA tools, including Playwright or similar frameworks, while ensuring secure testing practices.

You will collaborate with Product, Engineering, QA, Security, and stakeholders to validate product behavior, execute risk-based testing, and contribute to release readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related area of study or equivalent experience.
• 5–7 years of software testing experience, including automated testing.
• 2–3 years of performance and load testing.
• Experience creating and maintaining automated tests using Playwright, Claude Code, or comparable AI-assisted tools.
• Experience testing APIs, UIs, integrations, back-end services, and data-driven system behavior (XML/JSON).
• Experience using Jira or similar work-tracking tools in Agile environments.
• Strong analytical skills and QA testing knowledge to define problems, assess risk, and determine test coverage.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced Agile environment with changing requirements.

Responsibilities

• Create, execute, maintain, and document manual and automated API, UI, regression, integration, and performance tests.
• Lead product-area test strategy and make risk-based coverage decisions.
• Support release readiness and maintain automation using Playwright or comparable tools.
• Communicate defects effectively and work with product owners to address backlog items.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Software Engineers, Scrum Masters, QA, and stakeholders to ensure security and data handling in tests.
• Query raw data sources to verify accuracy of product responses and results.
• Provide recommendations for test strategy and automation maintainability.

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Playwright

Claude Code

Jira

Git

Jenkins

Job description

Position Summary

The QA Testing Engineer III designs and maintains manual and automated tests that support product quality and defined requirements. This highly experienced individual contributor leads product-area test strategy, identifies quality risks, provides release-readiness input, and supports maintainable automation. The role collaborates with Product, Engineering, QA, Security, and other stakeholders to validate product behavior, improve quality outcomes, and support continuous delivery. This position uses modern QA tools, including Playwright or similar frameworks, and responsibly applies AI-assisted testing while validating outputs and protecting sensitive data.

Essential Job Functions

Note: The duties listed below serve only as illustrations of the various types of work performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar.

• Independently create, execute, maintain, and document manual and automated API, UI, regression, integration, and performance tests aligned to user stories, acceptance criteria, and project goals.
• Lead product-area test strategy, make risk-based coverage decisions, support release readiness, and maintain automation using Playwright or comparable tools.
• Communicate defects effectively to the product team and work with product owners to ensure defects are properly documented, prioritized, and addressed within the product backlog or active sprint/workflow.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Software Engineers, Scrum Masters, QA team members, and stakeholders to resolve defects and quality risks while ensuring test artifacts and validation activities reflect security requirements, sensitive-data handling, and secure testing practices.
• Can independently query raw data sources, including text files, databases, APIs, XML/JSON messages, and system outputs, to verify accuracy of product responses and expected results.
• Recommend tactical alternatives and process improvements within the testing arena.
• Provide level III recommendations for assigned product areas, including test strategy tradeoffs, risk assessment, release-readiness input, and automation maintainability concerns.

Qualifications/Educations/Skills/Experience

Note: Qualifications listed are guidelines. Other factors may be taken into consideration.

• College degree in a related area of study, equivalent experience, or certification in QA tools and techniques.
• 5–7 years of software testing experience, including automated testing; 2–3 years of performance and load testing; software development experience desired.
• Experience creating, maintaining, or contributing to automated tests using Playwright, Claude Code, or comparable AI-assisted coding/testing tools, with the ability to identify automation opportunities across test execution, data setup, validation, reporting, and regression coverage.
• Experience testing APIs, user interfaces, integrations, backend services, and data-driven system behavior, including the ability to read, understand, and validate XML and JSON messages.
• Experience using Jira or similar work-tracking tools within Kanban or other Agile practices to document testing activities, track defects, and support team visibility.
• Strong analytical skills and QA testing knowledge to define problems, collect data, establish facts, determine test coverage, and apply risk-based testing approaches.
• Strong collaborative skills for working with Product Owners, Software Engineers, Scrum Masters, QA team members, and business stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively in a continuous delivery environment using Jenkins or similar CI tools and version control systems such as Git, SVN, or similar tools.
• Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced Agile environment with changing requirements and concurrent project demands.

Competencies

• Problem Solving
• Detail Oriented
• Interpersonal Skills
• Oral Communications
• Written Communications
• Organization
• Accuracy
• Adaptability
• Dependability