Quality Engineer

Quest Technology Management; Rancho Cordova (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Quest Technology Management in Rancho Cordova, CA seeks a Quality Engineer to ensure usability, reliability and performance of products and services. You will work with both business and technical teams to deliver quality standards using testing systems to improve production quality.

The role covers test planning, automation, API testing, CI/CD integration and defect tracking. Strong communication and analytical skills are essential for success.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of QA experience with a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related field.
• Knowledge of QA principles, concepts, systems, industry practices, and standards.
• Experience in software quality assurance techniques.
• Experience in software test automation (functional and/or performance), with advanced scripting expertise.
• Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks and tools (e.g., Selenium, TestNG, JUnit, or equivalent).
• Experience testing APIs and services using tools such as Postman, SoapUI.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and integration with automated testing (e.g., Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Experience working with version control systems such as Git and Github.
• Knowledge of SQL and ability to validate data across databases.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and participation in sprint ceremonies.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Reviews requirements and specifications and provides feedback.
• Creates detailed and well-structured test plans and test cases.
• Prioritizes, plans and coordinates testing activities.
• Creates and executes test cases and/or automation scripts.
• Identifies and documents defects thoroughly.
• Performs thorough regression testing.
• Installs, configures and maintains testing programs.
• Applies test standards and testing processes (i.e. SDLC, Agile).
• Investigates and documents the causes of routine defects.
• Tracks quality assurance metrics like defect totals, type and frequency and creates test summary reports.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Strong analytical and problem solving skills

Excellent communication skills

Strong time management and organizational skills

Tools

Selenium

TestNG

JUnit

Postman

SoapUI

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Git / GitHub

Job description

Job Description

The Quality Engineer will work alongside both business and technical team members to ensure the usability and functionality of products, services and systems. This role will contribute to the overall organization by working to deliver quality standards using the team’s testing systems to ensure efficiency, reliability and performance. Your work will also contribute to the organization’s overall strategic plan to maintain and improve production quality.

Responsibilities

• Reviews requirements and specifications and provides feedback


• Creates detailed and well-structured test plans and test cases


• Prioritizes, plans and coordinates testing activities


• Creates and executes test cases and/or automation scripts


• Identifies and documents defects thoroughly


• Performs thorough regression testing


• Installs, configures and maintains testing programs


• Applies test standards and testing processes (i.e. SDLC, Agile)


• Investigates and documents the causes of routine defects


• Tracks quality assurance metrics like defect totals, type and frequency and creates test summary reports

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience w/Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related field


• Knowledge of QA principles, concepts, systems, industry practices, and standards


• Experience in software quality assurance techniques


• Experience in software test automation (functional and/or performance), with advanced scripting expertise


• Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks and tools (e.g., Selenium, TestNG, JUnit, or equivalent)


• Experience testing APIs and services using tools such as Postman, SoapUI


• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and integration with automated testing (e.g., Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions)


• Experience working with version control systems such as Git and Github


• Knowledge of SQL and ability to validate data across databases


• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and participation in sprint ceremonies


• Strong analytical and problem solving skills


• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal


• Strong time management and organizational skills