Quality Engineer

American-College-of-Educatio; United States; Remote; USD 101,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

HSA & FSA

Parental leave

401k with match

Wellness program

EAP

Employee recognition

Long-term disability

Job summary

American College of Education is seeking a Quality Engineer to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of our digital learning platforms and internal software systems. You will design, develop, and maintain automated testing frameworks and scripts, collaborating with cross-functional teams to embed quality throughout the SDLC.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in software QA with test automation, strong API testing skills, and experience with CI/CD tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, SE, IT or related field (equivalent combo considered).
• 5+ years in software quality assurance with a primary focus on test automation.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing test automation frameworks with Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, Playwright, Appium.
• Experience with API testing using Postman, RestAssured, or similar.
• Experience defining automated quality gates in CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with test reporting, observability, or engineering-quality dashboards.
• Familiarity with CI/CD platforms (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Working knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies and participation in sprint ceremonies.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, debugging and communication skills for remote collaboration.
• Experience with accessibility standards (WCAG) and performance/load testing is desirable.
• Prior experience in higher education, edtech, or SaaS is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automated testing frameworks and scripts.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Drive continuous improvement in testing practices to support a seamless user experience.
• Increase automated test coverage and reduce manual regression effort.
• Improve pipeline reliability, faster release validation, and visibility into release risk.
• Ensure systems are reliable, performant, and inclusive for students, faculty, and staff.

Skills

Test automation

Selenium

Cypress

Playwright

Appium

API testing

Postman

RestAssured

CI/CD

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Agile/Scrum

Accessible testing

Performance testing

Remote collaboration

Debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/IT

Tools

Selenium WebDriver

Cypress

Playwright

Appium

Postman

RestAssured

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

WCAG testing

Performance testing tools

Job description

Founded in 2005, American College of Education continues to be a leader in professional development through our online programs. The mission of ACE is to deliver high-quality, affordable, and accessible online programs grounded in evidence-based content, real-world experience and relevant application that places our students’ needs first.

ACE is a mission-driven institution continually recognized for its commitment to social responsibility and positive impact. As an Impact Institution, we believe we have a responsibility to our students, alumni, employees, communities, and society as a whole. Guided by our core values, we strive to create meaningful impact that extends well beyond our bottom line.

We prioritize candidate safety. Please note that all official communication will only come from our verified company email domain @Rippling.com

Who You Are

You are passionate about helping students achieve their educational goals. You thrive in a competitive and collaborative team environment. You are comfortable working remotely and have experience collaborating with others in a virtual environment. You possess a strong attention to detail.

The Quality Engineer plays a critical role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of ACE’s digital learning platforms and internal software systems. This position designs, develops, and maintains scalable automated testing frameworks and scripts, collaborates with cross-functional teams to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle, and drives continuous improvement in testing practices to support a seamless experience for students, faculty, and staff. Success in this role will be demonstrated through increased automated test coverage, reduced manual regression effort, earlier defect detection, improved pipeline reliability, faster release validation, and greater visibility into release risk.

Compensation

ACE is committed to paying a competitive wage while staying true to our mission of maintaining high quality, affordable programs for our students. The starting salary range for this position is $112,000 plus all full-time employees are eligible for an annual bonus. Offers vary depending on education, prior experience, and expertise being applied to the role.

What We Look for in the Ideal Candidate

• Demonstrates self-reliance by meeting/exceeding workflow needs.
• Demonstrates positive attitude and motivation, concern for students, teamwork, and excellent time management skills.
• Follows established processes as outlined by organization and leadership.
• Completes assigned duties based on daily business needs and individual skill set.
• Consistently produces a high volume of quality work.
• Capable, adapts as needed, to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Proven ability to work independently with limited supervision and with other department personnel.
• Must support and embrace the College’s Impact mission to improve the people and communities we serve through our civic engagement initiatives.
• Must have exceptional communication, organization, and time management skills.
• Must be "self-motivated" as well as creative and efficient in proposing solutions to complex, time-critical problems.
• Must be collaborative in driving decisions and a team-player.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail.
• Builds and maintains student satisfaction.
• Recognizes and anticipates student needs.
• Uphold the College’s commitment to high-quality, accessible online education by ensuring systems are reliable, performant, and inclusive.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field; equivalent combination of education and professional experience will be considered.
• 5 or more years of progressive experience in software quality assurance with a primary focus on test automation.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing test automation frameworks with tools such as Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, Playwright, Appium, or comparable solutions.
• Experience with API testing using tools/frameworks such as Postman, RestAssured, or similar.
• Experience defining automated quality gates in CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with test reporting, observability, or engineering-quality dashboards.
• Familiarity with CI/CD platforms and practices (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc.).
• Working knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies and active participation in sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills combined with a high attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively in a fully remote, cross-functional environment.
• Experience with accessibility standards (WCAG) and performance/load testing tools is highly desirable.
• Prior experience in higher education, edtech, or SaaS product environments is a plus.

Our Commitment to Employees

Just as we strive to empower our students for success, we also aim to enrich the lives of our employees. For 6 consecutive years, ACE was recognized as one of Indiana’s Best Places to Work, winning the #1 spot for medium-sized companies in 2020. In addition, ACE has earned national recognition since 2022 for being a USA Today Top Workplace. As a virtual first organization, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a family-like inclusive work environment. For our full-time employees, we offer the following benefits:

• HSA and FSA options
• Paid parental leave
• 401k and employer match
• Full-service wellness and EAP program
• Employee recognition and awards programs
• Employer paid long-term disability

Physical Demands

The physical demand described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate with and receive communications from students and ACE employees in real time using online and other electronic media.

Commitment to Culture

At American College of Education, we’re all about building a one-of-a-kind, supportive community where everyone—students, faculty, and staff—can thrive. Guided by our mission and values, we focus on everything from innovative curriculum design to personalized instruction and student support to intentional planning, inclusive initiatives, and strategic resource allocation. We’re dedicated to creating an environment that celebrates freedom of expression, diversity of thought, open dialogue, and mutual respect. We believe in fostering a sense of belonging and wellness so that every member of our ACE family feels empowered, valued, and ready to reach their full potential. Together, we’re creating a vibrant, resilient, and connected learning community where everyone matters.

Additional Notes

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Employees are increasingly integrating AI into their roles, demonstrating its potential to boost efficiency, accuracy, and productivity. By utilizing AI technologies, we can streamline processes, gain valuable insights from data, and automate routine tasks, which allows employees to concentrate on more strategic and creative aspects of their work. While AI is a beneficial tool in the workplace, if its use—such as ChatGPT, Grammarly, Copy.ai, etc.—accounts for more than 50% of any work assignments or job responsibilities, it will need to be reported to a direct leader.

Internet bandwidth speeds from an employee's remote work location must be a minimum of 50Mbps download speeds and 5Mbps upload speeds. Please note if the bandwidth is shared across multiple devices (tablets, computer, streaming, phone, etc.) you will need higher overall speeds. You can test the speed of your connection by visiting speedtest.net Purchase, setup, installation, support, and ongoing maintenance of reliable internet service is the responsibility of the individual.

American College of Education seeks to attract and retain a diverse staff consistent with its diverse student body and surrounding communities. At this time we cannot consider candidates residing in Alaska, Washington D.C., Massachusetts, South Dakota, or Alabama.