Remote QA Engineer II: Government Digital Services

Ad Hoc LLC; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Ad Hoc LLC is seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer II for a fully remote role in the United States. You will execute functional, regression, and accessibility tests, and validate stories against acceptance criteria.

You will write manual and automated test cases using Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright, collaborate with developers, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines while supporting SAFe ceremonies within a federal civilian program.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant QA engineering experience and a Bachelor's degree, or equivalent additional experience in lieu of a degree.
• Must meet federal suitability requirements and pass a background investigation as a condition of employment.
• Proficiency with test automation frameworks such as Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright.
• Experience developing test plans and test cases for both manual and automated testing scenarios.
• Familiarity with API testing tools such as Postman or Rest Assured.
• Working knowledge of accessibility testing tools including Axe and pa11y.
• Experience integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines and working within GitLab or equivalent version control environments.
• Familiarity with load and performance testing concepts and tools.
• Solid understanding of agile testing methodologies and how QA integrates into a sprint-based delivery model.

Responsibilities

• Execute functional, regression, and accessibility testing every sprint, validating stories against acceptance criteria and flagging merges that fail automated test gates.
• Write and maintain manual and automated test cases using Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright with moderate guidance from senior QA engineers.
• Run Axe and pa11y accessibility scans on merge requests and document findings in Jira and Confluence aligned to WCAG 2.1 AA standards.
• Validate API behavior using Postman or Rest Assured as part of sprint-level testing coverage.
• Collaborate with developers to write boilerplate and exploratory test cases for new functionality, reducing cognitive load and catching edge cases early.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipeline test instrumentation in GitLab, helping ensure tests run automatically at every build and check-in.
• Participate in load and performance testing activities, supporting validation of system capacity and stability.
• Participate in SAFe ceremonies including sprint planning, standups, and retrospectives, building understanding of the overall program testing strategy.
• Ask questions during design and architecture discussions to ensure systems are built with testability in mind from the start.

Skills

QA engineering

Automation testing

Agile testing

Test planning

Accessibility testing

API testing

GitLab workflows

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Selenium

Cypress

Playwright

Postman

Rest Assured

Axe

pa11y

Job description

Ad Hoc LLC is seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer II for a fully remote role in the United States. You will execute functional, regression, and accessibility tests, and validate stories against acceptance criteria.

You will write manual and automated test cases using Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright, collaborate with developers, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines while supporting SAFe ceremonies within a federal civilian program.