Remote Software Test Engineer – Automation & API Testing

Socket.dev; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 81,000 - 139,000; Full time

Job summary

ICF is seeking a Software Test Engineer to develop and execute a comprehensive testing approach for a government modernization effort, with emphasis on automated testing, API and backend validation, and Agile quality engineering.

Remote work is authorized in the US Eastern time zone. The role requires five years of automated testing experience and coding in Java, Python, or C, with collaboration across developers, the Product Owner, and client stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of experience in automated software testing and detailed test planning and execution.
• Experience with API and backend validation, and database verification.
• Ability to pass successful Public Trust background check and US citizenship is required.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain automated end-to-end, integration, regression, and API tests.
• Develop detailed test plans, test cases, test data, and traceability artifacts.
• Execute tests, identify and reproduce defects, and support root-cause analysis.
• Validate APIs, backend services, database results, security requirements, and Section 508 compliance.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and report quality metrics.
• Collaborate closely with developers, the Product Owner, and client stakeholders.

Skills

Automated testing

Test planning

Agile delivery

Stakeholder collaboration

Public Trust background check

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Selenium

Appium

Pytest

TestNG

Postman

JMeter

Job description

ICF is seeking a Software Test Engineer to develop and execute a comprehensive testing approach for a government modernization effort, with emphasis on automated testing, API and backend validation, and Agile quality engineering.

Remote work is authorized in the US Eastern time zone. The role requires five years of automated testing experience and coding in Java, Python, or C, with collaboration across developers, the Product Owner, and client stakeholders.