Senior QA Automation Engineer (Remote)

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

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.