Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Pearson; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a QA Engineer to oversee quality assurance activities for enterprise-grade software. You will develop test plans, perform exploratory testing, and execute functional and regression testing to ensure releases meet quality standards.

You will collaborate with engineering, product management and support teams to ensure the product is ready for release. The role emphasizes automation, integration with CI/CD pipelines, and designing scalable testing solutions for complex systems.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in full-stack development and enterprise-grade applications.
• Strong automation framework design experience (Java, Python or JavaScript-based frameworks like Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium).
• Expertise in CI/CD integration (Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Advanced test strategy & architecture – able to design scalable, maintainable, and reusable automation solutions.
• API automation (Postman, Testfully, Karate, or similar).
• Performance & load testing (JMeter, Gatling, k6).
• Security testing basics (OWASP, integration with automation pipelines, penetration testing).
• Hands‑on with containerization/orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS/EKS).
• Databases & backend validation (MYSQL 8, Oracle).

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end automation strategy for enterprise projects.
• Stakeholder communication (reporting quality metrics, risks, and ROI of automation).
• Work closely with DevOps, Developers, and Product Owners.
• Ability to choose tools & frameworks based on business/tech needs.
• Contribute to quality engineering culture (shift-left, test pyramid, continuous testing).

Skills

Automation framework design

CI/CD integration

Exploratory testing

Functional testing

Regression testing

API testing

Performance testing

Security basics

Docker/Kubernetes basics

AWS basics

Tools

Selenium

Cypress

Playwright

Appium

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Postman

JMeter

Gatling

TestRail/Jira

Job description

QA Engineer

As a QA Engineer, you will oversee quality assurance activities associated with software analysis. This includes developing test plans, performing exploratory testing and executing functional and regression testing. You will work closely with engineering, product management and support teams to ensure the product is ready for release.

Core Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in full-stack development and enterprise-grade applications.
• Strong automation framework design experience (Java, Python or JavaScript-based frameworks like Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium).
• Expertise in CI/CD integration (Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Advanced test strategy & architecture – able to design scalable, maintainable, and reusable automation solutions.
• API automation (Postman, Testfully, Karate, or similar).
• Performance & load testing (JMeter, Gatling, k6).
• Security testing basics (OWASP, integration with automation pipelines, penetration testing).
• Hands‑on with containerization/orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS/EKS).
• Databases & backend validation (MYSQL 8, Oracle).

Leadership & Strategic Skills

• Define end-to-end automation strategy for enterprise projects.
• Stakeholder communication (reporting quality metrics, risks, and ROI of automation).
• Work closely with DevOps, Developers, and Product Owners.
• Ability to choose tools & frameworks based on business/tech needs.
• Contribute to quality engineering culture (shift-left, test pyramid, continuous testing).

Tools & Ecosystem Knowledge

• Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium.
• BDD/TDD frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow, JBehave).
• Git, Maven/Gradle, npm/yarn, etc.
• Test management (Jira).
• Cloud providers (AWS).
• IntelliJ IDE.
• Testfully and Postman.
• AI tool like Co Pilot and Claude.

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical & problem-solving skills.
• Ability to drive automation adoption across teams.

Experience in agile environments.

• Strong documentation and reporting skills.

Originally posted on Himalayas