Senior Quality Engineer – Automation & Release Excellence

Pearson

Trenton (NJ)

Remote

USD 110,000 - 120,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to lead quality across ExamDeveloper and OnVUE platforms, shaping testing strategy, automation maturity, and release confidence for the full assessment lifecycle.

In this hands-on yet leadership‑oriented role, you will mentor engineers, drive automation across web and API tests, define quality gates, and collaborate with product, DevOps, security, and operations teams to deliver reliable, accessible software for learners and testing organizations

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a technical field.
5+ years of professional quality engineering, software testing, or test automation experience.
Experience leading quality efforts for complex web-based, cloud-hosted, or customer-facing applications.
Strong knowledge of test strategy, defect management, regression planning, and release validation.
Demonstrated experience providing technical guidance and mentoring within Agile engineering teams.
Strong understanding of automation-first testing principles and quality engineering best practices.

Responsibilities

Lead test strategy and quality planning for new features, platform enhancements, and releases.
Design comprehensive test approaches spanning functional, integration, regression, API, accessibility, negative, and end-to-end testing.
Build, maintain, and improve automated testing coverage across web, API, and workflow scenarios.
Perform hands‑on testing for complex, high‑risk, cross‑functional initiatives.
Define and enforce quality gates and release readiness criteria.
Lead defect triage, root cause analysis, retesting, and validation activities.
Review automation and regression results, identify trends, and improve reliability and coverage.
Partner with Product Managers, Business Analysts, Architects, Developers, DevOps, Security, and Operations teams throughout the development lifecycle.
Use metrics, production insights, telemetry, and defect trends to continuously improve quality practices.
Mentor and coach quality engineers in automation design, test strategy, accessibility validation, and release readiness.