Test Engineer - AI-Driven Microservices (Hybrid)

Leidos LLC; Gaithersburg (MD); Hybrid; USD 73,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Test Engineer to join the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector, supporting the development of the L-CAP platform. You will design and implement test automation frameworks for microservices and integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines.

The role emphasizes performance testing, distributed systems validation, and collaboration across engineering teams in an AI-first development environment. Hybrid work arrangement applies with on-site and remote options.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field.
• Experience with test automation frameworks (Selenium, JUnit, pytest or equivalent).
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions.
• Experience with performance, integration, and API testing for distributed systems (e.g., JMeter, Gatling).
• Knowledge of distributed service testing including service virtualization, contract testing, chaos engineering, and data-driven test automation.
• Familiarity with Agile/SAFe testing, quality engineering, test management and defect tracking.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust U.S. citizenship.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement test automation frameworks for microservices-based platform components.
• Build and maintain reusable test libraries and utilities for the L-CAP test infrastructure.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines ensuring continuous quality gates.
• Conduct performance testing to validate system behavior under load and stress.
• Execute integration testing across platform services, APIs, and external interfaces.
• Develop test plans aligned with sprint and PI objectives; analyze defects and metrics.
• Mentor junior test engineers on automation practices and testing methodologies.
• Adopt AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity and quality.

Skills

Test automation frameworks

CI/CD integration

API performance testing

Distributed system testing

Agile/SAFe testing

Python scripting

Education

CS/SE degree or related

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Postman/Newman

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Test Engineer to join the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector, supporting the development of the L-CAP platform. You will design and implement test automation frameworks for microservices and integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines.

The role emphasizes performance testing, distributed systems validation, and collaboration across engineering teams in an AI-first development environment. Hybrid work arrangement applies with on-site and remote options.