Software QA Engineer

Pioneering Evolution, LLC is seeking a QA Automation Engineer to support software quality, reliability, and release readiness across platform and application functionality. The role develops test strategies, plans, and automated test suites; executes manual and automated testing; tracks defects; validates fixes; and communicates quality status, risks, and readiness across feature teams.

Responsibilities:

• Develop feature-level test strategies and test plans, design and execute manual and automated test cases, and validate functionality in the context of end-to-end workflows, integrations, and downstream impacts
• Build and maintain automated front-end test suites to verify new functionality, support continuous regression testing, and reduce the risk of defects in existing features
• Identify, document, and track software defects; partner with developers to validate fixes; and provide quality insight to support sprint execution and release readiness
• Supporting priorities and collaborating across multiple feature areas as directed by technical leadership

Requirements:

• • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• • Five (5) years of experience in software quality assurance, including both manual and automated testing
• • Experience partnering with Business Analysts and development teams to ensure requirements and user stories are testable, complete, and traceable to test coverage
• • Experience developing test strategies, test plans, and test cases for new features, enhancements, and regression coverage
• • Proficiency with test automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, JUnit, TestNG, or comparable technologies
• • Experience building and maintaining automated UI tests for functional and regression testing
• • Strong understanding of requirements-based testing, regression testing, and end-to-end workflow validation
• • Experience identifying, documenting, tracking, and retesting software defects throughout the testing lifecycle
• • Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile delivery practices
• • Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous testing
• • Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across Business Analysis, engineering, and technical leadership functions
• • Ability to evaluate test coverage, monitor test execution, and communicate quality status, risks, and readiness
• • Active Secret Clearance required
• This position requires the ability to obtain a Secret Clearance
• • Experience with API testing using tools such as Postman, SoapUI, Rest Assured, or similar frameworks
• • Experience with performance or load testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, or Gatling
• • Familiarity with security testing best practices and vulnerability assessment tools
• • Experience working in DevSecOps or CI/CD-driven environments
• • Familiarity with containerized application testing in Docker or Kubernetes environments
• • Experience with test management and traceability tools such as Jira, Zephyr, TestRail, or similar platforms
• • Experience testing workflow-driven or enterprise web applications with role-based behavior