Senior Test Software Engineer

Focus is a digital services firm delivering civic technology projects for state and federal agencies. The company is seeking a Senior Test Software Engineer to lead quality engineering architecture and automation strategy by building scalable automated test suites, CI/CD workflows, data generation tools, and quality standards for critical infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Establish software quality standards, test architecture guidelines, and defect prevention strategies across delivery streams
• Architect, build, and maintain scalable end-to-end (E2E) automated UI and API test suites using Playwright and TypeScript across multiple product verticals
• Design and build automated data generation tools and synthetic applicant profile generators using Python and REST APIs to replace manual data setup processes
• Author and review comprehensive technical specifications, test strategies, and quality risk assessments for upcoming feature initiatives
• Construct, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines to support quality gates and feature-driven promotion practices
• Serve as a trusted technical liaison to client leads and external vendor teams, advocating for developer self-service, smooth release gatekeeping, and collaborative troubleshooting
• Support cloud infrastructure updates using Terraform, embed automated security scanning, and navigate continuous compliance processes in a FedRAMP/Public Trust environment

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional experience developing full-stack applications and tooling using TypeScript and Python
• Practical experience writing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and leveraging infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform
• Experience designing complex systems that interact with multiple external services, databases, and third-party APIs
• Proven experience working on cross-functional agile teams, estimating complex engineering tasks, and directly communicating technical updates to client stakeholders
• Strong diagnostic skills for troubleshooting complex, distributed multi-vendor application failures and microservices
• Prior experience working on federal government digital service projects or civic tech programs
• Familiarity with AWS GovCloud environments, FedRAMP compliance standards, and observability tooling
• Experience implementing synthetic test data generators or complex mock data services for enterprise integrations
• Legal authorization to work in the United States
• Ability to meet any other requirements for government contracts for which candidates are hired
• Work authorization that doesn't require visa sponsorship, now or in the future