Senior Software QA Engineer (SME)

What you'll do

• Define and maintain test strategy, plans, standards, and quality gates across functional, regression, E2E, and accessibility testing
• Design and maintain automated UI tests in Playwright; maintain and migrate Selenium/Cucumber/Serenity suites
• Develop automated web service and API tests (Playwright API, Rest Assured, Postman) and backend validations (SQL, logs)
• Plan and perform Section 508 testing against WCAG 2.x AA using the DHS Trusted Tester process and ANDI; test with JAWS/NVDA
• Integrate suites into GitLab/Jenkins CI/CD and keep them fast and stable; mentor testers and developers

Required

• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain a DHS/CBP Public Trust; must live in the DC/MD/VA area
• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in Computer Science or related field
• 10+ years of software QA and testing experience, including strong test automation
• Hands-on Playwright experience; Selenium/Cucumber/Serenity background
• API testing and SQL-based backend validation
• Section 508 / WCAG 2.x accessibility testing experience

Nice to have

• DHS Trusted Tester certification
• BDD (Gherkin), GitLab CI/CD, Jira/Xray
• Federal or DHS program experience

Pay and benefits

$104,000 - $119,000 per year depending on experience and clearance status. Full-time W-2 role with health, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, 401(k), paid time off, and paid federal holidays.

NeatDevs LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.