Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Title:
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Job #: 8785-1

Location:

100% remote
Duration: 1+ year contract

Job Description:

Top 3 Required Skills:
o Experience in Manual Smoke, Sanity, Regression testing
o Build and maintain test scripts using Selenium or Playwright
o Designing Functional test frameworks
o Experience in building, executing, and analyzing Load test scripts
o API testing

Position Summary
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Quality Assurance Engineer to lead and advance our test automation strategy while ensuring the quality and reliability of mission-critical applications. This role involves designing and executing comprehensive test plans, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and mentoring junior QA engineers. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in test automation, database testing, and Agile methodologies, with a focus on back-end processes and scalable, high-volume systems.

Responsibilities

• Ensure new and existing product functionality is reliable, defect-free, and meets business requirements.

• Design, document, and execute test plans and test cases for component-level, integration, and user acceptance testing.

• Advance test automation practices while performing manual testing when appropriate.

• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and stakeholders to validate requirements and identify gaps.

• Participate in Agile Scrum ceremonies and contribute to continuous improvement.

• Develop and report test metrics, including coverage and confidence levels.

• Identify, report, and troubleshoot defects; verify fixes promptly and accurately.

• Provide leadership and mentorship within the QA team, acting as a resource for peers and liaising with engineering management.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software QA and testing, including both white-box and black-box strategies.

• 3+ years of experience in test automation and database testing, with ability to write and execute SQL queries.

• Strong understanding of software development frameworks, architecture concepts, and SDLC.

• Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System and Azure Dev Ops.

• Proven ability to work in Agile environments and manage multiple projects under tight deadlines.

• Excellent communication, analytical, and organizational skills.

• Demonstrated leadership and ability to work independently or as part of a team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with performance and load testing tools.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Dev Ops practices.

• Knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure or AWS).

Pre-Employment Requirement
All employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of our pre-employment screening that may include drug testing, background/criminal check, and if applicable, must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

APR Staffing is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

About APR Staffing
APR Staffing was born from the merger of two well-respected technical staffing firms in Portland. ie Solutions, founded in 2002, enjoyed an impressive reputation as one of the largest locally-owned and most respected technical staffing companies. Professional Resource Group, aka Data Resource Group, founded in 2009, also earned regional acclaim for being a fast-growing and highly-motivated professional staffing agency. Both companies have been recent award winners for the Portland Business Journal's Fastest-Growing Private Companies.

The two firms, now as APR Staffing, make for one of the fastest-growing and most-respected professional and technical staffing companies in Oregon and Southwest Washington.

Collaborating with our customers, we augment their workforce with technical and administrative professionals. We provide only high-caliber, professional-grade resources throughout the Pacific Northwest.