Test Automation Engineer

Test Automation Engineer at eSimplicity

eSimplicity is a modern digital services company that partners with government agencies to improve the lives and protect the well‑being of all Americans, from veterans and service members to children, families, and seniors. Our engineers, designers, and strategists cut through complexity to create intuitive products and services that equip federal agencies with solutions to courageously transform today for a better tomorrow.

Full‑time

We are seeking a Test Automation Engineer to join a cross‑functional, entrepreneurial, collaborative team dedicated to solving difficult problems for our client. In this role, you will interface with customers and teams to develop and implement test plans, test cases, test data, accessibility test plans, and automated scripts for our government customers. This role is contingent upon successful obtaining of a Public Trust clearance.

• Maintain test environments and test data
• Help identify, document, and track application defects
• Leverage and maintain automated testing frameworks to analyze test results and debug failures
• Create and execute automated and manual test cases to ensure the on‑time, high‑quality delivery of the product in accordance with the project schedule
• Create and maintain Unit Tests and Regression Tests
• Provide recommendations to improve automated testing frameworks and testing processes for the team
• Conduct 508 testing to ensure compliance with accessibility requirements
• Attend requirements gathering meetings to better understand business needs, functional and system requirements
• Construct testing documents, including a testing plan, test cases, test data, and test scripts to ensure compliance with business requirements
• Collaborate with the development team to ensure successful implementation of the needed business, functional and system requirements
• Provide regular and open communication across the program and stakeholders for transparency and awareness of progress and impediments
• Understand, visualize and manage upstream/downstream dependencies
• Drive delivery and continuous improvement by utilizing feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity
• Work across stakeholders and teams to continuously improve
• Participate with management and cross‑functional teams as subject matter experts to develop and improve operating policies and procedures related to user workflows and be an advocate for user community
• Work with stakeholders and development team to provide production support and on‑call support as needed

• 4+ years of automated and manual test experience on highly available, customer‑facing web and mobile applications; experienced testing responsively designed web experiences, APIs; experienced conducting User Acceptance Testing with users, collecting inputs from users, and supporting users with potential workaround
• Must be a United States citizen
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
• Demonstrated experience working independently as the sole testing resource on a small development team
• Experience with Playwright
• Experience using Gitlab and CI/CD platforms
• Experience in AWS cloud architecture
• Experience conducting 508 testing
• Ability to coordinate test execution with internal users and stakeholders who volunteer to supplement the team in order to complete testing
• Experience validating internationalization requirements
• Experience working across multiple mobile form factors
• Strong analytical skills and innovative thinking
• Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills for providing and explaining technical and project related information to customer, vendors, senior management and staff

• Strong knowledge and experience in software development in an agile environment
• Experience with testing tools and frameworks such as pytest, vitest, TestNG, and JMeter
• Experience with accessibility testing tools
• Experience as a contractor or government employee
• Nice to have experience working with AccelQ

eSimplicity supports a remote work environment operating within the Eastern time zone so we can work with and respond to our government clients. Expected hours are 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern unless otherwise directed by manager. Occasional travel for training and project meetings. It is estimated to be less than 5% per year.

We offer a highly competitive salary and full healthcare benefits.

eSimplicity is an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, age, status as a protected veteran, sexual orientation, gender identity, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.

$97,200 - $105,000