Senior QA Engineer

Senior QA Engineer

Location:

Washington, D.C.
Number: 608039
Job Category:
Development
Job Department:
Technology
Job Family:
Quality Assurance Engineering
Job Type: Full Time
Level: Manager

At EAB , our mission is to make education smarter and our communities stronger. We work with more than 2,800 institutions to drive transformative change through data‑driven insights and best‑in‑class capabilities. From kindergarten to college to career, EAB partners with leaders and practitioners to accelerate progress and drive results across enrollment, student success, institutional strategy, data analytics, and advancement. We work with each partner differently, tailoring our portfolio of research, technology, and marketing and enrollment solutions to meet the unique needs of every leadership team, as well as the students and employees they serve.

At EAB, we serve not only our partner institutions but each other—that's why we are always working to make sure our employees love their jobs and are invested in their communities. See how we've been recognized for this dedication to our employees by checking out our recent awards.

As a critical member of the performance technologies quality assurance (QA) team, the Senior QA Engineer is responsible for creating automated software test scenarios in an agile environment for functional, regression, and performance tests for web and mobile based applications. The Senior QA Engineer will validate user interfaces of products built with various technological solutions and ensure the correctness of data flowing through each stage of the product process.

Applying strong technical and communication skills, the Senior QA Engineer will collaborate with other QA team members, developers, and business partners while providing testing support throughout the entire development life cycle, in order to deliver high quality products to our partners.

This role may be based out of EAB’s Washington, DC office;
Richmond, VA office; or open to remote work within the continental U.S.

This opening is not eligible for visa sponsorship at this time; EAB will thus consider candidates who possess U.S. work authorization that does not require employment‑based visa sponsorship now or in the future.

• Participate and provide input on features, story requirements, design, estimation, and automation test approach discussions
• Own the creation and ongoing maintenance of test automation artifacts
• Strong experience of automation testing tools/frameworks (Cucumber, Behave, Jmeter); experience building an automation framework
• Collaborate with the QA team, development team, and business partners to ensure the scope of tests is comprehensive and aligned with team’s quality goals.
• Experience with identifying defects and overall defect management using QA tools
• Experience collaborating across onsite/offshore teams and managing automation expectations including owning automation QA sign offs for feature releases and frequent patch releases
• Demonstrate programming skills and proven experience in Python or Java
• Provide input during key sprint team review sessions (e.g., iteration kickoff/retrospectives, release readiness, etc.)
• Participate in QA process improvement initiatives and cross‑team/company activities

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of direct QA automation experience in a web or mobile development environment
• Proven hands‑on experience with BDD frameworks (Cucumber, Behave) and scripting in Ruby and Python
• Proficiency in mobile automation and experience in creating cross‑platform test frameworks and maintaining test suites across Android and iOS
• Experience creating comprehensive automated test scenarios, data across multiple levels: feature, integration, and end‑to‑end
• Strong understanding of functional and regression testing for complex workflows
• Knowledge of Agile/Scrum development methodologies.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g., Git Lab, etc)
• Knowledge of database concepts and proficiency with any RDBMS
• Familiarity with general programming concepts such as loops, packages, builds, and source control
• Excellent verbal and…