Senior Test Software Engineer

Focus  ยท  via Work With Indies
๐Ÿ’ฐ $135,000 - $170,000/yr ๐ŸŒŽ Remote

Job Description:

  • Establish software quality standards, test architecture guidelines, and defect prevention strategies across delivery streams
  • Architect, build, and maintain scalable end-to-end 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
  • Author and review technical specifications, test strategies, and quality risk assessments for feature initiatives
  • Construct, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines supporting quality gates and feature-driven promotion practices
  • Serve as a technical liaison to client leads and external vendor teams
  • Advocate for developer self-service, smooth release gatekeeping, and collaborative troubleshooting
  • Support cloud infrastructure updates using Terraform
  • Embed automated security scanning
  • 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
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform
  • Experience designing complex systems interacting with external services, databases, and third-party APIs
  • Experience working on cross-functional agile teams
  • Experience estimating complex engineering tasks
  • Experience communicating technical updates directly to client stakeholders
  • Strong diagnostic skills for complex, distributed multi-vendor application failures and microservices
  • Prior experience on federal government digital service projects or civic tech programs
  • Familiarity with AWS GovCloud environments
  • Familiarity with FedRAMP compliance standards
  • Familiarity with observability tooling
  • Experience implementing synthetic test data generators or complex mock data services
  • Legal authorization to work in the United States
  • Ability to meet other government contract requirements for which candidates are hired
  • Work authorization that does not require visa sponsorship now or in the future
  • May be subject to a government background check or security clearance

Benefits:

  • $0โ€“$50K bonus
  • Healthy work-life balance
  • Encouragement to log off at the end of the day
  • Time off when needed
  • Fully remote work
  • Occasional travel, approximately 1โ€“2 times per year
  • Modern cloud development environments
  • AI-integrated workflows