Senior Quality Engineering (QE) Engineer

Amida Technology Solutions is a DC-based technology company focused on data interoperability integrity governance and security. We create solutions that collect reconcile transform and standardize data for business intelligence advanced analytics decision support and user transactions. We specialize in taking data from inception to impact.

Our team is composed of creative forward-looking thinkers who are passionate about using cutting-edge technology to improve lives and generate a positive impact on our country. We offer an entrepreneurial high-growth environment that values fresh ideas candid conversations and authentic teamwork.

Amida Technology Solutions is seeking a Senior Quality Engineering (QE) Engineer. The successful candidate will own test strategy and quality outcomes for mission-critical government systems. This role will report to the program manager. The ideal candidate will be motivated by the opportunity to support public agencies nonprofit organizations and private companies in transforming their data into actionable insights. The candidate must be willing and able to work 3-4 days per week at our clients site in downtown Dallas TX.

What you will do:

• Design document and maintain end-to-end test strategies covering functional regression integration performance security and accessibility testing
• Lead defect triage to include running recurring triage forums setting severity and priority standards driving root-cause analysis and tracking defects to closure across teams
• Build and extend automated test suites and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines so quality gates run on every build
• Design and execute mobile automation test suites using BrowserStack Percy or equivalent platforms
• Build and maintain RPA-based test workflows using UiPath or equivalent RPA platforms
• Design and develop testing harnesses for data masking PII/PHI redaction and other secure test-data handling needs
• Perform accessibility testing using Deque axe or equivalent tooling to validate Section 508/WCAG compliance
• Define and report quality metrics (e.g. coverage escape rate mean time to detect automation yield) and use them to guide release go/no-go decisions
• Partner with product architecture and DevOps on requirements review test data management and environment readiness
• Support compliance and audit needs including traceability from requirements through test evidence
• May mentor mid-level and junior QE engineers on test design technique tooling and review practice
• Other duties as assigned

Required Education:

• Bachelors degree in computer science engineering or a related discipline

Required Experience:

• At least seven years of professional experience in software quality engineering or test engineering
• At least three years of hands-on experience with Selenium Playwright RestAssured Postman/Newman and OpenAPI/Swagger for UI API and contract testing
• At least two years of mobile automation testing experience with tools such as BrowserStack or Percy
• At least two years of experience with UiPath or other RPA automation software
• Demonstrated ownership of test strategy design for enterprise-scale or government systems
• Proven experience leading defect triage across multiple engineering teams and stakeholder groups
• Experience embedding automated quality gates in CI/CD tooling (e.g. Jenkins GitLab CI Azure DevOps GitHub Actions)
• Experience designing and building testing harnesses for data masking and secure test-data management
• Hands-on experience with Deque axe or equivalent tooling for Section 508/WCAG accessibility compliance testing (move this out of Preferred since its a required team-wide skill)
• Demonstrated ownership of a test data strategy: provisioning refresh subsetting and environment-specific data governance

Required Skills:

• Strong working knowledge of API and database testing including SQL
• Fluency with Agile delivery and defect/test management tooling such as Jira Zephyr TestRail or Xray
• Proficiency with Jira/Xray Confluence GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps as the shared baseline toolset across the QE team
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Preferred:

• Prior work on federal state or local government programs
• Performance and load testing experience with JMeter or equivalent tools
• Security testing experience with Veracode (add to the existing SAST/DAST/OWASP Top 10)
• Exposure to cloud platforms (e.g. AWS Azure GCP) and containerized environments
• Data testing experience with Snowflake
• Familiarity with Power BI for validating reports and dashboards
• ISTQB Advanced Level or comparable certification

Success at Amida

Communication is the key to success at Amida. Our people are known for their can-do attitude and their ability to work effectively with both internal and client teams. We pride ourselves on having a collegial multidisciplinary team with diverse backgrounds and experience. Our best team members pay intense attention to detail in all aspects of their work have great initiative are opinionated about the best ways of doing things and align quickly to decisions. A sense of humor is an asset at Amida.

Full-time regular employees at Amida enjoy a robust benefits package that includes a generous 401(k) match with immediate vesting 4 weeks of PTO paid parental leave medical insurance dental insurance vision insurance life/AD&D insurance and short-term disability. We also offer tuition/training assistance and team-building opportunities to encourage professional growth and collaboration.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Required Experience:

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