Senior Software Engineer- Quality Engineering (Remote)

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Position Purpose:

The Sr. Software Engineer- Quality Engineering (QE) is responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality software solutions that power critical business processes. This role combines deep expertise in test management, automation, and release readiness with a strong understanding of Agile and the software development lifecycle (SDLC). The QE Engineer leverages both manual and automated testing strategies—including AI-driven approaches—to deliver robust, scalable, and reliable Home Services applications, while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement and business value.

• Develop, execute, and maintain comprehensive test plans and strategies to ensure the quality and reliability of applications.
• Design, manage, and automate test cases for a wide range of testing types, including functional (unit, integration, regression, smoke), non-functional (performance, compatibility), and specialized (API, mobile, exploratory) testing.
• Build and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts using tools such as Selenium and Playwright and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Github Actions) for continuous quality assurance.
• Conduct API testing using tools like Postman and Rest Assured to validate RESTful and GraphQL endpoints, ensuring robust backend service quality.
• Perform performance and load testing using JMeter or Neoload to validate system scalability and reliability under varying workloads.
• Lead and coordinate release readiness activities, including pre-release validation, post-release monitoring, and post-release validation to ensure smooth and predictable deployments.
• Maintain strong communication and collaboration skills to support agile development practices and ensure alignment across the software development lifecycle.
• Share knowledge and best practices with team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation.
• Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, business analysts, and cross-functional teams to align testing efforts with business goals and technical requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• 50% Delivery and Execution - Develops, tests, deploys, and maintains software, with a clear understanding of the value the software is to provide; Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy and enthusiasm; Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances; Develops test suites (functional, destructive, etc) to enable success, rapid deployment of code to production; Takes a broad view when approaching issues; using a global lens
• 20% Learns and Grows - Learns through successful and failed experiment when tackling new problems; Actively seeks ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels
• 20% Plans and Aligns - Collaborates with other team members in agile processes; Creates new and better ways for the organization to be successful; Works the Product Team to ensure user stories are valuable, developer ready, easy to understand and testable; Delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences; Adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations; Relates openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people
• 10% Supports and Enables - Helps grow junior engineers by providing guidance on modern software development frameworks, and leading technical discussions

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

• This position typically reports to Software Engineer Manager or Sr. Manager
• This position has 0 Direct Reports

Travel Requirements:

• No travel required.

Physical Requirements:

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of relevant work experience
• Experience in test management, including planning, strategy, test case design, data management, automation, execution, defect lifecycle, and reporting. Proficiency in a broad range of testing types: functional, non-functional, and specialized (API, mobile).
• Experience with programming skills i