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Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
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Senior Quality Assurance Engineer Ad Hoc LLC $95,000-$130,000 vision insurance, parental leave, 401(k), remote work United States, Virginia, McLean 1676 International Drive (Show on map) Sep 15, 2026 Senior Quality Assurance Engineer This is a remote position. JOB ID #944 Ad Hoc is a technology company that empowers organizations to deliver scalable, impactful digital services. Using modern, agile methods, our team creates products that meet people's needs and transform their experience of government. Work on things that matter Our collaborations have shaped some of the defining moments in public-sector service delivery. We've helped build products that connect Veterans to tailored services, help millions access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we're also changing how the government approaches technology. Built for a remote life Our culture, communications, and tools are built for remote work, enabling us to bring together top talent nationwide. At Ad Hoc, remote life empowers our teams to design work environments that fit their lives and that foster flexibility and collaboration to achieve positive outcomes for our customers. Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren't heroes. We learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time. We build small, inclusive teams to collaborate closely with our partners to solve the right problems and deliver software that works. The Veterans Affairs business unit helps transform the VA into a modern digital services organization where Veteran outcomes are at the center of every effort. We partner with the VA to design and deliver seamless user experiences for Veterans, their families and caregivers, and VA employees. By applying better practices in service design, product management, and technology, we enable the VA to increase the use, quality, and reliability of services and decrease the time Veterans spend waiting for outcomes. This role supports the systems that determine healthcare eligibility and enrollment for Veterans, serving more than 16,000 end users across the Health Eligibility Center and the VHA Office of Community Care. You'll work on a two-week sprint cadence across both modernized and legacy applications.
Primary Responsibilities:
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer serves as an experienced individual contributor within a team, with the expectation that you will further develop your leadership, guidance and mentoring skills. With minimal oversight from leadership, you will be responsible for supporting the goal of meeting scope, schedule and delivery requirements. A Senior Quality Assurance Engineer impacts the long-term goals of the program, while contributing to the development of the program's engineering strategy. Primary expectations of a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer include: Build and maintain keyword-driven automated test suites, and partner with the team on optimizing them within the software development lifecycle
Automate functional and regression testing for web applications
Design and execute API test coverage
Author, manage, and execute test cases in a test management platform, maintaining traceability from requirement to execution
Debug and triage test failures, separating genuine defects from environment and harness issues
Write scripts supporting test data setup, execution, and reporting
Execute across multiple environments and coordinate environment availability with DevOps
Monitor coverage of quality test suites, automated and manual, and build plans to fill gaps
Demonstrate expertise, accountability, and ownership for testing tools and frameworks
Present testing results, risks, and coverage to teammates, stakeholders, and partners
Participate in planning and design sessions, informing decisions that enable testing strategy and automation
Propose and evaluate multiple approaches to technical and process problems
Participate in technical interviews with new candidates
May serve as a mentor to other junior level team members
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of experience
Relevant years of experience may be substituted for education
Demonstrates expert-level knowledge in testing methodologies and is able to work with the team on plans that optimize quality versus cost
Experience with keyword-driven testing, preferably Robot Framework
Experience with web application testing; Playwright experience is helpful
Experience with API testing using tools such as Postman or Swagger UI
Demonstrated debugging and troubleshooting experience
Experience with
Jira Xray Preferred Qualifications:
Scripting experience, either Linux bash or Windows batch
Python scripting experience
Experience with the Tricentis automation tool suite
Eligibility:
Must be a U.S. citizen, valid green card holder, or have been granted political asylum or refugee status
Must be able to complete VA onboarding, PIV credentialing, and the applicable background investigation
TMS training certificates required per program requirements To learn more about working at Ad Hoc, please visit: https://adhocteam.us/join
Benefits:
- Company-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible PTO
- 401K with employer match
- Paid parental leave after one year of service
Employee Assistance Program Ad Hoc LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination. We value the unique skills gained through military service and encourage veterans and transitioning service members to apply. In support of various state and city equal pay transparency laws, Ad Hoc job descriptions feature the starting range we reasonably expect to pay to candidates who would join our team with little to no need for training on the responsibilities we've outlined above. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and responsibility. The range of starting pay for this role is $95,000-$130,000. Our recruiters will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements.
Benefits
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- 401(k) Plans
- Other Retirement and Savings
- Health and Wellness Programs
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A Software QA Analyst uses quality assurance techniques to detect errors in a software product or process.
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