Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer

Overview

Black Canyon Consulting (BCC) is searching for a QA Engineer to support the delivery and modernization of mission-critical, web-based digital resources for a federal government client. This role will play a critical part in ensuring the quality, reliability, and backward compatibility of a modernized, enterprise-scale platform.

The QA Engineer will work closely with Product, Business Analysts (BAs), Engineers, User Experience (UX), and client stakeholders to validate requirements, define test strategies, and ensure new functionality meets both user expectations and feature parity with the legacy system. This role requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and a collaborative mindset, as well as hands-on experience with automated and manual testing in Agile environments.

This position is focused on automated quality engineering. The ideal candidate should have extensive hands-on experience designing, developing, and maintaining automated test frameworks and suites for modern web applications. Experience with Playwright using TypeScript is required. While manual testing is expected as needed, the primary focus of this role is building and maintaining automated test coverage in an Agile environment.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Job Responsibilities

Quality Strategy and Test Planning

Develop and execute test strategies and test plans for complex, data-driven applications

Ensure backward compatibility and functional parity with the legacy system

Analyze requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria to identify gaps, risks, and ambiguities

Partner with Product and BAs to clarify requirements and expected behavior

Identify edge cases, regression risks, and impacts across integrated systems

Test Automation and Quality Engineering

Develop, maintain, and execute robust automated test suites using Playwright and TypeScript

Build end-to-end, regression, integration, and smoke tests that support continuous delivery

Validate application programming interface (API) integrations and data flows between frontend and backend systems

Compare legacy and modern system behavior to ensure consistent outcomes

Track, document, and verify defect resolution

Integrate automated tests into Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery/Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines

Improve test coverage, test reliability, and testing processes over time

Contribute to improving QA standards, tools, and best practices across the program

Agile Collaboration and Delivery

Actively participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives

Collaborate closely with Frontend and Backend Engineers during development and testing

Provide early and continuous feedback to help teams build quality into the product

Support release validation and readiness activities

Assist with troubleshooting production and pre-production issues as needed

Required skills and experience

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)

5+ years of experience in automated testing for web-based or enterprise applications

3+ years of hands-on experience developing automated tests using Playwright with TypeScript in a production environment

Experience testing complex, data-driven systems

Strong experience with manual and automated testing

Experience validating requirements and identifying gaps early in the development lifecycle

Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies

Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills

Excellent communication and collaboration skills

High attention to detail and commitment to quality

Clearance and Location Requirements

Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance

Must reside in and be authorized to work in the United States; candidates in the DMV area preferred

All work must be performed within the United States

Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting federal government or large enterprise systems

Experience testing systems requiring legacy parity or backward compatibility

Experience testing Experience with Representational State Transfer APIs (REST APIs) and backend services

Experience in healthcare, life sciences, or regulated environments

Tools and Technologies

Playwright with TypeScript (required)

REST APIs

Git, GitLab

Jira/Confluence

Agile/Scrum

Benefits and Salary

We attract the best people in the business with our competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage; a 401(k) plan with employer contribution; paid holidays, vacation, and tuition reimbursement.

We offer a competitive salary commensurate with experience and location.

If you enjoy being part of a high-performing, professional, technology-focused organization, please apply today!