Quality Assurance Engineer

Washington, AR - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 4 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

As a Senior Software Quality Engineer you will be a key architect of quality for Amtraks mission-critical Transportation platform ensuring the reliability of a high-traffic distributed microservices ecosystem. Based in Washington DC this role focuses on the complex plumbing of railway operations-from equipment lifecycles and yard scheduling to real-time event processing. You will move beyond simple UI testing to design sophisticated strategies for state-based systems event-driven workflows (Kafka) and data-intensive integrations ensuring that the systems moving America remain resilient idempotent and highly performant.

Essential Responsibilities

Strategy & Architecture: Design and execute comprehensive end-to-end test strategies for complex state-heavy distributed systems.
Automation Development: Build and maintain scalable automated frameworks for both UI and API layers using tools such as Playwright Selenium REST-assured or Karate.
Backend & Middleware Validation: Rigorously test REST APIs microservices integration points and asynchronous message-based workflows (Kafka).
Data Integrity: Perform deep-level database validations (SQL/NoSQL) to ensure referential consistency and correct state transitions across the platform.
Resiliency & Performance: Develop and execute tests for failure handling retries and system idempotency; conduct load testing to ensure stability during peak operations.
CI/CD Integration: Embed automation suites directly into DevOps pipelines (Jenkins GitHub or Bitbucket) to support continuous delivery.
Observability: Analyze system behavior and troubleshoot issues using logs and monitoring tools like CloudWatch AppDynamics or ELK/EFK stacks.
Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner with Architects and Product Owners to define quality gates and influence system design from a testability perspective.

Minimum Qualifications

Education/Experience: Bachelors degree in Computer Science (or related field) OR 7 years of relevant experience in software quality engineering.
Automation Expertise: 5 years of experience in enterprise-level manual and automated testing with a focus on UI and API layers.
Technical Stack: High proficiency in Java and TypeScript for automation scripting.
Architectural Knowledge: Proven experience testing microservices-based architectures and distributed systems.
Data Skills: Advanced SQL skills with the ability to validate complex relational and NoSQL database structures.
Agile Mindset: Deep experience working within Agile/Scrum frameworks and a proactive approach to problem-solving.

Preferred Qualifications

Industry Context: Experience with high-reliability operational systems (e.g. Logistics Aerospace Fintech or Transportation).
Event-Driven Systems: Hands-on experience validating Kafka or similar message-broker technologies.
Performance Engineering: Familiarity with JMeter or similar performance and stress-testing tools.
Cloud & Legacy Integration: Experience with AWS environments and the ability to validate integrations between modern microservices and legacy mainframe (3270/batch) systems.

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