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Evergreen Posting Automated Test Engineer (SDET)

Coforma


Job Location:

North Bethesda, MD - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 20 May 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 17 August 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy
The job posting is outdated and position may be filled

Department:

Engineering

Job Summary

We are actively building a pipeline of talented individuals in anticipation of upcoming project needs. By applying to this evergreen position you recognize that while an immediate vacancy may not exist you are eager to be part of our future cross-disciplinary efforts to improve lives through human-centered technology.

Our Software Engineers enjoy tackling complex problems while working with other members of our cross-disciplinary teams to deliver elegant products across a modern technology stack. They are skilled across the stack building accessible applications that put people first with code that is clean maintainable well-documented and well-tested.

Our Automated Test Engineers (SDETs) are specialists who work collaboratively and embed with multiple engineering teams serving as advocates for best practices and helping improve automated testing processes. While embedded with a team they review code write tests and mentor the team on writing reliable tests. Engineers at Coforma work closely with researchers and designers early and often collaborating to add perspective that increases understanding and empathy. As such your passion for articulating technology solutions that aim to improve lives is a feature not a bug.

Join us in building software that makes an impact and implementing human-centered solutions we can be proud to say we worked on together.

Note: Were a remote-first organization but some roles may require occasional travel. If a role has travel requirements or a hybrid or full time in-office schedule this will be disclosed at the beginning of the hiring process.

We participate in E-Verify. Upon hire we will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the United States.
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What Youll Do (Key Responsibilities)

  • Write automated tests and review code ensuring high standards of quality maintainability and test coverage
  • Solve problems across the tech stack alongside other engineers on the team building new systems and improving existing ones
  • Consistently apply best practices including a focus on accessibility
  • Collaborate with team members and government/client stakeholders to craft creative solutions and build technology products that improve the lives of those in the communities they serve
  • Participate in quality improvement activities including mapping contractual requirements to test cases to ensure coverage of necessary functionality
  • Engage with coworkers across disciplines according to agile and Scrum methodologies including participating in planning breaking down requirements into tasks refinement and estimation etc.

What You Know (Knowledge and Experience Requirements)

  • Software testing best practices including risk-based approaches user-data driven testing and the software testing pyramid
  • The building blocks of the web including how to write accessible semantic HTML and how to write clean CSS that conforms to design systems
  • Open-source programming languages like JavaScript/TypeScript Ruby Python Java etc.
  • Frameworks libraries or runtimes like React Rails Node Next Angular Spring etc.
  • Testing frameworks like Jest Testing Library Mocha Playwright Cypress etc.
  • How to leverage the command line via shell scripting
  • APIs and databases of various types like SQL Dynamo Mongo Postgres etc.
  • Infrastructure tools like Terraform Serverless Amazon CDK etc.
  • CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions Jenkins Circle etc.
  • How to deliver polished scalable maintainable performant code
  • How to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences
  • Agile and Scrum development methodologies

Preferred Qualifications and Experience:
  • 3 or more years of experience writing automated tests for software and designing and building test cases in remote environments
  • Knowledge of and experience with both structural and specification-based automated testing
  • Prior experience in digital services government or federal consulting
  • 3 or more years of experience building applications with open-source programming languages
  • 3 or more years of experience working with modern testing frameworks libraries and testing services via APIs of various types
  • 3 or more years of experience working with infrastructure tools and IAC
  • 3 or more years of experience integrating CI/CD and pipeline tools with automated testing

Other

  • Internet: Will prioritize and maintain access to strong reliable internet for the remote nature of our work except when on vacation or holiday.
  • Security: Will keep the highest security practices to ensure privacy and security of Coforma and client information given the nature of our work even when on vacation.
  • Travel Flexibility: On request and with advanced notice will attend in-person events such as meetings workshops and trainings as assigned for projects that require it.
  • Brand Representation: Will represent Coforma professionally and sincerely modeling our Company Values in all interactions.

Required Experience:

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