Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Fearless is a digital integration consultancy that combines technology, people, and organizational development to deliver meaningful, user-friendly solutions. The QA Engineer will support a federal healthcare platform by creating and executing functional, performance, accessibility, usability, and security tests, identifying defects, validating fixes, and collaborating with cross-functional Agile teams. The role also emphasizes Section 508 compliance, automation, reliability, and secure software delivery.
Responsibilities
- Review project requirements, user stories, and design mockups to understand the scope of testing
- Create detailed test plans for functional, performance, accessibility, usability, and security testing
- Develop and maintain clear test documentation for the team
- Perform manual and automated testing to validate website functionality, including responsive design across devices and browsers
- Execute regression tests to ensure recent code changes have not introduced new issues, and conduct exploratory testing to surface unexpected defects
- Identify and implement Section 508 accessibility standards in testing
- Log and track defects in Jira with detailed, reproducible reports, screenshots, and clear steps to reproduce
- Collaborate with developers to troubleshoot, conduct root cause analysis, and validate fixes
- Collaborate with security teams to conduct basic security tests and identify vulnerabilities
- Participate in Agile ceremonies and risk management assessments, and recommend testing-process improvements
Skills
- Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, tools, and processes
- Ability to identify and write explicit test scenarios, test plans, and test cases from requirements documents
- Experience identifying and implementing Section 508 accessibility standards
- Experience with JavaScript-based testing (Cypress)
- Experience logging and tracking defects using Jira
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Self-starter, highly motivated, able to work with little or no supervision
- Comfortable working on a highly collaborative, cross-functional team
- Ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust clearance
- Develop and maintain automated tests in Cypress or PHPUnit
- Perform load and stress testing to identify performance bottlenecks using tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner
Benefits
- Contribute to work that creates meaningful impact
- Collaborate with people who value curiosity, innovation, and continuous improvement
- Bring your expertise to challenging and rewarding projects
- Work with transparency, trust, and mutual respect
- Help create solutions that improve the lives of the people who use them
- Join a community committed to equity, inclusion, and belonging
- Contribute to mission-driven work that delivers meaningful outcomes
- Collaborate alongside experienced professionals across technology, delivery, design, and organizational development
- Apply your expertise to impactful client engagements
- Build relationships with a values-driven organization committed to excellence
- Work with a team that values autonomy, accountability, and results
- Remote work arrangement
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