Fast Facts

The College Board is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to join their remote Item Cloud team focused on automating testing for their web applications, aiming for high-quality code and seamless integration with a content management ecosystem.

Responsibilities: Responsibilities include automating frontend integration and API tests, maintaining end-to-end testing, designing tests in collaboration with team members, and participating in Agile ceremonies.

Skills: Required skills include 5+ years of experience in QA and test automation, with strong knowledge of test automation tools such as Playwright, Cypress, and Selenium, and CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications: Preferred qualifications include experience with JavaScript, specifically Node.js, and effective communication and collaboration skills.

Location: This job is fully remote within the United States, particularly Virginia.

Compensation: $150000 - $163000 / Annually

College Board – Technology – Item Cloud Green

100% Remote

About the Team 

The Item Cloud team is committed to building and driving innovation for internal-facing web applications that support College Board’s core products. Our team consists of 3 small squads, each of which owns a unique part of a data-intensive, high-impact, web application that represents our internal content creation processes. We own the full stack, from the infrastructure in AWS to the front-end and back-end code deployed there. We build everything serverless, in the cloud, leveraging current technologies and novel techniques to be a force-multiplier for the programs we serve. We are remote, but close-knit. We are strong advocates of work/life balance and flexibility with schedules when needed. We are proactive, passionate, and outcome-oriented, putting a premium on quality and efficiency. We use Agile scrum to manage our work and deliver value regularly following a DevOps model. The impact of our efforts as creative problem-solvers and idea-generators leads to innovations and dramatic improvements in College Board’s biggest program applications, serving millions of students to help them take ownership of their future.

About the Opportunity  

As a Senior QA Automation Engineer on our Item Cloud team, you are passionate about automated testing and working with teams to deliver high-quality code. You possess extensive expertise in various test automation tools and libraries. You will shape the vision for API and integration testing and enhance automated end-to-end testing for a high-impact content creation web application that seamlessly integrates with an emerging content management ecosystem. You will guide the team on the tools we use. In addition, you will review other team members’ automation code, offer your opinions on testing strategies, run through manual tests, support our work, and augment our CI/CD pipeline. 

In this role, you will: 

Software Solutioning & Design (15%)

• Create and implement, in collaboration with team members, acceptance criteria for web application features
• Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of the application’s features and testing needs
• Work closely with Solutions Architect, Lead Engineer and Data Leads evaluating feature requests, providing testing guidance and tickets
• Conduct and participate in peer code and design reviews
• Write JIRA stories for bugs discovered while testing 

Design & Implementation (70%)

• Automate frontend integration and API acceptance & regression tests
• Maintain and (when useful) expand automated end-to-end tests
• Maintain the highest engineering standards in collaboration with product owners, architects, and stakeholders, in support of our systems and services 
• Build testing solutions using the best practices of Agile, CI/CD, and DevOps
• Adopt the continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) practice of rapidly implementing, testing, and delivering high-quality code based on the team’s DevOps model
• Continuously develop the skills required to work as part of the Agile team in a poly-skilled development environment
• Coordinate with developers to resolve broken tests  

Team Operations & Success (15%)

• Participate in Agile SCRUM ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Refinement, Daily Standup) and contribute to team deliverables  
• Participate in peer reviews of software engineering artifacts  
• Mentor team members by designing and developing training materials to communicate the current and future state of testing for the application
• Assist in the resolution of production issues
• Adhere to development standards and security policies and procedures
• Manage regression testing for releases 

About You

You have:

• Ideally 5+ years of experience in software development environments with a strong focus on quality assurance and test automation   
• Strong experience with test automation libraries, ideally Playwright, Cypress, WebDriver IO and/or Selenium 
• Working knowledge of JavaScript, ideally Node.js
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines 
• Strong knowledge of test strategies within development environments and workflows 
• Authorization to work in the United States

In addition, you are: 

• Communicative, approachable, and collaborative 
• Willing to learn, comfortable with failure, and self-driven 
• User and mission oriented 
• Generous in service of students, colleagues, and partners 

About Our Process 

• Application review will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled  
• While the hiring process may vary, it generally includes: resume and application submission, recruiter phone/video screen, hiring manager interview, performance exercise such as live coding, a panel interview, a conversation with leadership and reference checks.  

About Our Benefits and Compensation 

College Board offers a competitive benefits and compensation program that attracts top talent looking to make a difference in education. As a self-sustaining non-profit, we believe in compensating employees equitably in relation to each other, their qualifications, their impact, and the relevant market.  

The hiring range for a new employee in this position is $150,000 to $163,000.  Your salary will be carefully determined based on your location, relevant experience, the external labor market, and the pay of College Board employees in similar roles. College Board strives to provide our best offer up front based on these criteria.  

Your salary is only one part of all that College Board offers, including but not limited to:    

• A comprehensive package designed to support the well-being of employees and their families and promote education. Our robust benefits package includes health, dental, and vision insurance, generous paid time off, paid parental leave, fertility benefits, pet insurance, tuition assistance, retirement benefits, and more 
• Recognition of exceptional performance through annual bonuses, salary growth over time through market increases, and opportunities for merit raises and promotions based on increased scope of responsibility 
• A job that matters, a team that cares, and a place to learn, innovate and thrive 

You can expect to have transparent conversations about benefits and compensation with our recruiters throughout your application process. 

About Our Culture:

• We are motivated to positively impact the educational and career trajectories of millions of students a year. 
• We prioritize building a diverse and inclusive team where every employee can thrive, and every voice is heard. 
• We value learning and growth; we offer formal and informal ways to lead through your superpowers, sharpen your strengths, and meet your development goals. 
• Our high-performing engineers work with the latest technologies, so you will be constantly learning and sharpening your skills, enabling you to be industry-forward instead of left behind technologically.

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