Quality Assurance Engineer

Quality Assurance Engineer

Braven is a national nonprofit that prepares promising college students to secure a strong first opportunity after college graduation through a career-accelerating program.

We work with higher education and employer partners to offer a life-changing experience that begins with a semester-long course for college students, followed by support that lasts through graduation.

Together, our ambition is to help rebuild the middle class and revitalize the American Dream.

In order to achieve its ambition of serving 80,000–100,000 Fellows over the next decade, Braven is hiring a Quality Assurance Engineer who will ensure our student- and staff-facing software is reliable, accessible, and a joy to use.

You will be a core partner to Engineering: shaping test plans, expanding automated test coverage, and collaborating with engineers to write effective unit and integration tests. You'll help us balance the agility needed to ship impactful features with the discipline of strong quality practices and continuous improvement.

This role is on the Systems team and reports directly to the Senior Director, Engineering.

Test automation & collaboration with engineers (40%)

• Build and maintain UI and API automation (Playwright preferred).
• Partner with engineers to write/expand unit and integration tests and improve testability.
• Increase automation coverage and reliability (flakiness control, data management).

Test planning & manual execution (35%)

• Design and execute test plans and test cases for web and API features across key integrations (Salesforce, Canvas, Pathify, Linked In, Zoom).
• Perform cross-browser/device and accessibility (WCAG) testing; log clear, actionable defects.

CI/CD quality gates, release verification, and bug triage (15%)

• Own quality checks in Git Hub Actions/CI; implement sensible gating and fast feedback loops.
• Coordinate regression and release verification for scheduled launches; drive root-cause analysis.

Data validation & process improvement (10%)

• Validate data flows with SQL; use logs/observability to detect regressions.
• Document test cases, patterns, and QA standards; champion pragmatic process improvements.
• Other duties as assigned.