Senior Quality Engineer - FY

Senior Quality Engineer – WGU

WGU is looking for a Senior Quality Engineer to build and implement automated UI, API, and performance tests within CI/CD pipelines, perform functional, system, and integration testing, partner with cross‑functional teams, lead root‑cause analysis, and mentor team members.

Grade:
Technical 408
Pay Range: $ – $

• Build and implement automated UI, API, and performance tests within CI/CD pipelines
• Perform functional, system, and integration testing for new and existing features
• Partner with engineers, product owners, scrum masters, and UX designers to deliver high‑quality products
• Improve communication by serving as a liaison between development and test automation teams
• Identify, track, and prioritize high‑value defects and drive resolution
• Lead root cause analysis efforts and recommend improvements to prevent recurrence
• Mentor team members and deliver QA training sessions to internal stakeholders

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field (equivalent experience may substitute)
• 6 years of experience including API testing scripts (REST/SOAP), UI/browser emulation scripts (Selenium, TestNG, Protractor), programming/scripting languages (Java, JavaScript, Bash, Python), load testing (JMeter), CI/CD orchestration (AWS Code Build/Code Pipeline, Bamboo, Jenkins), Jira or Workfront, end‑to‑end automation testing, and delivering QA training sessions or workshops
• Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile methodologies, and CI/CD practices
• Experience with automation frameworks and programming languages such as Java, Python, or Java Script
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with a data‑driven mindset
• Proven ability to drive quality improvements across cross‑functional teams

• Master’s Degree or PhD
• Experience with PaaS systems such as Salesforce, Banner, or Workday
• Ability to write SQL queries across relational databases
• Experience with non‑SQL data stores such as MongoDB or DynamoDB
• Familiarity with Linux environments and shell scripting
• Exposure to mobile development (Android or iOS)

• Introductory call
• Technical interview
• Hiring manager interview

This is a full‑time, in‑office position located in Salt Lake City, UT, requiring five days per week. The role requires occasional travel of up to 20%, including attendance at company summits (typically one to two per year) and other business related events.

Medical, dental, vision, telehealth, and mental health care; health savings account; flexible spending account; basic and voluntary life insurance; disability coverage; accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverage; legal and identity theft coverage; retirement savings plan; wellbeing program; discounted WGU tuition; flexible paid time off including up to 12 weeks parental leave; 11 paid holidays.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.