Quality Engineer

Our client is seeking a Quality Engineer who is passionate about software quality, customer impact, and continuous improvement. This role is intentionally flexible in scope, supporting multiple web-based platforms, as well as other high‑priority or urgent initiatives as business needs evolve. You will play a critical role in maintaining a high‑quality bar while enabling teams to move quickly and confidently in a fast‑paced environment.

• Quality Engineer 3 (Contract)
• Location:
  
  San Jose, CA 95110 (Hybrid)
• Duration: 5/15/2026 to 11/27/2026
• Team:
  Layup RD US

Our client is seeking a Quality Engineer who is passionate about software quality, customer impact, and continuous improvement. This role is intentionally flexible in scope, supporting multiple web-based platforms, as well as other high‑priority or urgent initiatives as business needs evolve. You will play a critical role in maintaining a high‑quality bar while enabling teams to move quickly and confidently in a fast‑paced environment.

• Become a deep expert in assigned product areas, partnering closely with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers to define requirements, acceptance criteria, and quality expectations
• Design, document, and execute comprehensive test strategies for new features and regression coverage across multiple initiatives
• Perform hands‑on testing across modern web applications, including functional, integration, regression, and smoke testing
• Support multiple release cycles per week to ensure customers receive timely features and bug fixes
• Work closely with development teams to improve software delivery processes and ensure quality is built into every stage of development
• Take full end‑to‑end ownership of testing and release readiness for assigned features or projects, including fast‑moving or urgent initiatives when required
• Coordinate testing activities with offshore and distributed teams to ensure alignment, clarity, and timely execution
• Contribute to raising the overall quality bar by sharing best practices and growing the technical expertise of the broader quality engineering team

• 5+ years of experience testing modern web applications as a Quality Engineer, with strong hands‑on expertise in functional, integration, and regression testing
• Experience testing AI or ML‑powered product features, including validation of model outputs, error handling, and edge cases
• Solid understanding of modern testing practices across the full software development lifecycle, with experience working in Agile environments
• Proven ability to create, document, and maintain pragmatic, scalable test strategies
• Experience working with or coordinating offshore teams, including planning, execution alignment, and effective communication across time zones
• Experience clearly documenting, reporting, and communicating quality status and test results to technical and non‑technical stakeholders
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple work streams and shifting priorities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and a strong team‑first mindset
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
• Experience with CI tools such as Jenkins and collaboration tools including Jira, Slack, and Wikis
• Ability to quickly learn new tools, technologies, and product domains

• Experience building and maintaining automated end‑to‑end test coverage for web applications using tools such as Playwright
• Hands‑on experience testing API‑based applications as an Automation Engineer
• Backend API testing experience
• Experience leading or mentoring Quality Engineers

• Pay $45.00 to $47.18 per hour

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