QA Automation Engineer

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 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 expertise in various test automation tools and libraries. You will build out a 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 (10%)

• 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
• Conduct and participate in peer code and design reviews
• Write JIRA stories for bugs discovered while testing

Design & Implementation (75%)

• 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 to maintain coding best practices
• Assist in the resolution of production issues
• Adhere to development standards and security policies and procedures

About You

To qualify for this role, you must have:

• Ideally 3+ 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
• Working understanding of test strategies within development environments and workflows
• The ability to travel 2-3 times a year to College Board offices or on behalf of College Board business

All roles at College Board require:

• A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work
• Authorization to work in the United States for any employer
• Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, with a willingness to experiment with and adopt new AI-driven solutions and comfort learning and applying new digital tools independently and proactively.
• Clear and concise communication skills, written and verbal
• A learner's mindset and a commitment to growth: welcoming diverse perspectives, giving and receiving timely, respectful feedback, and continuously improving through iterative learning and user input.
• A drive for impact and excellence: solving complex problems, making data-informed decisions, prioritizing what matters most, and continuously improving through learning, user input, and external benchmarking.
• A collaborative and empathetic approach: working across differences, fostering trust, and contributing to a culture of shared success.

About Our Process

• Application review will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.
• 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.

What We Offer

At College Board, we offer more than just a paycheck-we provide a meaningful career, a supportive team, and a comprehensive package designed to help you thrive. We're a self-sustaining nonprofit that believes in fair and competitive compensation, grounded in your qualifications, experience, impact, and the market.

A Thoughtful Approach to Compensation

• The hiring range for this role is $137,000 -$148,000.
• Your exact salary will depend on your location, experience, and how your background compares to others in similar roles at the College Board.
• We aim to make our best offer upfront-rooted in fairness, transparency, and market data.
• We adjust salaries by location to ensure fairness, no matter where you live.

You'll have open, transparent conversations about compensation, benefits, and what it's like to work at College Board throughout your hiring process. Check out our careers page for more.

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