Quality Assurance Tester

Cayuse Holdings

Quality Assurance Tester ensuring reliability, performance, and usability of software applications through automated and manual testing. Collaborating with development teams to meet quality standards.

Posted 6/24/2026full-timeWashington • District of Columbia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $139,000 - $143,228 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CypressJavaScript.NETPythonSDLCSeleniumSQLTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, develop, and execute test cases (automated and manual) for web-based and enterprise applications, ensuring thorough coverage of functional and non-functional requirements.
Collaborate with development and product teams throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC) to understand requirements, clarify acceptance criteria, and embed quality early in the process.
Identify, document, and track software defects using established processes and tools, ensuring issues are clearly described, reproducible, and prioritized in alignment with business needs.
Test front-end frameworks and user interfaces for functionality, usability, accessibility, and cross-browser/cross-device compatibility.
Analyze test results and trends to provide clear, actionable feedback and recommendations to developers and stakeholders.
Participate in test planning and estimation activities, contributing to test strategies, test plans, and level-of-effort estimates.
Contribute to status and scrum meetings, communicating test progress, risks, and issues in a timely and transparent manner.
Maintain and update test documentation, including test plans, test cases, test data, and test execution reports, ensuring traceability to requirements.
Leverage scripting and automation frameworks (.NET, Python, Bash, PowerShell, JavaScript/TypeScript) to expand automated test coverage and improve regression testing efficiency.
Support CI/CD practices by integrating test suites into pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI) to enable continuous testing and rapid feedback.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
Minimum of 8+ years in software testing, quality assurance, or related technical roles.
Minimum 2 years of experience in software quality assurance/testing, including both manual and automated testing.
Experience with Atlassian tools, such as JIRA for defect/issue tracking and Confluence for documentation and collaboration.
Hands-on experience with UI automation tools, including Selenium and Cypress, for web application testing.
Experience running queries to validate data, such as using SQL or similar query languages to verify back-end data integrity and business rules.
Experience with Git-based source control, such as GitLab or Git, including branching, merging, and code review workflows.
Active Top Secret Security Clearance is required. Must be able to pass a background check. May require additional background checks as required by projects and/or clients at any time during employment.
Minimum Skills Required: Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills. Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to respond effectively to customers with a sense of urgency. Proficient in Microsoft and Adobe toolsets, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Acrobat, etc. Highly motivated with the ability to handle and manage multiple tasks at any one time. Ability to forge new relationships, individual and teaming in nature. Must be a Self-starter, that can work independently and as part of a team.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
Wellness Program
Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter)
Short-Term and Long-Term Disability options
Basic Life and AD&D Insurance (Company Provided)
Voluntary Life and AD&D options
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with matching after one year
Paid Time Off

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Hard Skills & Tools

automated testingmanual testingUI automationSQLscripting.NETPythonBashPowerShellJavaScript

Soft Skills

problem-solvinganalytical skillscommunicationinterpersonal skillssense of urgencymotivationtask managementrelationship buildingteamworkself-starter

Certifications

Top Secret Security Clearance