Help define and drive Murmuration’s QA strategy across multiple engineering pods, ensuring consistent quality practices and standards;
Partner with our QA group to help establish and maintain QA processes, including test planning, automation strategy, release readiness, and defect management;
Identify gaps in quality processes and lead cross-team initiatives to improve reliability, test coverage, and engineering efficiency;
Serve as a subject-matter expert on QA methodologies, tooling, and best practices;
Design, build, and maintain automated test suites for web applications, APIs, backend services, and data pipelines;
Develop automated data validation tests for large-scale datasets, ETL workflows, and analytics systems (i.e., Python, Pandas, SQL, and NoSQL);
Implement and maintain CI/CD-integrated test automation frameworks;
Contribute to performance, load, and reliability testing for critical systems;
Perform manual testing when appropriate, especially for exploratory, usability, or high-risk areas;
Work closely with developers, product managers, designers, and data engineers to ensure high-quality delivery of features and platform improvements;
Participate in design reviews, requirement refinement, and architecture discussions to ensure testability and quality considerations are built in from the start;
Collaborate with DevOps and platform teams to improve deployment pipelines, observability, and release confidence;
Mentor other QA engineers and developers on testing strategies, automation techniques, and quality best practices;
Promote a culture of quality across engineering through documentation, training, and process improvements;
Advocate for inclusive, collaborative, and data-driven engineering practices.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, Software Engineering in Test, or related roles;
Strong experience designing and implementing automated tests for web applications, APIs, and backend services;
Proficiency with test automation and data validation (i.e., Pandas, SQL, scripting);
Experience with cloud environments (e.g., AWS S3, EC2, Lambda, etc.) and containerization (Docker);
Strong understanding of QA methodologies, test design techniques, and defect management;
Experience testing data-intensive systems, ETL pipelines, or analytics platforms;
Familiarity with Git, GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile/Scrum workflows;
Excellent debugging, analytical, and communication skills;
Ability to lead quality initiatives across multiple teams and influence the engineering process;
Experience in Javascript/Typescript;
Experience using and working with a test automation framework (e.g., Playwright, Postman, pytest, Cypress, etc.)

Benefits

Health, vision, and dental insurance with 100% of premiums covered for you and qualifying family members;
Retirement benefits with a 5% employer match;
A flexible unlimited PTO plan;
Generous paid parental leave;
Pre-tax commuter benefits;
A company laptop;
A flexible remote work environment;
A home office setup stipend for all new employees;
Monthly reimbursement for remote work expenses;
A yearly professional development fund;
Mental health and wellness benefits through Calm and Better Help;
Yearly in-person staff retreats;
A welcoming culture that celebrates diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

automated testingtest automationdata validationETL workflowsAPIsweb applicationsbackend servicesperformance testingload testingreliability testing

Soft Skills

communication skillsanalytical skillsdebugging skillsleadershipcollaborationmentoringinfluencequality advocacyprocess improvementtraining