Senior Developer – Quality Engineering

USA TODAY Network

Senior quality engineering developer building cloud-based tools, CI/CD pipelines, and observability for digital journalism platforms. Improving test coverage, reliability, and quality across high-traffic media products.

Posted 8/6/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $105,000 - $125,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building and maintaining quality engineering tools, integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring test coverage for critical workflows. Proficient in cloud resources and data analysis, with strong collaboration and communication skills.

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Proficiency In TypeScriptExperience With CI/CD PipelinesTest Automation Tools ExperienceCloud Resource DeploymentData Analysis Using SQL

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Hard Skills

TypeScriptJavaScriptPythonJavaRubyDockerGoogle Cloud RunAWS LambdaKubernetesSQL

Soft Skills

Strong Communication SkillsCollaborative Mindset

Tools & Technologies

GitHub ActionsJenkinsGoogle Cloud BigQueryData StudioGrafanaCypressPlaywrightSeleniumJUnit

Industry Keywords

Quality EngineeringTest AutomationCI/CDObservabilityHigh-Traffic Environments

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSBigQueryCloudCypressDockerGrafanaJavaJavaScriptJenkinsJUnitKubernetesPythonRubySeleniumSQLTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Propose, build, and maintain modular QE tools usable across many projects
Collaborate with product, editorial, and engineering teams to embed quality throughout the development lifecycle
Integrate automated tools and tests into CI/CD pipelines to support rapid deployment and minimize production defects
Ensure test coverage for critical workflows including content ingestion, publishing, personalization, and user engagement
Champion testability and observability in high-traffic, high-availability environments
Mentor teams on automation best practices and improve developer ownership of quality
Analyze test results and production metrics to identify trends, gaps, and improvement opportunities
Build services and pipelines using cloud resources
Add dashboards, alerting, and other observability capabilities
Scale quality engineering tools across the business

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
3+ years of development experience
Proficiency in TypeScript or JavaScript
Exposure to other programming languages such as Python, Java, or Ruby
Experience working with containers and building configuration files, such as Docker
Experience deploying and maintaining serverless projects using Google Cloud Run/Functions, AWS Lambda, Kubernetes, or similar tools
Experience with CI tools and building CI/CD pipelines, such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins
Experience ingesting, storing, organizing, displaying, and analyzing data using tools such as Google Cloud BigQuery, Data Studio, SQL, and Grafana
Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset
Experience architecting or designing multi-step software systems or pipelines, especially using cloud tools, is a plus
Exposure to and experience with test automation tools such as Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, or JUnit is a plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

Work with cutting-edge technologies in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment
Collaborate with passionate team members committed to innovation
Culture that values creativity, ownership, and continuous learning
Variable compensation may be applicable