[Hiring] QA Engineer @Fearless

Role Description

Fearless is seeking a contractor to serve as a QA Engineer. This role will function as a consultant and collaborate with cross-functional Agile teams to ensure that websites and their underlying software function correctly, efficiently, and securely for a federal health care platform serving approximately 11 million monthly users.

This Quality Assurance role identifies defects, verifies feature implementations, and upholds high-quality standards throughout the software development lifecycle. The successful candidate builds and executes thorough test plans and champions accessibility and reliability.

This position requires candidates to obtain and maintain a federal Public Trust clearance and satisfy all CMS residency requirements.

Your Deliverables During this Engagement:

• Review project requirements, user stories, and design mockups to understand the scope of testing
• Create detailed test plans for functional, performance, accessibility, usability, and security testing
• Develop and maintain clear test documentation for the team
• Perform manual and automated testing to validate website functionality, including responsive design across devices and browsers
• Execute regression tests to ensure recent code changes have not introduced new issues, and conduct exploratory testing to surface unexpected defects
• Identify and implement Section 508 accessibility standards in testing
• Log and track defects in Jira with detailed, reproducible reports, screenshots, and clear steps to reproduce
• Collaborate with developers to troubleshoot, conduct root cause analysis, and validate fixes
• Collaborate with security teams to conduct basic security tests and identify vulnerabilities
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and risk management assessments, and recommend testing-process improvements

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, tools, and processes
• Ability to identify and write explicit test scenarios, test plans, and test cases from requirements documents
• Experience identifying and implementing Section 508 accessibility standards
• Experience with JavaScript-based testing (Cypress)
• Experience logging and tracking defects using Jira
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Self-starter, highly motivated, able to work with little or no supervision
• Comfortable working on a highly collaborative, cross-functional team
• Ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust clearance

Requirements

• Nice to have: Develop and maintain automated tests in Cypress or PHPUnit
• Perform load and stress testing to identify performance bottlenecks using tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner

Benefits

• Competitive contract rates based on experience, qualifications, project requirements, and market considerations
• Opportunity to contribute to mission-driven work that delivers meaningful outcomes
• Collaborate alongside experienced professionals across technology, delivery, design, and organizational development
• Apply your expertise to impactful client engagements
• Build relationships with a values-driven organization committed to excellence
• Work with a team that values autonomy, accountability, and results