Senior Software Engineer – Test Automation

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $120k - $150k / year

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Skyward

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51 - 200 employees

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🏛️ Government

Artificial Intelligence • Government • Technology

Skyward is a Maryland-based digital services organization that specializes in AI/ML, Agile DevSecOps, and Data Science, serving as a trusted Federal partner. With a mission to serve the American people, Skyward delivers agile, user-centered, and scalable solutions for mission-critical programs, working closely with Federal Government allies. The company prides itself on being a member of the Digital Services Coalition and focuses on advancing innovation and excellence in government technology. Skyward is dedicated to transforming AI possibilities into impactful realities and is committed to improving customer experiences and software delivery processes. The company has significantly grown its workforce and impacts millions of Americans and small businesses through its services.

📋 Description

• Serve as a senior engineer supporting CMS's modernization efforts, turning manual test cycles into automated, observable, fast-feedback systems that scale with the mission. • Design, build, and maintain test automation frameworks across the stack so quality is engineered in, not inspected at the end. • Champion shift-left quality: pair with developers on test strategy, push coverage upstream, and make sure quality is everyone's job, not a gate at the end of the pipeline. • Write real software (Python, preferably) to build test harnesses, fixtures, data generators, and tooling that developers actually want to use. • Own the API and UI automation layers, browser automation, and accessibility coverage where it counts. • Integrate tests deeply into CI/CD - parallelized, sharded, and tuned so the feedback loop is measured in minutes, not coffee breaks. • Hunt down flakiness like it's personal. Quarantine it, root-cause it, fix it, and put guardrails in place so it doesn't come back. • Design performance, load, and chaos experiments so the team knows how the system behaves before real users find out. • Contribute to architectural decisions, technical roadmaps, and engineering best practices across the program. Oh, and mentor the engineers around you while you're at it. • Partner cross-functionally with product, security, customer experience, and platform teams to keep delivery moving and the mission front and center.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or related field (or equivalent practical experience) • 10+ years of progressive software engineering experience, with deep specialization in test automation and quality engineering at production scale • Strong programming chops in at least one modern language (preferably Python and TypeScript) and the judgment to know which one fits the job • Deep, hands-on experience designing and maintaining test automation frameworks (unit, integration, end-to-end, and performance) • Production experience with browser and API automation tools (Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, REST Assured, Postman/Newman, Pact, or similar) • Solid experience integrating automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) • Comfort with performance and load testing tooling (k6, JMeter, or similar) and a working understanding of what “good” looks like • Working knowledge of containerized test environments (Docker, Kubernetes) • A well-rounded engineering profile: you can read production code, pair with developers, and ship features when the team needs to roll up its sleeves • Strong understanding of secure coding and DevSecOps practices.

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision insurance (fully paid for employees) • 15 days of paid leave • 7 days of sick leave • 2 days bereavement leave • 11 paid Federal holidays • Up to 40 hours for jury duty • 401K with 4% employer contribution (and no vesting period) • Up to 4 weeks of paid paternity and maternity leave • Company provided laptop • $5,000 per year for professional development • $600 per year for technical supplies and equipment • $2,000 referral bonus • Life and disability insurance • HSA and FSA • Legal Shield and ID Shield Voluntary Benefits • Opportunity to work in a collaborative, motivated team focused on modernizing government services with cutting-edge technology and innovative solutions.