Quality engineering (qe) automation engineer

Amida Technology Solutions is a DC-based technology company focused on data interoperability, integrity, governance, and security. We create solutions that collect, reconcile, transform, and standardize data for business intelligence, advanced analytics, decision support, and user transactions. We specialize in taking data from inception to impact.

Our team is composed of creative, forward-looking thinkers who are passionate about using cutting-edge technology to improve lives and generate a positive impact on our country. We offer an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment that values fresh ideas, candid conversations, and authentic teamwork.

Amida Technology Solutions is seeking a Quality Engineering (QE) Automation Engineer. The successful candidate will design, build, and maintain robust automation test suites using industry standards. This role will report to the program manager. The ideal candidate will be motivated by the opportunity to support public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and private companies in transforming their data into actionable insights. The candidate must be willing and able to work 3-4 days per week at our client's site in downtown Dallas, TX.

What you will do:

• Build and maintain automated UI test suites using Selenium (or an equivalent framework such as Playwright or Cypress), covering critical user journeys across supported browsers
• Build and maintain robotic process automation (RPA) workflows using UiPath or equivalent RPA platforms to support test execution and repetitive validation tasks
• Perform accessibility testing using Deque axe (or equivalent tooling) to validate Section 508 and WCAG compliance across web applications
• Manage test cases, execution results, and defect tracking in Jira with Xray, and maintain test documentation and process standards in Confluence
• Design and extend API-level test coverage with RESTAssured or comparable tooling, including contract, negative-path, and data-driven scenarios
• Own the regression suite end-to-end (scope, structure, execution cadence, and runtime) and keep it fast enough to run on every pull request
• Integrate test execution into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps), including parallelization, containerized test environments, and quality gates that block bad builds
• Triage failures and drive flake to zero: root-cause instability, fix or quarantine unreliable tests, and report on suite health with real metrics
• Publish clear test results and coverage reporting that developers and product stakeholders actually use
• Review application code and test code alike, and advocate for testability in design discussions before features are built
• Contribute to test data management, environment setup, and reusable automation libraries that other engineers can build upon
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement quality engineering/assurance standards and processes
• Other duties as assigned

Required Education:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related discipline

Required Experience:

At least three years of professional experience building automated UI, API, and regression test suites for production software

Demonstrated experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and enforcing quality gates

Hands-on experience with UiPath or another RPA platform for automating repetitive test and validation workflows

Required Skills:

• Proficiency with Jira and Xray for test case management, execution tracking, and defect logging
• Hands-on proficiency with Selenium, RESTAssured (HTTP, REST, JSON), or equivalent automation frameworks with the ability to stand up a suite from scratch, not just extend an existing one
• Strong programming skills in at least one language commonly used for test automation (Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or C#)
• Comfort with Git-based workflows, code review, and treating test code as production code
• Ability to debug failures across the stack (e.g., application logs, network traffic, database state) and communicate findings precisely
• Excellent understanding of software quality assurance principles and practices
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Preferred:

• Working knowledge of Confluence for test documentation and process standards
• Experience with Deque axe or equivalent tooling for Section 508/WCAG accessibility testing
• Experience with performance or load testing (JMeter, k6, Gatling)
• Exposure to containerized or cloud-hosted test infrastructure (BrowserStack, Sauce Labs, Selenium Grid)
• Background in a regulated or high-availability environment where release quality carries real consequences
• Prior work on federal, state, or local government programs

Success at Amida

Communication is the key to success at Amida. Our people are known for their can-do attitude and their ability to work effectively with both internal and client teams. We pride ourselves on having a collegial, multidisciplinary team with diverse backgrounds and experience. Our best team members pay intense attention to detail in all aspects of their work, have great initiative, are opinionated about the best ways of doing things, and align quickly to decisions. A sense of humor is an asset at Amida.

Full-time, regular employees at Amida enjoy a robust benefits package that includes a generous 401(k) match with immediate vesting, 4 weeks of PTO, paid parental leave, medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life/AD&D insurance, and short-term disability. We also offer tuition/training assistance and team-building opportunities to encourage professional growth and collaboration.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.