Senior QA Automation Engineer

Senior QA Automation Engineer College Board– Technology –AIServices Infrastructure Location:This is a fully remote role. Candidates who live near CB offices have theoptionof being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office).Type:This is a full-time position About the Team We'rea small, close-knit team enabling AI services for specific departments withinCollegeBoard, working at the intersection of Product, Engineering, and Psychometrics.You'llhelp build and evolve software that supportsCollegeBoard's large-scale assessment programs, ensuringaccurate, reliable outcomes for the students and educators who rely on them.We'recurrently building and evolving this capability internally, with a focus on improving efficiency, reliability, and the day-to-day experience of thestudents andlarge educator workforce involved in this process.Being small meanseveryone has real influence:you'llwear multiple hats, partner closely with Product and Psychometrics, and help shape a broader ecosystem of scoring and orchestration services as it takes shape. Aboutthe Opportunity  As a SeniorQAAutomation Engineer, you will be helping to develop andvalidatecritical components that will enhance learning opportunities and feedback for millions of students, while also contributing to the needs of educators. For this team, you will be the primary quality-focused engineer, ensuring that solutions coming out of the team are well-crafted and meet the needs of all stakeholders from both a functional and technical standpoint. You will also be asked to help explorenew technologies,identifyopportunities thatbenefitTechnology as a whole, andparticipateinAI-driven SDLC processes. In this role, you will:Design & Implementation (60%) Design and implement testing strategies,including agenticAI, to provide automated validation of quality metrics and gates within the system.Identifyappropriate testingstrategies to apply for differing scenarios and processes.Provideexpertguidanceonfunctional and data-oriented risks. Help ensure that system components are built with security as a high priority. Maintain the highest engineering standards in collaboration with product owners, architects, and stakeholders, in support of our systems and services  Understand new product capabilities and decompose the implementation into specific functional changes for verification Createappropriate mockservices to ensure zero dependency, where possible, with other teams Provide entry and exit points for automated services that other engineers may use to ensure their own quality before it reaches the team level. Build solutions using the best practices of Agile, CI/CD, and DevOps. Team Operations & Success (20%) Participatein andpossiblyleadAgile ceremonies. Contribute to development ofnew processesfor agentic-centered development. Participateand leadpeer reviews of software engineering artifactsfor both design and code Assistin the resolution of production issues Be a fierce advocatefordevelopment standards and security policies and procedures Adopt the continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) practice of rapidly implementing, testing, and delivering high-quality code based on the team’s DevOps model Continuously develop the skillsrequiredto work as part of the Agile team in a poly-skilled development environment Contribute to SDLC process design when appropriate Systems Analysis and Development(20%) Develop andmaintaina thorough understanding of the customer’s business processes and operations Work closely withArchitects and Engineers toevaluatefeature requests,providelevel-of-effortestimates,and contribute toplanning. Analyze and conduct testing todeterminethe most efficient approaches for our systems and benchmark current approaches About you, youhave: ~7+years of experience in software systems, testing, qualityassuranceand scripting/development Working experience with quality tools, such as Cucumber, Jest, Postman, etc. Familiarity with advanced testing strategies such as using test doubles (stubs, fakes, shims, mocks) Basic understanding of performance testing and the mechanics of operating one Experience applying AI for both development and testing purposes Experience testing codeand scripting withinanAmazon Web Servicesenvironment(Lambda, Step Functions, S3, Dynamo, etc.) Experience with CI/CD and DevOps, infrastructure and how role access works Experience working in Agile methodologies Proven ability to pitchnew ideasand implement improved systems and processes Strong oral and written communication skills and analytical ability Able to function independently and in a collaborative environment Ability to travel 3-5 times a year to our NYC or Reston, VA office All roles at College Board require: A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, with a willingness to experiment with and adopt new AI-driven solutions and comfort with learning and applying new