Software Engineer (Test & Quality)

Quick Facts

• Role: Mid-level Software Engineer focused on Test & Quality

Description

You will help ensure user-facing astronomy applications are reliable, well tested, and easy to change with confidence. Your initial focus is the NRAO Science Archive, with potential to extend to other Science User Applications such as proposal submission. Work includes automated testing across unit, integration, and end-to-end layers, CI/CD integration, and performance regression detection.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain automated test infrastructure (unit, integration, end-to-end)

• Write and maintain automated tests for backend services and web user interfaces

• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to enable dependable releases

• Identify performance bottlenecks and regressions using profiling and load testing

• Collaborate with developers to improve testability and diagnose defects

• Contribute to the design and delivery of key system components

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, a scientific field, or related field (or highly relevant experience)

• Minimum of 1 year of software application development experience

• Preferred: 3+ years of professional software development or software testing, with significant test automation/quality experience

• Effective verbal and written communication

• Familiarity with standard software engineering concepts, practices, and procedures

• Ability and interest to work in a Scrum environment

• US work authorization (no H-1B sponsorship)

Benefits

• Starting salary: $96,588–$120,000

• Paid time off: 13 holidays; up to 24 vacation days annually (accrual)

• Medical, dental, and vision plans effective first day (eligibility required)

• Retirement contribution: employer contributes 10% of base pay (no required employee contribution)