Quality Assurance Engineer II (LOC)

Ad Hoc is a technology company that empowers organizations to deliver scalable, impactful digital services. Using modern, agile methods, our team creates products that meet people’s needs and transform their experience of government.

Our collaborations have shaped some of the defining moments in public-sector service delivery. We’ve helped build products that connect Veterans to tailored services, help millions access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we’re also changing how the government approaches technology.

Our culture, communications, and tools are built for remote work, enabling us to bring together top talent nationwide. At Ad Hoc, remote life empowers our teams to design work environments that fit their lives and that foster flexibility and collaboration to achieve positive outcomes for our customers.

Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time. We build small, inclusive teams to collaborate closely with our partners to solve the right problems and deliver software that works.

The Federal Civilian business unit supports many customers spanning the federal, commercial, and nonprofit space. Our customers include NASA, the General Services Administration, Office of Personnel Management, the Library of Congress, Health & Human Services, and the FDIC. We partner with these agencies to build new capabilities, deliver products, establish data as a strategic asset for informed decision-making, modernize legacy systems, and build the digital service infrastructure necessary to scale their mission impact.

Quality Assurance Engineer II serves as an individual contributor within a team; with the support and guidance of leadership, you will be responsible for supporting the goal of meeting scope, schedule, and delivery requirements. You will begin to develop an awareness and understanding of the role of quality assurance within the program, as well as interact with stakeholders. Primary expectations for a Quality Assurance Engineer II include:

• →Execute functional, regression, and accessibility testing every sprint, validating stories against acceptance criteria and flagging merges that fail automated test gates
• →Write and maintain manual and automated test cases using Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright with moderate guidance from senior QA engineers
• →Run Axe and pa11y accessibility scans on merge requests and document findings in Jira and Confluence aligned to WCAG 2.1 AA standards
• →Validate API behavior using Postman or Rest Assured as part of sprint-level testing coverage
• →Collaborate with developers to write boilerplate and exploratory test cases for new functionality, reducing cognitive load and catching edge cases early
• →Contribute to CI/CD pipeline test instrumentation in GitLab, helping ensure tests run automatically at every build and check-in
• →Participate in load and performance testing activities, supporting validation of system capacity and stability
• →Participate in SAFe ceremonies including sprint planning, standups, and retrospectives, building understanding of the overall program testing strategy
• →Ask questions during design and architecture discussions to ensure systems are built with testability in mind from the start

• 3+ years of relevant QA engineering experience and a Bachelor's degree, or equivalent additional experience in lieu of a degree
• Must meet federal suitability requirements and pass a background investigation as a condition of employment
• Proficiency with test automation frameworks such as Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright
• Experience developing test plans and test cases for both manual and automated testing scenarios
• Familiarity with API testing tools such as Postman or Rest Assured
• Working knowledge of accessibility testing tools including Axe and pa11y
• Experience integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines and working within GitLab or equivalent version control environments
• Familiarity with load and performance testing concepts and tools
• Solid understanding of agile testing methodologies and how QA integrates into a sprint-based delivery model

• Prior experience with federal agency digital services or government contracting environments
• Familiarity with WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards and Section 508 compliance testing
• Experience with manual assistive technology testing using JAWS, NVDA, or VoiceOver
• Exposure to SAFe or scaled Agile delivery frameworks
• Familiarity with Cucumber Gherkin or behavior-driven development testing approaches
• Experience with performance testing tools such as NeoLoad, JMeter, or Taurus