Senior Quality Engineer - Remote

Overview

The big picture: Axios is a media company dedicated to providing trustworthy, award-winning news content in an audience-first format. We are hiring a Senior Quality Engineer, where you will play a key role in embedding quality throughout our ecosystem to ensure a reliable, inclusive, and high-performing content creation and reader experience.

In Short

• Actively participate in grooming, design reviews, and risk assessments to embed quality early in the development process.
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to ensure comprehensive test coverage across functional, integration, performance, and accessibility testing.
• Design, implement, and maintain scalable automated tests, ensuring an optimal balance between automation and strategic manual testing.
• Identify, log, track, and drive resolution of defects, ensuring clear communication with stakeholders.
• Leverage metrics, dashboards, and analytics to monitor product quality and proactively identify issues before they impact users.
• Contribute to quality process refinements and mentor application development engineers on testing best practices.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in quality engineering or software testing.
• Proficiency in test automation using tools like Cypress and UI component validation tools like Storybook.
• Experience testing web applications in agile development environments.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to champion and articulate quality engineering principles across teams.
• A commitment to fostering collaboration, embracing continuous learning, and proactively solving challenges.

Benefits

• 401(k) with employer match.
• Robust PPO and High Deductible health insurance options on the Blue Cross Blue Shield network.
• Employer Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution for the high deductible health plan option.
• Dental and vision coverage.
• Primary caregiver 12-week paid leave.
• Generous vacation policy, plus holidays.
• One mental health day per quarter.
• Annual learning and development stipend.
• $100 monthly work-from-home stipend.
• Tele-mental health services through Headspace.
• OneMedical membership, including tele-health services.
• Personal health advocacy resources through HealthAdvocate.
• Inclusive fertility, hormonal health and family forming benefits through Carrot Fertility.
• Access to the Axios “Family Fund”, which was created to allow employees to request financial support when facing financial hardship or emergencies.
• Increased work flexibility for parents and caretakers.
• Virtual company-sponsored social events.
• A strong and positive work environment.
• A commitment to an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture.