Quality Assurance Engineer | $70,000 - $120,000 per year | Direct Hire | Lincoln, NE
What Matters Most:
- Competitive Pay: $70,000 - $120,000 per year plus annual bonus potential
- Schedule: Full-time, Direct Hire
- Work Arrangement: Onsite for the first six months, transitioning to a flexible 50% hybrid schedule
- Help drive the evolution from manual testing to modern automated testing
- Outstanding benefits package including a fully funded pension, 401(k), and comprehensive healthcare
Job Description:
Join a stable, technology-focused organization that is making a significant investment in software quality and digital transformation. As a Quality Assurance Engineer, you'll play a key role in building automated testing capabilities while ensuring enterprise applications are reliable, scalable, and ready for production. This is an excellent opportunity for a QA professional who enjoys automation, Agile collaboration, continuous improvement, and helping shape modern testing practices within a highly collaborative engineering team.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, execute, and maintain both manual and automated test cases for enterprise software applications.
- Build and enhance automated test frameworks using Playwright, Selenium, or similar automation tools.
- Perform API testing using Postman or comparable tools while validating backend data and system integrations.
- Collaborate closely with Developers, Product Owners, and Business Analysts to define test strategies and acceptance criteria.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily standups, and retrospectives.
- Document, track, and manage software defects using Azure DevOps or similar platforms.
- Contribute to CI/CD automation initiatives and help advance the organization's automated testing capabilities.
- Analyze test results, identify root causes, and recommend quality improvements.
- Mentor teammates by promoting QA best practices and supporting a shift-left testing mindset.
Qualifications and Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- 2+ years of software quality assurance experience, including both manual and automated testing.
- Hands-on experience with automated testing tools such as Playwright, Selenium, or similar frameworks.
- Experience performing API testing using Postman, Swagger, or comparable tools.
- Strong understanding of QA methodologies, test planning, regression testing, and defect management.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.
- Experience using Azure DevOps or similar test management platforms strongly preferred.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Experience helping organizations expand or improve their automated testing capabilities is highly valued.
- Knowledge of performance testing tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner is preferred.
Benefits and Perks:
- Annual performance bonus
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Fully funded pension plan
- Generous Paid Time Off and company holidays
- Wellness programs
- Flexible hybrid work schedule after onboarding
Your New Organization:
Join a financially strong organization that is making substantial investments in modern software engineering, automation, and digital transformation. You'll become part of a collaborative technology team where quality is viewed as a strategic advantage, continuous learning is encouraged, and engineers genuinely enjoy working together. With significant team growth planned, you'll have the opportunity to help shape the future of QA while working alongside experienced professionals in a supportive, team-first environment.
Your Career Partner:
The Reserves Network, a veteran-founded and family-owned company, specializes in connecting exceptional talent with rewarding opportunities. With extensive industry experience, we are dedicated to helping you achieve your professional goals and shine in your field. The Reserves Network values diversity and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply. As an equal-opportunity employer, we foster an environment of respect, integrity, and trust in every aspect of employment.
The base salary range for this position is $70,000 - $120,000, excluding benefits, bonuses, or other compensation. Your final salary will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, location, and internal pay equity.