Posted 4d ago
Senior Software Test Engineer
Best fit for
This role is best for senior QA engineers or SDETs with hands-on experience in Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Docker open to working from Arlington, Virginia, US.
Skills you need for this role
Detected from the job title, description, and tags.
Automation skills
- Selenium — Still the most-asked browser automation framework in QA interviews and legacy suites.
- Playwright — Modern cross-browser automation with auto-waits — increasingly the default at product companies.
- Cypress — Popular for front-end teams that own their own end-to-end suite.
CI/CD and DevOps
- Docker — Needed to containerise test environments and spin up dependencies.
- AWS — Common cloud target for test infra + service integration testing.
Programming languages
- Python — Popular for API testing, data validation, and Playwright/Pytest suites.
- JavaScript / TypeScript — Required for Playwright, Cypress, and modern front-end test tooling.
- SQL — Data validation and back-office QA rely on solid SQL.
Domain & process
- Performance testing (JMeter / k6 / LoadRunner) — Different discipline from functional QA — expect scenario and metrics questions.
- Agile / Scrum — You'll be expected to describe how you fit QA into short iterations.
- AI in testing — Employers increasingly ask how you use AI copilots to speed up QA work.
Job description
At Two Six Technologies, we build, deploy, and implement innovative products that solve the world's most complex challenges today. Through unrivaled collaboration and unwavering trust, we push the boundaries of what's possible to empower our team and support our customers in building a safer global future. Overview of Opportunity At Two Six Technologies, we build, deploy, and implement innovative products that solve the world's most complex challenges today. We are seeking a Senior Software Test Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and executing comprehensive manual functional and user-acceptance tests to assess software product quality. However, your work will extend beyond isolated software testing to include evaluating how custom web applications, distributed architectures, and interoperable non-kinetic data streams function as a unified ecosystem. As our testing practices evolve, you will assist in implementing automated testing frameworks to scale these efforts. Additionally, you will contribute to new testing strategies aimed at verifying AI-assisted code development, ensuring the robustness and integrity of our software ecosystem. You will collaborate closely with program engineering, development, and field operations teams to establish testing processes, evaluate complex features, and isolate critical defects. You will play a vital role in ensuring mission readiness, validating intricate data flows across multiple disparate networks, and aligning the entire test life cycle directly with strategic operational timelines. Location: This role is expected to be on-site at TST's Arlington headquarters 4-5 days per week. Responsibilities:
- Perform software product testing via website interactions and tooling to investigate possible causes of problems.
- Develop functional, end-to-end, regression, and performance tests in manual test environments.
- Evaluate how custom web applications, distributed architectures, and interoperable data streams function together as a unified ecosystem.
- Assist in the progressive rollout and implementation of automated testing frameworks to scale existing manual efforts.
- Contribute to the design of new testing strategies aimed at verifying the quality, robustness, and integrity of AI-assisted code development.
- Detect, document, and track software defect reports and feature requests.
- Understand, reproduce, and troubleshoot product defects, collaborating closely with developers to determine the best resolution.
- Assist in the planning and implementation of Testing-Team processes and solutions in alignment with program and operational timelines. Minimum Qualifications:
- 5+ years of software testing experience, with exposure to web automation tools (e.g., Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, etc.).
- 3+ years of experience with backend API testing, integration testing, and functional testing.
- Solid understanding of networking concepts, distributed systems, and cross-network data flows.
- Experience with UNIX / LINUX-based operating systems.
- Experience with SQL or other relational/non-relational database technologies.
- Familiarity with, or a strong interest in, modern development workflows using AI-assisted coding tools and methods for verifying code integrity.
- Experience testing complex, data-heavy systems or interoperable data streams.
- Solid grasp of technical writing and documentation.
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or comparable professional experience. Nice If You Have:
- Military cyber experience, networking experience, or understanding of common military, cyber, and networking vernacular.
- Familiarity with AI development and testing capabilities.
- Familiarity with virtualization or cloud technologies such as Docker, vSphere, Ansible, or AWS.
- Understanding of the Agile Software Development Life Cycle.
- Experience refining low-level testing or configuration scripts using Bash, Python, or Javascript.
- Experience with creating automated tests for geospatial libraries such as OpenLayers and CesiumJS. Clearance Qualifications:
- Eligible to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance. #LI-MS1 Two Six Technologies is committed to providing competitive and comprehensive compensation packages that reflect the value we place on our employees and their contributions. We believe in rewarding skills, experience, and performance. Our offerings include but are not limited to, medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability insurance, retirement benefits, paid leave, tuition assistance and professional development. The projected salary range listed for this position is annualized. This is a general guideline and not a guarantee of salary. Salary is one component of our total compensation package and the specific salary offered is determined by various factors, including, but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills, geographic location, as well as contract specific affordability and organizational requirements. Salary Range $96,700-$140,000 USD Looking for other great opportunities? Check out Two Six Technologies Opportunities for all our Company's current openings! Ready to make the first move towards growing your career? If so, check out the Two Six Technologies Candidate Journey! This will give you step-by-step directions on applying, what to expect during the application process, information about our rich benefits and perks along with our most frequently asked questions. If you are undecided and would like to learn more about us and how we are contributing to essential missions, check out our Two Six Technologies News page! We share information about the tech world around us and how we are making an impact! Still have questions, no worries! You can reach us at Contact Two Six Technologies. We are happy to connect and cover the information needed to assist you in reaching your next career milestone. Two Six Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture, hair type and protective hair styles (e.g., braids, twists, locs and twists)), color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions and lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age (40 and over), marital status, disability, genetic information, and protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. For more information review the Two Six Technologies Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Policy and the EEO Poster. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request reasonable workplace accommodation for any part of our employment process, please send an email to Information provided will be kept confidential and used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations. Additionally, please be advised that this business uses E-Verify in its hiring practices. By submitting the following application, I hereby certify that to the best of my knowledge, the information provided is true and accurate.
Job highlights
- •Role: Senior Software Test Engineer
- •Company: Two Six Technologies
- •Location: Arlington, Virginia, US
- •Type: Full-time
- •Experience: Senior
- •Seniority: Senior
- •Posted: Jul 3, 2026
Key skills: Selenium · Playwright · Cypress · Docker · Python · JavaScript · AWS · SQL · Manual Testing
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- Q1.Explain the Page Object Model and how you'd structure it in Selenium.
- Q2.How do you handle dynamic waits without using Thread.sleep in Selenium?
- Q3.How does Playwright's auto-waiting differ from Selenium's explicit waits?
- Q4.Walk through how you'd parallelise Playwright tests in CI with sharding.
- Q5.How do you handle cross-origin flows in Cypress?
Salary context
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Two Six Technologies hasn't disclosed a salary range for this senior role. Check our QA/SDET salary benchmarks to anchor your ask for Arlington, Virginia, US.
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