Quality Engineer
US$110,000 – US$120,000 / yr base salary
Posted 10 Oct 2026
Advertised as “Senior Quality Engineer”
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- Expected experience
- 5+ yrs
- Management level
- People management
- Employment
- Remote
- Contract
- Full-time
| Base salary | US$110,000 – US$120,000 / yr |
|---|
Field of studyComputer Science, Engineering, Information Systems (or related)
Study levelBachelor's
Senior Quality Engineer
Help shape the future of assessment technology by leading quality engineering across two mission-critical Pearson platforms: ExamDeveloper, our exam authoring and management platform, and OnVUE, our industry-leading remote proctoring and exam delivery solution. You will drive testing excellence, automation maturity, and release confidence across platforms that support the full assessment lifecycle, from exam creation through secure exam delivery.
Also known in the market as: Senior QA Engineer, Senior Test Automation Engineer, Quality Engineering Lead, Senior Quality Engineer, Test Automation Lead.
About the Role
As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will serve as a technical authority for quality across one or more product domains. You will lead quality strategy, test planning, automation initiatives, and release readiness efforts while partnering with engineering, product, architecture, DevOps, security, and operations teams.
This role combines hands-on testing and automation with leadership through influence. You will help solve complex quality challenges, strengthen automation practices, mentor fellow quality engineers, and ensure the reliability, security, accessibility, and scalability of products used by millions of learners, certification candidates, and testing organizations worldwide.
The Opportunities
We are currently hiring multiple Senior Quality Engineer positions across our ExamDeveloper and OnVUE product teams:
- OnVue / Exam Developer - OnVUE offers a growth and governance opportunity across online proctoring and vendor partnerships. ExamDeveloper needs transformation, quality improvement and more sustainable processes. Final product alignment will be discussed during screening.
Together, these platforms support the assessment journey from exam creation to exam delivery, making quality engineering critical to both customer success and candidate experience.
What You'll Do
- Lead test strategy and quality planning for new features, platform enhancements, and releases.
- Design comprehensive test approaches spanning functional, integration, regression, API, accessibility, negative, and end-to-end testing.
- Build, maintain, and improve automated testing coverage across web, API, and workflow scenarios.
- Perform hands-on testing for complex, high-risk, cross-functional initiatives.
- Define and enforce quality gates and release readiness criteria.
- Lead defect triage, root cause analysis, retesting, and validation activities.
- Review automation and regression results, identify trends, and improve reliability and coverage.