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QA Automation Engineer

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Completion of a computer science undergraduate degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • Minimum of 3+ years working experience in commercial software development.
  • Demonstrated professional experience using AI coding agents, AI-assisted development tools, or agentic automation workflows as a substantial part of real software development work.
  • Advanced practical experience with GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Windsurf, or comparable AI-powered development platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the adoption of AI-first QA automation practices across the project team.
  • Use AI coding agents and AI-assisted development platforms extensively in day-to-day product engineering, including solution design, implementation, automated testing, debugging, troubleshooting, refactoring, code reviews, and technical documentation.
  • Design reusable prompts, agent instructions, automation workflows, validation steps, and guardrails that enable consistent and responsible AI-assisted software development.
  • Build, test, document, and maintain QA/QC systems for several products in an Agile lifecycle using C#/.NET and Microsoft Azure technologies.

Key facts

  • Remote from: California (USA)
  • Full time
  • Mid-level (2-5 years)
  • QA Automation Engineer
  • English

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Troubleshooting (Problem Solving)
  • Problem Solving
  • Social Skills
  • Teamwork

About the company

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Quest Software

Computer Software / SaaS

We are more than just a name – we are on a quest to make your information technology work harder for you. Our solutions simplify IT operations at more than 100,000 organizations worldwide. Rely on us to help you turn data into insights quicker, modernize your infrastructure faster for the cloud, optimize the application experience and get control of every device that touches your network.

Company details

Company typeLarge
IndustryComputer Software / SaaS
Company size1001 - 5000

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Job description

Overview:

Quest Software is seeking a QA Automation Engineer to help define and advance AI-first QA automation practices for our industry-leading On Demand Migration product on the Microsoft Azure platform. This role is intended for an experienced QA automation engineer who combines strong QA skills with automation experience in C#/.NET, Azure, cloud architecture, and hands-on experience using AI coding agents, AI-assisted development platforms, and agentic development workflows in production software engineering.

We are looking for a QA Automation Engineer to work in our market leading On Demand Migration SaaS offering. This team member will implement system test cases and automated product tests and create and manage cloud-based quality assurance labs utilizing the latest technologies and best practices. If you are eager to work with new technologies to design and develop software solutions used for local, networked, and internet-related programs, Quest is the place to be.

Responsibilities:
  • Contribute to the adoption of AI-first QA automation practices across the project team.
  • Use AI coding agents and AI-assisted development platforms extensively in day-to-day product engineering, including solution design, implementation, automated testing, debugging, troubleshooting, refactoring, code reviews, and technical documentation.
  • Design reusable prompts, agent instructions, automation workflows, validation steps, and guardrails that enable consistent and responsible AI-assisted software development.
  • Build, test, document, and maintain QA/QC systems for several products in an Agile lifecycle using C#/.NET and Microsoft Azure technologies.
  • Contribute as a member of an agile SCRUM team and be motivated to produce high-quality product releases with low defect rates by utilizing the latest QA/QC best practices
Qualifications:

Required: 

  • Completion of a computer science undergraduate degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • Minimum of 3+ years working experience in commercial software development
  • Demonstrated professional experience using AI coding agents, AI-assisted development tools, or agentic automation workflows as a substantial part of real software development work.
  • Advanced practical experience with GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Windsurf, or comparable AI-powered development platforms.
  • Demonstrated ability to apply AI coding tools to improve software design, implementation productivity, code quality, automated testing, debugging, troubleshooting, refactoring, code review, or technical documentation.
  • Experience maintaining and extending product QA/QC environments with techniques such as mocking, automation, integration testing, code coverage
  • Experience with ad-hoc testing of applications on Microsoft Windows desktop and server operating systems
  • Knowledge of virtual machines, networking, and cloud environments, to be able to provision, configure, and secure complex test environments in the cloud
  • Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills. Able to help replicate and diagnose customer issues for the development team.
  • Demonstrated experience with source control (Git) and issue tracking (Azure DevOps) systems in a team environment
  • Good interpersonal skills and ability to work well in a team environment

Nice to Have: 

  • Experience in Active Directory, Entra ID, Exchange, SharePoint and/or Teams.
  • Experience with PowerShell or other scripting languages.
  • Experience with Selenium or similar test automation tools.
  • Experience developing and maintaining YAML CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, or similar systems.

Company Overview

Quest Software builds the foundation for enterprise AI with solutions in data governance, cybersecurity, and platform modernization. More than 45,000 companies — including 90% of the Fortune 500 — trust Quest to solve their most critical IT challenges. From securing identities and modernizing platforms to preparing data for AI, we help enterprises unlock their full potential.

Why Quest

At Quest, your work makes an impact. You’ll help organizations get AI-ready while building your career with a global team of innovators. We offer:

  • Competitive pay, annual bonuses, and top-performer recognition.
  • Comprehensive health, family, and retirement benefits.
  • Flexible work options, generous PTO, and wellness programs.
  • Professional growth through learning platforms, mentorship, and leadership programs.
  • Inclusive teams that reflect the world we serve, supported by Employee Resource Groups and our Equality & Inclusion Council.

Quest is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind:  

Quest is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Quest are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental, or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union, or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Quest will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Quest encourages applicants of all ages. 

Job seekers should be aware of fraudulent job offers from online scammers and only apply to roles listed on quest.com/careers using our applicant system. Note: We do not use text messaging or third-party messaging apps like Telegram to communicate with applicants, so please exercise caution if you are approached in this way and only interact with people claiming to be Quest employees if they have an email address ending in @quest.com. You can report job scams to the FTC (ReportFraud.ftc.gov) or your state attorney general.#LI-CJ 

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