Mid to Senior QA Engineer

Job DescriptionJob DescriptionMid to Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer/ New York City | Contract-to-Hire2Bridge has been engaged in the search for a Quality Assurance Automation Engineer for an established New York City not-for-profit organization. This role offers the chance to define testing strategy, establish scalable automation practices, and improve quality across a portfolio of internal business applications. This is a Contract-to-hire position, with an expected roughly 6-month conversion.Work arrangement: Hybrid, 3 days onsite in NYC and 2 days remote each week. Contract pay: Starting around $60 per hour. Anticipated full-time conversion salary: starting around $120,000 annually, depending on experience.The OpportunityYou will work closely with software developers, product partners, IT teams, and business stakeholders to create and execute test plans across applications, devices, platforms, and browsers. This role combines hands-on test execution with ownership of automation strategy, quality benchmarks, release readiness, and measurable process improvements.What You Will Do • Design a master test plan and establish an appropriate test automation framework.• Create, review, and improve test cases, scripts, regression testing, and release sign-off processes.• Collaborate with development, product, IT, and business teams to clarify requirements and coordinate testing.• Track defects through resolution, assess release risks, and communicate testing results clearly.• Monitor test coverage, defect escape rates, pass rates, and other QA performance indicators.• Establish quality benchmarks, documentation standards, and repeatable testing practices.What You Bring • Approximately 5+ years of QA web and software testing.• Hands-on experience with automated testing tools; Playwright experience is particularly desirable, with Selenium also relevant.• Ability to design test plans and contribute to automation framework development, not solely execute manual test scripts.• Strong SQL and database-querying skills; familiarity with enterprise applications and data validation.• Experience with GitHub or similar version control, Jira or comparable issue tracking, and Confluence or equivalent documentation tools.• Clear written and verbal communication, strong analytical skills, and the ability to work across multiple initiatives.• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or equivalent relevant experience.Additional Experience• CI/testing tools such as Jenkins or Katalon; Salesforce, ServiceNow, IBM i (iSeries), or enterprise application environments; process modeling using BPMN 2.0, Lucidchart, or Visio.The organization offers a generous benefits package for permanent employees upon conversion: • 100% employer-paid medical coverage, with no employee medical premium contributions.• Three weeks of vacation and three weeks of sick leave, with unused leave rolling over, subject to plan rules.• 24 paid holidays annually, aligned with the organization’s holiday calendar.• Approximately 10 summer Fridays off each year.• Pension plan requiring no employee contribution.• Stable work environment with strong attention to retaining employees.• Choice of a few different schedules.