Contractor: Senior Quality Engineer

The role: Newsela is on a mission to deliver "meaningful classroom learning for every student." As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will be a critical force in ensuring that mission is delivered through reliable, high-quality software.

You will work alongside talented product engineers to test complex front-end applications powered by cloud-based back-end services, internal LLMs, and third-party AI tools.

Why you’ll love this role: Drive High Impact: Own quality end-to-end within your scrum team and directly support a mission that transforms classroom learning for millions of students.

Modern AI Workflows: Leverage cutting-edge AI tools (like Claude Code and GitHub Copilot) to accelerate test development while testing complex, non-deterministic AI features and LLMs. Technical Ownership: Build and architect full-stack test frameworks across UI, API, and service layers with autonomy and high visibility.

Collaborative Leadership: Partner closely with cross-functional peers in Product, Design, and Engineering while mentoring mid-level engineers to elevate the overall quality culture.

What You'll Be Doing: Deliver high-quality test coverage on time, leveraging AI tools to accelerate automation development without sacrificing reliability or craft.

Build and maintain automated test frameworks and regression suites across UI, API, and service layers, incorporating AI-assisted development practices as part of a standard workflow.

Own test planning and execution end-to-end within your scrum team — from story validation through production release support — with minimal oversight. Test and validate internally-built LLMs and external AI tools and services, applying sound quality engineering judgment to non-deterministic systems.

Partner closely with Engineering, Product Management, and Product Design to identify quality risks early and refine ambiguous requirements into clearly defined, testable acceptance criteria. Serve as the quality advocate within your scrum team, providing t