Senior QA Engineer

At Murmuration, we believe that America’s promise is shaped and reshaped by the best ideas and ideals of its communities, and the dreams of the people who believe in a better life for themselves, their families, and each other. 

We help organizations build power in their communities in four key ways: we organize a network of values-aligned partners; we provide deep, data-driven insights into people, places, and perspectives; we develop tools that make organizing and engagement easy and more effective; and we offer services that strengthen our partners’ capacity to lead change in their communities.

We envision an America where every community has what it needs to help people lead healthy, free, and dignified lives. We work to redesign the systems and structures we all depend on — how we learn, live, govern, and solve problems — so that they are just, equitable, resilient, and rooted in shared responsibility. By strengthening the ties that hold communities together, we aim for civic life defined by collective action and care, with effective leadership that truly represents everyone. 

We are a collaborative, curious, and creative team of organizers, scientists, teachers, technologists, campaign veterans, and more who share the unwavering belief that we can use our gifts in service of transforming America — together. We’ve built our team guided by the belief that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. And so we support each other relentlessly — rallying together to face challenges the same way we celebrate each other’s wins.

About the Position

The Senior QA Engineer is a senior individual contributor responsible for defining, implementing, and scaling Murmuration’s quality assurance strategy across multiple engineering teams. This role goes far beyond manual testing; it requires deep expertise in QA methodologies, automation frameworks, data validation, and quality processes that ensure our products are reliable, accurate, and resilient.

You will partner closely with our Engineering, Product, and Data Teams to build a culture of quality, drive test automation, improve release processes, and ensure that Murmuration’s data-driven products meet the highest standards of correctness and performance.

Job Level P4

What You’ll Do

Quality Strategy & Leadership

• Help define and drive Murmuration’s QA strategy across multiple engineering pods, ensuring consistent quality practices and standards;
• Partner with our QA group to help establish and maintain QA processes, including test planning, automation strategy, release readiness, and defect management;
• Identify gaps in quality processes and lead cross-team initiatives to improve reliability, test coverage, and engineering efficiency; and
• Serve as a subject-matter expert on QA methodologies, tooling, and best practices.

Automation & Technical Execution

• Design, build, and maintain automated test suites for web applications, APIs, backend services, and data pipelines;
• Develop automated data validation tests for large-scale datasets, ETL workflows, and analytics systems (i.e., Python, Pandas, SQL, and NoSQL);
• Implement and maintain CI/CD-integrated test automation frameworks;
• Contribute to performance, load, and reliability testing for critical systems; and
• Perform manual testing when appropriate, especially for exploratory, usability, or high-risk areas.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with developers, product managers, designers, and data engineers to ensure high-quality delivery of features and platform improvements;
• Participate in design reviews, requirement refinement, and architecture discussions to ensure testability and quality considerations are built in from the start; and
• Collaborate with DevOps and platform teams to improve deployment pipelines, observability, and release confidence.

Mentorship & Culture Building

• Mentor other QA engineers and developers on testing strategies, automation techniques, and quality best practices;
• Promote a culture of quality across engineering through documentation, training, and process improvements; and
• Advocate for inclusive, collaborative, and data-driven engineering practices.

At Murmuration, we believe that America’s promise is shaped and reshaped by the best ideas and ideals of its communities, and the dreams of the people who believe in a better life for themselves, their families, and each other. We help organiz...

• 8+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, Software Engineering in Test, or related roles;
• Strong experience designing and implementing automated tests for web applications, APIs, and backend services;
• Proficiency with test automation and data validation (i.e., Pandas, SQL, scripting);
• Experience with cloud environments (e.g., AWS S3, EC2, Lambda, etc.) and containerization (Docker);
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, test design techniques, and defect management;
• Experience testing data-intensive systems, ETL pipelines, or analytics platforms;
• Familiarity with Git, GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile/Scrum workflows;
• Excellent debugging, analytical, and communication skills;
• Ability to lead quality initiatives across multiple teams and influence the engineering process;
• Experience in Javascript/Typescript; and
• Experience using and working with a test automation framework (e.g., Playwright, Postman, pytest, Cypress, etc.)

Nice to Haves

• Experience with NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB) and relational databases (SQL);
• Background in performance testing, load testing, or reliability engineering;
• Experience in civic tech, political data, or mission-driven organizations; and/or
• Experience mentoring QA engineers and/or leading QA teams.

Talented Senior QA Engineers come from all walks of life and career. If you are passionate about civic engagement and technology, please apply, even if you do not check every box!

At Murmuration, we believe that America’s promise is shaped and reshaped by the best ideas and ideals of its communities, and the dreams of the people who believe in a better life for themselves, their families, and each other. 

We help organizations build power in their communities in four key ways: we organize a network of values-aligned partners; we provide deep, data-driven insights into people, places, and perspectives; we develop tools that make organizing and engagement easy and more effective; and we offer services that strengthen our partners’ capacity to lead change in their communities.

We envision an America where every community has what it needs to help people lead healthy, free, and dignified lives. We work to redesign the systems and structures we all depend on — how we learn, live, govern, and solve problems — so that they are just, equitable, resilient, and rooted in shared responsibility. By strengthening the ties that hold communities together, we aim for civic life defined by collective action and care, with effective leadership that truly represents everyone. 

We are a collaborative, curious, and creative team of organizers, scientists, teachers, technologists, campaign veterans, and more who share the unwavering belief that we can use our gifts in service of transforming America — together. We’ve built our team guided by the belief that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. And so we support each other relentlessly — rallying together to face challenges the same way we celebrate each other’s wins.

About the Position

The Senior QA Engineer is a senior individual contributor responsible for defining, implementing, and scaling Murmuration’s quality assurance strategy across multiple engineering teams. This role goes far beyond manual testing; it requires deep expertise in QA methodologies, automation frameworks, data validation, and quality processes that ensure our products are reliable, accurate, and resilient.

You will partner closely with our Engineering, Product, and Data Teams to build a culture of quality, drive test automation, improve release processes, and ensure that Murmuration’s data-driven products meet the highest standards of correctness and performance.

Job Level P4

What You’ll Do

Quality Strategy & Leadership

• Help define and drive Murmuration’s QA strategy across multiple engineering pods, ensuring consistent quality practices and standards;
• Partner with our QA group to help establish and maintain QA processes, including test planning, automation strategy, release readiness, and defect management;
• Identify gaps in quality processes and lead cross-team initiatives to improve reliability, test coverage, and engineering efficiency; and
• Serve as a subject-matter expert on QA methodologies, tooling, and best practices.

Automation & Technical Execution

• Design, build, and maintain automated test suites for web applications, APIs, backend services, and data pipelines;
• Develop automated data validation tests for large-scale datasets, ETL workflows, and analytics systems (i.e., Python, Pandas, SQL, and NoSQL);
• Implement and maintain CI/CD-integrated test automation frameworks;
• Contribute to performance, load, and reliability testing for critical systems; and
• Perform manual testing when appropriate, especially for exploratory, usability, or high-risk areas.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with developers, product managers, designers, and data engineers to ensure high-quality delivery of features and platform improvements;
• Participate in design reviews, requirement refinement, and architecture discussions to ensure testability and quality considerations are built in from the start; and
• Collaborate with DevOps and platform teams to improve deployment pipelines, observability, and release confidence.

Mentorship & Culture Building

• Mentor other QA engineers and developers on testing strategies, automation techniques, and quality best practices;
• Promote a culture of quality across engineering through documentation, training, and process improvements; and
• Advocate for inclusive, collaborative, and data-driven engineering practices.

At Murmuration, we believe that America’s promise is shaped and reshaped by the best ideas and ideals of its communities, and the dreams of the people who believe in a better life for themselves, their families, and each other. We help organiz...

• 8+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, Software Engineering in Test, or related roles;
• Strong experience designing and implementing automated tests for web applications, APIs, and backend services;
• Proficiency with test automation and data validation (i.e., Pandas, SQL, scripting);
• Experience with cloud environments (e.g., AWS S3, EC2, Lambda, etc.) and containerization (Docker);
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, test design techniques, and defect management;
• Experience testing data-intensive systems, ETL pipelines, or analytics platforms;
• Familiarity with Git, GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile/Scrum workflows;
• Excellent debugging, analytical, and communication skills;
• Ability to lead quality initiatives across multiple teams and influence the engineering process;
• Experience in Javascript/Typescript; and
• Experience using and working with a test automation framework (e.g., Playwright, Postman, pytest, Cypress, etc.)

Nice to Haves

• Experience with NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB) and relational databases (SQL);
• Background in performance testing, load testing, or reliability engineering;
• Experience in civic tech, political data, or mission-driven organizations; and/or
• Experience mentoring QA engineers and/or leading QA teams.

Talented Senior QA Engineers come from all walks of life and career. If you are passionate about civic engagement and technology, please apply, even if you do not check every box!