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Software Quality Developer

Cypress HCM
San Jose, CA Contractor
POSTED ON 12/12/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/3/2026
Job Details

  • Software Quality Developer (Contract)
  • Location: San Jose, CA 95110 (Hybrid)
  • Duration: 1/5/2026 to 7/3/2026
  • Team: Personalization Services Segmentation

About The Role

  • We are seeking a strong Software Engineer in Quality who can design and implement automated tests for complex backend systems. You will primarily focus on building API and end-to-end (E2E) automated tests in Java, collaborating closely with engineering to ensure our platform releases with the highest level of quality.
  • This role is ideal for someone who approaches QA as an engineering discipline and wants to influence quality strategy through automation.

Key Responsibilities

Automation Development

  • Build and maintain API-level automated tests for REST-based and distributed services.
  • Develop end-to-end (E2E) automated workflows spanning multiple microservices.
  • Write maintainable, production-quality test automation in Java.
  • Contribute to the expansion and evolution of our automation framework (built around Cucumber).
  • Create supporting libraries, test utilities, and test data management tools.

Quality Ownership

  • Partner with backend engineers to define test plans, acceptance criteria, and testing strategy.
  • Participate in design/code reviews with a focus on testability and quality risk.
  • Conduct root cause analysis for failures, uncovering issues in distributed systems.
  • Ensure strong test coverage for new features at API and E2E layers.

Manual & Exploratory Testing

  • Perform exploratory and functional testing where automation is not yet available.
  • File detailed, actionable bug reports and collaborate with developers to resolve them.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Automation Development

  • Build and maintain API-level automated tests for REST-based and distributed services.
  • Develop end-to-end (E2E) automated workflows spanning multiple microservices.
  • Write maintainable, production-quality test automation in Java.
  • Contribute to the expansion and evolution of our automation framework (built around Cucumber).
  • Create supporting libraries, test utilities, and test data management tools.

Quality Ownership

  • Partner with backend engineers to define test plans, acceptance criteria, and testing strategy.
  • Participate in design/code reviews with a focus on testability and quality risk.
  • Conduct root cause analysis for failures, uncovering issues in distributed systems.
  • Ensure strong test coverage for new features at API and E2E layers.
  • Manual & Exploratory Testing
  • Perform exploratory and functional testing where automation is not yet available.
  • File detailed, actionable bug reports and collaborate with developers to resolve them.

Education & Experience

  • Degree in Computer Science / Experience in Software Quality

Compensation

  • $70.43 per hour.

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