Associate Quality Engineer

Summary

Ascend Learning is a leading healthcare and learning technology company, and they are seeking an entry-level Associate Software Quality Engineer to join their Software Quality Engineer team. The role involves ensuring that healthcare products meet established quality standards, contributing to testing activities, and adopting AI-enabled quality engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Execute and maintain platform-level tests to help ensure SLA compliance
• Develop and enhance service-level JMeter tests with guidance to identify issues early in the SDLC
• Assist in integrating performance tests into CI/CD pipelines
• Use AI tools to generate and optimize test cases, scripts, and test data
• Leverage AI to assist with performance analysis, anomaly detection, and root cause investigation
• Support team adoption of AI tools to improve productivity and coverage
• Contribute to API and service-level validation frameworks
• Work with developers to improve testability and observability
• Participate in the end-to-end testing lifecycle: Functional, integration, regression, API, and performance testing
• Engage in Agile ceremonies and collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Help identify performance and reliability issues
• Track and report key metrics (response time, throughput, error rates)

Skills

• High school diploma or GED required
• Performance engineering experience
• Experience with JMeter
• Ability to leverage AI for productivity and quality improvements
• Understanding of system internals, microservices, and distributed systems
• Ability to collaborate with developers and validate at service level
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Experience with AI-assisted development/testing
• Familiarity with tools like GitHub Copilot, Claude for test generation and optimization
• White-box and API testing or development background

Qualifications

Must Haves

• High school diploma or GED required
• Performance engineering experience
• Experience with JMeter
• Ability to leverage AI for productivity and quality improvements
• Understanding of system internals, microservices, and distributed systems
• Ability to collaborate with developers and validate at service level
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

Nice to Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Experience with AI-assisted development/testing
• Familiarity with tools like GitHub Copilot, Claude for test generation and optimization
• White-box and API testing or development background

Benefits

• Flexible and generous paid time off
• Competitive medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• 401(k) employer matching program
• Parental leave
• Wellness resources
• Charitable matching program
• On-site workout facilities (Leawood, Gilbert, Burlington)
• Community outreach groups
• Tuition reimbursement