Alarm.com
Quality Engineer
About this role
Alarm.com is hiring a Quality Engineer (SDET) for their Tysons, Virginia office to support web and mobile application quality through manual testing, test automation, and modern QA practices. This entry-level role is designed for recent graduates or those with minimal QA experience who are eager to build automation skills and learn quality engineering fundamentals within a collaborative product development environment.
What you'll do
- Execute manual test cases and document defects through the resolution process
- Develop and maintain automated UI and API tests under guidance from senior engineers
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to understand requirements and acceptance criteria
- Maintain test frameworks, tools, test data, and environments
- Perform functional, regression, smoke, and sanity testing for releases
- Learn CI/CD pipeline integration and investigate issues using logs and code review
What they're looking for
- Manual and automated testing (UI/API)
- Java, Python, or JavaScript programming
- Test automation tools (Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Postman)
- Git or version control systems
- Software testing concepts and quality assurance fundamentals
- SQL or data validation (preferred)
- Agile/Scrum methodologies (preferred)
- AI-assisted testing tools (emerging exposure)
Benefits
- Work with high-performing engineering team
- Immediate real responsibility and empowerment
- Diverse experience across multiple business areas
- Collaborative culture with strong community focus
- 4 days per week in-office work arrangement
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Alarm.com
Alarm.com builds smart home automation platforms and cloud-based security solutions, including video surveillance and AI analytics systems. The company is hiring DevOps Engineers to manage hybrid infrastructure and data platforms, Software Engineers to develop full-stack home automation features, and Quality Engineers to ensure product reliability across their connected security and smart home ecosystem.
- Website
- alarm.com
Likely interview questions
- Walk us through a testing project or assignment where you identified and documented a defect. How did you approach it?
- Describe your experience with test automation tools like Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright. What did you build, and what did you learn?