Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Dice is a recruiting company seeking a Quality Assurance Developer. This remote role focuses on ensuring the reliability, security, and performance of backend services that support platform RESTful APIs, emphasizing quality practices and continuous improvement across service lifecycles.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain quality validation approaches for scalable backend services powering RESTful APIs
• Develop and execute test plans and test cases for microservices in production-grade environments
• Validate clean and consistent API contracts across internal and external integrations
• Ensure secure and reliable integration testing with internal and external systems
• Assess service performance, resiliency, and reliability through automated and manual testing strategies
• Contribute to improving service observability by validating logging, metrics, and alerting behaviors
• Support shared engineering standards, reusable components, and automation across the microservices ecosystem
• Identify defects, reproduce issues, document findings, and drive clear resolution with engineering teams
• Collaborate on continuous improvement initiatives for QA processes and quality gates
• Maintain compliance and quality documentation aligned with organizational expectations and security requirements

Skills

• Minimum of 2 years of relevant Quality Assurance or testing experience in backend or API-driven systems
• Experience testing microservices and RESTful APIs, including contract validation practices
• Strong understanding of secure integration testing concepts and reliability-focused testing
• Proven problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex backend issues
• Clear, professional communication with cross-functional engineering and delivery teams
• Ability to contribute to test automation and quality improvements across service ecosystems
• This position requires eligibility for a U.S. Government security clearance. In accordance with federal law, U.S. citizenship is required
• Must have relevant educational background or equivalent experience: degree preferred; 2 years of relevant work experience required if no degree
• Working knowledge of Java-based backend environments (including Java 21/25)
• Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement through iterative refinement of testing processes

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