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