Associate Quality Engineer

About the Role

Ascend Learning is seeking an entry-level Associate Quality Engineer to join their Software Quality Engineer team. This role will contribute to ensuring Healthcare products and services meet established standards of quality, including reliability, usability, and performance. Success in this role requires thoroughness and the ability to help maintain the highest quality standards.

Work Schedule: Hybrid schedule from the Leawood, KS office.

Key Responsibilities

• Support Load & Performance (LnP) testing activities:
• 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.
• Contribute to AI-enabled Quality Engineering practices:
• 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.
• Assist in evolving testing toward white-box and shift-left practices:
• 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.
• Support Quality Engineering standards and reporting:
• Help identify performance and reliability issues.
• Track and report key metrics (response time, throughput, error rates).

Requirements & Tech Stack

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience preferred.
• Performance engineering experience.
• Experience with JMeter.
• Experience with AI-assisted development/testing preferred.
• Familiarity with tools like GitHub Copilot, Claude for test generation and optimization.
• Ability to leverage AI for productivity and quality improvements.
• White-box and API testing or development background preferred.
• 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.

Hiring Range

$69,600.00-$99,550.00 (annualized full-time)