Focus is a digital services firm delivering civic tech projects and partnering with federal and state agencies to modernize systems. The company is fully remote and requires employees to be based in the continental United States; some projects may require travel 1–2 times per year. Role Overview: As a Senior Test Software Engineer, you will lead the quality engineering architecture and automation strategy for critical civic technology infrastructure, acting as a software quality technical authority. You will design scalable automated test suites, build robust continuous integration workflows, and serve as a liaison among vendors and multiple stakeholders across delivery streams. Responsibilities include establishing software quality standards, defining test architecture guidelines, and implementing defect prevention strategies; architecting, building, and maintaining scalable end-to-end automated UI and API test suites using Playwright and TypeScript across multiple product verticals; designing automated data generation tools and synthetic applicant profile generators using Python and REST APIs to automate data setup; drafting technical specifications, test strategies, and quality risk assessments for upcoming features; constructing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines to support quality gates and feature-driven promotions; acting as a trusted technical liaison to client leads and external vendor teams, promoting developer self-service, smooth release gatekeeping, and collaborative troubleshooting; supporting cloud infrastructure updates with Terraform, integrating automated secu

Focus is a digital services firm delivering civic tech projects and partnering with federal and state agencies to modernize systems. The company is fully remote and requires employees to be based in the continental United States; some projects may require travel 1–2 times per year. Role Overview: As a Senior Test Software Engineer, you will lead the quality engineering architecture and automation strategy for critical civic technology infrastructure, acting as a software quality technical authority. You will design scalable automated test suites, build robust continuous integration workflows, and serve as a liaison among vendors and multiple stakeholders across delivery streams. Responsibilities include establishing software quality standards, defining test architecture guidelines, and implementing defect prevention strategies; architecting, building, and maintaining scalable end-to-end automated UI and API test suites using Playwright and TypeScript across multiple product verticals; designing automated data generation tools and synthetic applicant profile generators using Python and REST APIs to automate data setup; drafting technical specifications, test strategies, and quality risk assessments for upcoming features; constructing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines to support quality gates and feature-driven promotions; acting as a trusted technical liaison to client leads and external vendor teams, promoting developer self-service, smooth release gatekeeping, and collaborative troubleshooting; supporting cloud infrastructure updates with Terraform, integrating automated secu