A best-in-class city that attracts best-in-class talent, Philadelphia is an incredible place to build a career. From our thriving arts scene and rich history to our culture of passion and grit, there are countless reasons to love living and working here. With a workforce of over 30,000 people, and more than 1,000 different job categories, the City of Philadelphia offers boundless opportunities to make an impact.

As an employer, the City of Philadelphia values inclusion, integrity, innovation, empowerment, and hard work above all else. We offer a vibrant work environment, comprehensive health care and benefits, and the experience you need to grow and excel. If you’re interested in working with a passionate team of people who care about the future of Philadelphia, start here.

What We Offer:

Impact - The work you do here matters to millions.

Growth - Philadelphia is growing, why not grow with it?

Diversity & Inclusion - Find a career in a place where everyone belongs

Benefits - We care about your well being

The Office of Innovation & Technology (OIT) is the central IT agency for the City of Philadelphia headed by the Chief Information Officer (CIO). OIT oversees all major information and communications technology initiatives for the City of Philadelphia - increasing the effectiveness of the information technology infrastructure, where the services provided are advanced, optimized, and responsive to the needs of the City of Philadelphia’s businesses, residents, and visitors. OIT responsibilities include: identifying the most effective approach for implementing new information technology directions throughout city government; improving the value of the city’s technology assets and the return on the city’s technology investments; ensuring data security continuity; planning for continuing operations in the event of disruption of information technology or communications services; and supporting accountable, efficient and effective government across every city department, board, commission and agency.

As a QA Engineer, you’ll join the software engineering team tasked with modernizing our digital portfolio. You’ll work with other developers to reimagine, replace, or migrate existing applications, and design and build new ones. You'll be a tireless advocate for quality, helping us to improve our test coverage (both automated and manual) across our project portfolio. You’ll lead our QA work while training other team members (primarily developers) in writing and operating automated test suites.  
You’ll join a city government that has the largest GitHub organization among cities (github.com/cityofphiladelphia), works in the open, and leverages open source tools and cloud infrastructure to improve the experience of interacting with city government online.
We use TestCafe (TypeScript) for all of our automated tests, which usually run in Docker containers as part of our CI process on GitHub Actions. 
You will:
•    Work with developers and designers to document and understand product requirements. 
•    Design test plans, scenarios, scripts, and procedures.
•    Write automated test frameworks from the ground up for new projects.
•    Report bugs and errors to development teams and help troubleshoot issues
•    Use a combination of manual tests and automated tests to validate new features being developed and released.
•    Conduct post-release/ post-implementation testing
•    Write automated test suites to run on our CI platform (Github Actions). 
•    Work with developers to document and debug issues in production systems.
•    Create logs to document testing phases and defects
•    Improve the documentation of QA testing practices to enhance their repeatability, encouraging testing standardization and best practices
•    Be a constant force for quality on our team. 

•    Excellent communication skills
•    Analytical mind and problem-solving aptitude
•    Ability to work autonomously and in a team
•    Familiarity with Agile frameworks and regression testing
•    Experience using project tracking software (eg. Jira, Wrike)    
•    At least 3 years of experience testing software.
•    Experience writing and managing test scripts in a test management platform. 
•    Deep familiarity with the page object model of testing.
•    Experience writing automated tests using TestCafe, Cypress, Nightwatch or other modern, automated test platforms. 
•    Manually writing and executing tests when appropriate – and knowing when to test something manually vs. writing an automated test.
•    Working with a product development team to define acceptance criteria.
•    Writing automated tests using JavaScript or TypeScript.
•    An opinion on the “Test Pyramid” or “Test Trophy” and a general philosophy about how best to architect your test suite.
It would be great if you: 
•    Have worked in TestCafe in the past.
•    Have experience testing GIS applications.
•    Have experience performing accessibility testing.

Salary Not to Exceed: $75,000

Please submit a resume and cover letter with your application. Applications without both a resume and cover letter will not be considered.

Did you know?

• We are a Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program qualified employer
• 25% tuition discount program for City employees (and sometimes spouses and dependents as well) in partnership with area colleges and universities
• We offer Comprehensive health coverage for employees and their eligible dependents
• Our wellness program offers eligibility into the discounted medical plan
• Employees receive paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays
• Generous retirement savings options are available

*The successful candidate must be a city of Philadelphia resident within six months of hire

Please note that effective September 1, 2021 the City of Philadelphia is requiring all new employees to present proof of vaccination against COVID-19. 

The City of Philadelphia is an Equal Opportunity employer and does not permit discrimination based on race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, source of income, familial status, genetic information or domestic or sexual violence victim status. If you believe you were discriminated against, call the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations at 215-686-4670 or send an email to [email protected]. For more information, go to: Human Relations Website: http://www.phila.gov/humanrelations/Pages/default.aspx