Automated Test Engineer (SDET) | TS/SCI w/ Poly
Falls Technology
- Location
- Onsite (Chantilly, Virginia)
- Compensation
- $170k - $215k/yr
- Employment
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior Level
Posted 5 days ago
About the role
Falls Technology is seeking an automation-first test engineer to build and maintain UI and API test suites for a mission program. The role focuses on integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines and leveraging modern AI coding tools to enhance testing efficiency.
Skills
Selenium
Cypress
Playwright
API testing
Postman
REST Assured
OAuth2
OIDC
JWT
JavaScript
TypeScript
Python
Java
CI/CD
AI coding assistants
Benefits
- Retirement contribution
Full job details
Active TS/SCI with Polygraph required. U.S. citizenship required.
Location: On-site in Chantilly, VA (Full-Time).
Falls Technology is hiring an automation-first test engineer for a mission program in Chantilly. This is not a manual testing role. You'll build and own automated test suites across UI and APIs, wire them into CI/CD pipelines, and use modern AI coding tools to move faster.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain UI automation in Selenium and/or Cypress
- Write API tests for REST services, including OAuth2, JWT and other auth flows
- Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines and keep them reliable
- Use AI tools like Claude Code to generate, refactor and maintain tests
- Work with developers to shift testing left and catch issues early
What you bring (required)
- Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
- U.S. citizenship
- Hands-on test automation experience with Selenium, Cypress, Playwright or similar
- Strong API testing skills (Postman, REST Assured, or code-based)
- A solid grasp of OAuth2/OIDC, JWTs and token-based auth
- Scripting in JavaScript/TypeScript, Python or Java
- Real interest in using AI coding assistants as part of daily testing work
Why Falls Technology
- A 9% retirement contribution
- Small, senior team where your work is visible