Automated Test Engineer (SDET) | TS/SCI w/ Poly

Falls TechnologyChantilly, VirginiaOn-siteFull-timeMid level, 2–5 yearsListed 8 hours ago

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About this role

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, 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