Job Description
At Murmuration, we believe that America’s promise is shaped and reshaped by the best ideas and ideals of its communities, and the dreams of the people who believe in a better life for themselves, their families, and each other.
We help organizations build power in their communities in four key ways: we organize a network of values-aligned partners; we provide deep, data-driven insights into people, places, and perspectives; we develop tools that make organizing and engagement easy and more effective; and we offer services that strengthen our partners’ capacity to lead change in their communities.
We envision an America where every community has what it needs to help people lead healthy, free, and dignified lives. We work to redesign the systems and structures we all depend on — how we learn, live, govern, and solve problems — so that they are just, equitable, resilient, and rooted in shared responsibility. By strengthening the ties that hold communities together, we aim for civic life defined by collective action and care, with effective leadership that truly represents everyone.
We are a collaborative, curious, and creative team of organizers, scientists, teachers, technologists, campaign veterans, and more who share the unwavering belief that we can use our gifts in service of transforming America — together. We’ve built our team guided by the belief that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. And so we support each other relentlessly — rallying together to face challenges the same way we celebrate each other’s wins.
About the Position
The Senior QA Engineer is a senior individual contributor responsible for defining, implementing, and scaling Murmuration’s quality assurance strategy across multiple engineering teams. This role goes far beyond manual testing; it requires deep expertise in QA methodologies, automation frameworks, data validation, and quality processes that ensure our products are reliable, accurate, and resilient.
You will partner closely with our Engineering, Product, and Data Teams to build a culture of quality, drive test automation, improve release processes, and ensure that Murmuration’s data-driven products meet the highest standards of correctness and performance.
Job Level P4
What You’ll Do
Quality Strategy & Leadership
- Help define and drive Murmuration’s QA strategy across multiple engineering pods, ensuring consistent quality practices and standards;
- Partner with our QA group to help establish and maintain QA processes, including test planning, automation strategy, release readiness, and defect management;
- Identify gaps in quality processes and lead cross-team initiatives to improve reliability, test coverage, and engineering efficiency; and
- Serve as a subject-matter expert on QA methodologies, tooling, and best practices.
Automation & Technical Execution
- Design, build, and maintain automated test suites for web applications, APIs, backend services, and data pipelines;
- Develop automated data validation tests for large-scale datasets, ETL workflows, and analytics systems (i.e., Python, Pandas, SQL, and NoSQL);
- Implement and maintain CI/CD-integrated test automation frameworks;
- Contribute to performance, load, and reliability testing for critical systems; and
- Perform manual testing when appropriate, especially for exploratory, usability, or high-risk areas.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with developers, product managers, designers, and data engineers to ensure high-quality delivery of features and platform improvements;
- Participate in design reviews, requirement refinement, and architecture discussions to ensure testability and quality considerations are built in from the start; and
- Collaborate with DevOps and platform teams to improve deployment pipelines, observability, and release confidence.
Mentorship & Culture Building
Mentor other QA engineers and developers on testing strategies, automation techniques, and quality best practices;
Promote a culture of quality across engineering through documentation, training, and process improvements; and
Advocate for inclusive, collaborative, and data-driven engineering practices.
8+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, Software Engineering in Test, or related roles;
Strong experience designing and implementing automated tests for web applications, APIs, and backend services;
Proficiency with test automation and data validation (i.e., Pandas, SQL, scripting);
Experience with cloud environments (e.g., AWS S3, EC2, Lambda, etc.) and containerization (Docker);
Strong understanding of QA methodologies, test design techniques, and defect management;
Experience testing data-intensive systems, ETL pipelines, or analytics platforms;
Familiarity with Git, GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile/Scrum workflows;
Excellent debugging, analytical, and communication skills;
Ability to lead quality initiatives across multiple teams and influence the engineering process;
Experience in Javascript/Typescript; and
Experience using and working with a test automation framework (e.g., Playwright, Postman, pytest, Cypress, etc.)
Nice to Haves
- Experience with NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB) and relational databases (SQL);
- Background in performance testing, load testing, or reliability engineering;
- Experience in civic tech, political data, or mission-driven organizations; and/or
- Experience mentoring QA engineers and/or leading QA teams.
Talented Senior QA Engineers come from all walks of life and career. If you are passionate about civic engagement and technology, please apply, even if you do not check every box!
Location and Compensation
The Senior QA Engineer is a full-time, salaried position with a comprehensive benefits package (details below), open to candidates anywhere in the United States.
The starting salary for this position is $145,684. We set compensation using market data and apply it consistently across the organization to ensure fairness and transparency for everyone in similar roles.
Our Culture of Care
We work hard to create a culture of care to ensure that our staff are best equipped to lead happy, healthy, and balanced lives. To that end, we offer a comprehensive benefits package which includes:
- Health, vision, and dental insurance with 100% of premiums covered for you and qualifying family members;
- Retirement benefits with a 5% employer match;
- A flexible unlimited PTO plan;
- Generous paid parental leave;
- Pre-tax commuter benefits;
- A company laptop;
- A flexible remote work environment;
- A home office setup stipend for all new employees;
- Monthly reimbursement for remote work expenses;
- A yearly professional development fund;
- Mental health and wellness benefits through Calm and Better Help;
- Yearly in-person staff retreats; and
- A welcoming culture that celebrates diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
At Murmuration, we believe a vibrant, representative democracy depends on the inclusion of diverse voices, lived experiences, and perspectives. The best ideas don’t come from a single person or ideology — they emerge at the intersection of different backgrounds, identities, and viewpoints. We are proud of our commitment to building an organization and culture shaped by respect, empathy, and collaboration, where our team’s diversity fuels innovation, civic engagement, and meaningful change. We welcome new colleagues who will help us nurture this collective effort. Join us.
An Equal-Opportunity Employer with a Commitment to Diversity
Murmuration is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and as an organization committed to diversity and the perspective of all voices, we consider applicants equally of race, gender, color, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability, political affiliation and national origin. We reasonably accommodate staff members and/or applicants with disabilities, provided they are otherwise able to perform the essential functions of the job.
Note: Murmuration is two organizations working together to pursue our mission of amplifying the power of civic engagement: Murmuration Research Institute, a 501©(3) that conducts research to identify, design, and create the data, tools, and insights that build healthier and more equitable communities; and Murmuration, Inc., a 501©(4) that supports organizations working across the country on the nation’s most challenging issues with access to data, tools, and research that build healthier and more equitable communities.
