Senior QA Engineer

Welcome to the intersection of energy and home services. At NRG, we're driven by our passion to create a smarter, cleaner and more connected future.

Vivint Smart Home, an NRG owned company, is a leading smart home company in the United States, dedicated to redefining the home experience with intelligent products and services. We find purpose in proactively protecting and keeping our customers connected to home, no matter where they are. Join the Smart Home team to create smarter, safer and more sustainable homes.

Our mission is to redefine the home experience with tech and services to create a smarter, greener, safer home that saves our customers money every month.

Summary:

In this role,you'llwork with adistributedteam of frontend,backend, and QA engineersin theRevenue Technologydevelopment group.This groupis responsible forprovidinga sales rep facing application that is used by our Direct toHomesales team. This sales team knocks over 10 million doors peryearand the applicationsthey use to sellarecritical to their success.You'llplay a critical roleas a Sr QA Engineer to helpdelivera simplified customer onboarding experiencethatprovidehigh value to the company.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Apply deep quality engineeringexpertiseto design, execute, and improve test strategies that ensure ahighqualitycustomer experience.
• Serve as a technical QA expert, providing guidance on testability, quality risks, and validation approaches to engineering, product management, and UX teams.
• Collaborate closely with software engineers to build cohesive, reliable, and scalable solutions through strong partnerships and shared ownership of quality.
• Workcrossfunctionallytoidentifyquality gaps, propose solutions, and help drive continuous improvement across engineering teams.
• Build strong working relationships throughout the organization and contribute to a culture of collaboration, transparency, and operational excellence.
• Partner with System Architects and engineering leads to ensure test coverage, integration quality, and alignment within the broader Vivint software ecosystem.

Required Skills:

• A highlyselfmotivatedquality engineer with proven experience deliveringhighimpacttesting, automation, and quality improvements in complex software environments.
• Strong ability to influence best practices, drive sound technical decisions, and advocate for quality throughout the development lifecycle.
• Skilled at giving and receiving feedback with a growth mindset and continually improving both personal and team-level quality processes.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication abilities, including clear articulation of risks, defects, impact, and recommendations.
• A strong senseof ownership and accountability, consistently deliveringhighqualityresults despite technical challenges, ambiguity, or roadblocks.

Required Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field (Computer Science preferred)
• 4+ yearsas asoftwareQA
• Experience in Test Automation
• Playwright, Cyprus, Postman, etc.
• Experience with CI/CD with Azure DevOps

Preferred Experience:

• 5+years as a software QA
• 2+ yearsas a senior or lead QA
• Comfortable writing automated tests in languages such as Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript,orC#, depending on stack.

Learn about theVivint Cultureand whyit'sa great placeto grow your career!

Here are some highlightedperksyou should ask us about:

• Free daily lunch and drinks on site
• Paid holidays and flexible paid time away
• Employee/Friends/Family Discounts
• Onsitehealth clinic, gym, gaming tables
• Medical/dental/vision/lifecoverage& 24/7 Medical Hotline
• 401(k) + Employer Match
• Employee Resource Groups

WORKING CONDITIONS:

This joboperatesin a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filingcabinetsand fax machines.

SAFETY:

Vivint enforces asafetyculture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing andmaintaininga safe working environment. Each new employeeis responsible forcompleting all training requirements. Additionally, the employee mustacceptthey have responsibility formaintainingthe safety of themselves, their co-workers, and the public. Employee must adhere to all written and verbal instructions, promptly report and correct all hazards or unsafe conditions, question non-standardoperationsor unmitigated hazards, and provide feedback to management on all safety issues.

NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Protected Veteran Status/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.

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