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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 26 days DEFCON AI's roles stay open a median of 27 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 100% of DEFCON AI's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at DEFCON AI
- moderate 2 stale, 0 reposted of 7 open
- Hiring momentum
- 12 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from DEFCON AI's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for DEFCON AI.
About this role
As a QA Engineer at DEFCON AI, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality of an AI-enabled decision-support system by creating and maintaining test plans, automated test suites, and performance testing. You will work closely with product and engineering teams to translate acceptance criteria into executable tests, hold teams accountable for meeting those criteria, and produce documentation that verifies the quality of releases. This role emphasizes independent testing and the use of AI-assisted development tools.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of DEFCON AI as an employer.
What you need
- 5+ years in software quality engineering, test automation, or software engineering with substantial dedicated test ownership
- Strong coding ability in a language and framework used for test automation, such as Python with pytest, or JavaScript or TypeScript with Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium
- Demonstrated experience building automated test suites and integrating them into CI/CD as release gates
- Experience owning a test plan through review and acceptance
- Demonstrated habit of testing against the requirement rather than the implementation
- Experience with performance and load testing
Nice to have
- Active Top Secret clearance
- Experience in government DevSecOps, RMF, or ATO environments
- Experience with contract and API testing, test data management, and building test infrastructure
- Experience with AI-assisted testing using language models
- Experience with performance testing tools like JMeter, k6, or Locust
What you get
- Fully remote, results-based environment
- Competitive salary, bonus, and equity package
- 100% employer paid, comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, and vision for you and your family
- Unlimited PTO, with your manager’s approval
- Flexible work environment where you manage your work day
- 14 weeks of fully-paid parental leave
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of the tech stack beyond Python and automation tools
- The role requires active US Secret clearance, which may limit candidate pool
- The position involves independent testing, which may require strong interpersonal skills to manage relationships with engineering teams
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Listed by DEFCON AI on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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