Software QA Engineer

At Veracyte, we offer exciting career opportunities for those interested in joining a pioneering team that is committed to transforming cancer care for patients across the globe. Working at Veracyte enables our employees to not only make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients, but to also learn and grow within a purpose driven environment. This is what we call the Veracyte way – it’s about how we work together, guided by our values, to give clinicians the insights they need to help patients make life-changing decisions.

Our Values:

• We Seek A Better Way: We innovate boldly, learn from our setbacks, and are resilient in our pursuit to transform cancer care

• We Make It Happen: We act with urgency, commit to quality, and bring fun to our hard work

• We Are Stronger Together: We collaborate openly, seek to understand, and celebrate our wins

• We Care Deeply: We embrace our differences, do the right thing, and encourage each other

The Position:

The Software QA Engineer plays a key role in ensuring the delivery of high‑quality, reliable software that supports critical business and scientific outcomes. This role partners closely with software engineering, product management, and cross‑functional stakeholders to embed quality throughout the development lifecycle. You will contribute hands‑on testing expertise while helping advance scalable, risk‑based quality practices in a fast‑paced, collaborative environment.

Responsibilities include:

• Develop, execute, and maintain comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test strategies for complex software systems

• Perform functional, regression, exploratory, and integration testing across web, backend, and platform components

• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to review requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria with a quality‑first mindset

• Identify, document, prioritize, and track software defects through resolution, ensuring clear and actionable communication

• Participate in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives to continuously improve quality outcomes

• Support software releases by validating readiness and assessing risk

• Apply risk‑based thinking to testing activities and contribute to root cause analysis and corrective actions

• Champion quality best practices and help evolve team standards, tools, and processes

• Work effectively in a distributed environment while maintaining strong communication and accountability

Who You Are:

You are a thoughtful, detail‑oriented QA professional who cares deeply about software quality and user experience. You enjoy partnering with others, asking good questions, and improving how teams build and deliver software. You’re comfortable learning new systems and are motivated by making an impact, even when requirements or paths forward are evolving.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

• 5+ yrs experience in software quality assurance, software testing, ideally LIMS and/or Salesforce

• Solid understanding of software development lifecycles and current QA methodologies

• Hands‑on experience designing and executing test cases and documenting test results

• Experience using defect tracking and test management tools

• Familiarity with agile development environments and cross‑functional collaboration

• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and written and verbal communication skills

• Exposure and understanding of regulated environments e.g. GxP, GLP, GCP, CLIA, CAP, and data integrity frameworks.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience contributing to test automation frameworks or automated test suites

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and continuous testing practices

• Experience testing cloud‑based, data‑driven, or distributed systems

• Exposure to regulated environments e.g. GxP, GLP, GCP, CLIA, CAP, and data integrity frameworks.

• Ability to proactively identify gaps in quality processes and suggest improvements

• Curiosity and willingness to grow technical depth over time, even if you don’t meet every requirement today

#LI-Hybrid, or #LI-Remote

For candidates based in our San Diego office, the salary (or hourly range is $97,000-$105,000.

For candidates based in our South San Francisco office, the salary or hourly range is $105,000-$117,000.

For candidates working remote (US), the salary or hourly range is $88,000-$97,500

The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience, skillset, geographic location, industry, education, etc. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Pay range
$88,000—$112,000 USD

What We Can Offer You

Veracyte is a growing company that offers significant career opportunities if you are curious, driven, patient-oriented and aspire to help us build a great company. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, and are committed to fostering an inclusive workforce, where diverse backgrounds are represented, engaged, and empowered to drive innovative ideas and decisions. We are thrilled to be recognized as a 2024 Certified™ Great Place to Work® in both the US and Israel - a testament to our dynamic, inclusive, and inspiring workplace where passion meets purpose.

About Veracyte

Veracyte (Nasdaq: VCYT) is a global diagnostics company whose vision is to transform cancer care for patients all over the world. We empower clinicians with the high-value insights they need to guide and assure patients at pivotal moments in the race to diagnose and treat cancer. Our Veracyte Diagnostics Platform delivers high-performing cancer tests that are fueled by broad genomic and clinical data, deep bioinformatic and AI capabilities, and a powerful evidence-generation engine, which ultimately drives durable reimbursement and guideline inclusion for our tests, along with new insights to support continued innovation and pipeline development. For more information, please visit www.veracyte.com or follow us on LinkedIn or X (Twitter).

Veracyte, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability status. Veracyte participates in E-Verify in the United States. View our CCPA Disclosure Notice.

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