# QA Engineer - Clearance Required at DEFCON AI

- Company: DEFCON AI
- What the company does: DEFCON AI engineers AI solutions that are powered by advanced optimization across a range of industries, translating complex operations into scalable success. Backed by Bessemer.
- Company website: https://www.defconai.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Remote, USA
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $135K to $170K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-21
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/defcon/jobs/5218880007
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/defcon-ai-qa-engineer-clearance-required/

## About the role

As QA Engineer you will own quality for an AI-enabled decision-support system: the test plan, the automated coverage, and the evidence that what was delivered is what was specified. Product defines the acceptance criteria. You build the executable version of it , and you hold engineering, platform, and everyone else delivering the work accountable to it.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years in software quality engineering, test automation, or software engineering with substantial dedicated test ownership
- A clear point of view on how testing should be done , and the judgment to know which practices are worth holding to. You will be setting the standard here rather than following one
- 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 , including working directly with product owners or end users to establish what correct actually means
- Experience with performance and load testing, including establishing what a result does and does not demonstrate

Tags: Defcon - Engineering