Junior Software Engineer (QA/ DevOps Focus)

Posted Yesterday
Naperville, IL, USA
In-Office
Entry level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Information Technology • Business Intelligence • Cybersecurity
Empowering Purpose-Driven Organizations Through Technology Support, Service & Strategic Guidance.
The Role
This entry-level hybrid role focuses on QA and DevOps tasks, including validating software features, testing, and operational support to ensure reliable product delivery.
Summary Generated by Built In

Upstream Impact is a small, mission-driven software team building products that have real human impact. We care deeply about quality, reliability, and building software that generally helps the people who use it. Because we are a 10-person team, communication collaboration, adaptability, and shared ownership are essential to how we work and succeed together.

This role is an entry-level hybrid position designed for someone who wants to grow across software quality, troubleshooting, release support, production operations, and lightweight development. This role is intentionally weighted toward helping the team ship reliable software, reduce avoidable operational noise, and strengthen day-to-day product quality. Over time, contribute small bug fixes, minor enhancements, and internal tooling improvements.

This role is best suited for someone who is energized by learning, asks good questions early, works carefully, and wants to gown in an environment where roles are collaborative rather than highly siloed.

What You Will Do:

  • Validate new features and bug fixes through functional regression, smoke, and exploratory testing.
  • Write clear, reproducible bug reports and verify completed fixes before release.
  • Participate in sprint refinement and help clarify acceptance criteria and edge cases early.
  • Support releases through regression testing, smoke testing, and post-release validation.
  • Monitor production health, review logs and alerts, and assist with routine operational support using established runbooks.
  • Help document incidents, recurring issues, and operational procedures clearly and accurately.
  • Contribute small bug fixes, low-risk enhancements, and internal tooling improvements under guidance.
  • Collaborate closely with Development QA, and Support teammates to improve product quality, release confidence, and operational reliability.

What Success Looks Like:

In this role success means becoming a dependable junior contributor who improves release confidence, reduces team friction, and steadily expands ability to contribute across QA, operations, and development.


Requirements
  • 0-2 years of experience in software development, QA, technical support, DevOps, or a related field
  • Strong fundamentals in software testing and defect validation.
  • Comfort learning technical troubleshooting through logs, runbooks and monitoring tools.
  • Basic coding ability to contribute small fixes and internal tooling improvements.
  • Strong attention to detail and clear written communication.
  • Ability to follow established processes and escalate when something is unclear.
  • Curiosity, reliability, and a willingness to learn across testing, operations, and development responsibilities.

Preferred:

  • Experience testing web applications or APIs.
  • Familiarity with Git, Agile workflows, or ticketing systems.
  • Exposure to CI/CD pipelines, deployments, logs, or monitoring tools.
  • Basic scripting or coding experience for bug fixes, automation, or tooling.
  • Interest in growing toward QA engineering, software development, DevOps, or platform-oriented work.

Benefits
  • Company paid Day-1 Health care insurance for employee.
  • Company paid AD&D Insurance.
  • Company paid LTD & STD Insurance.
  • Unlimited PTO.
  • Employee Assistance Program.
  • Dental Insurance.
  • Vision Insurance.
  • 401k.
  • Life Insurance.

Additional:

  • Full time salaried position.
  • Unlimited PTO after 90 days.
  • Employee-Ownership eligible after 1 year of service.

Top Skills

Ci/Cd Pipelines
Git
Monitoring Tools
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The Company
HQ: Naperville, IL
43 Employees
Year Founded: 1996

What We Do

You rely on technology every day, but is it really working for you? Maybe it feels like IT is just one more thing holding your business back. You’ve dealt with recurring issues, sluggish support, missed opportunities, and rising security risks. You’ve invested time and money, but it’s not translating into real progress—or a competitive advantage. You want more than a vendor. You want a technology PARTNER who listens, understands your goals, and helps your team work smarter, not harder. You want proactive strategies, not just reactive fixes. And you want technology that supports growth, aligns with your business plan, and stays ahead of threats—not one that’s constantly behind. That’s where your journey with us begins. At WEBIT Services, we work with organizations that are ready for something better. We start by understanding how your business operates, what outcomes matter most to you, and what’s standing in your way. Then, we build a long-term strategy that transforms your IT from a cost center into a value driver. You don’t need more tools. You need the right ones—backed by an employee-owner team that’s invested in your success. Let’s have a conversation about what’s not working, where you want to go, and how technology can help you get there.

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