Lead Quality Engineer

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Lead Quality Engineer to lead quality assurance initiatives across modern web applications and distributed systems.

Tasks

• Lead quality engineering strategy and testing activities across multiple products.
• Develop and maintain test automation frameworks using Playwright and TypeScript.
• Perform functional, integration, regression, exploratory, API, and user acceptance testing.
• Validate REST APIs, GraphQL APIs, and distributed system integrations.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and establish quality gates.
• Leverage AI-assisted testing tools to improve test creation, maintenance, and defect detection.
• Use New Relic and observability tools to monitor application performance and identify quality issues.
• Automate test environments, test data management, and deployment validation.
• Define test strategies, test plans, quality metrics, and release criteria.
• Lead defect triage, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with product owners, developers, architects, and DevOps teams.
• Mentor QE engineers and promote quality engineering best practices.

Requirements

• Experience: 7+ Years (Preferred)
• Strong hands-on experience building and maintaining test frameworks with Playwright & TypeScript.
• Expertise in validating REST APIs, GraphQL APIs, and UI workflows.
• Proven track record of integrating automated tests into pipelines and establishing quality gates.
• Exposure to AI-assisted testing tools, application observability (New Relic), and test infrastructure/data automation.
• Experience defining test strategies, leading defect triage, and mentoring engineering teams.

How to apply

• Send your resume directly to our recruiting team.

Location

• Austin, Texas, USA