QA Engineer, Test Orchestration

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and manage AI-driven testing workflows utilizing agents, automation, and orchestration.

• Create and uphold a comprehensive regression strategy, which includes test prioritization, risk-based coverage, and maintainability of the suite.

• Collaborate with the Release team to establish testing protocols, quality gates, exit criteria, and go/no-go recommendations.

• Enhance regression testing through intelligent test selection, parallel execution, flaky-test resolution, and risk-based coverage.

• Work closely with Product and Engineering teams to enhance testability, failure observability, and the signal-to-noise ratio in CI/CD processes.

• Evaluate release risks, failure trends, and escaped defects to uncover opportunities for automation and preventative measures.

• Establish and advocate for unified QA standards, test-design methodologies, and regression strategies across product teams.

• Prompt, assess, and manage agentic test generation and triage using AI tools.

• Guide QA colleagues and assist engineering teams in adopting contemporary testing and quality practices.

• Engage in release readiness assessments and post-incident review sessions.

• Develop scalable quality systems that enhance coverage, speed up feedback cycles, and lower release risks.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in owning QA strategy, test automation, and ensuring release readiness in production software settings.

• In-depth knowledge of test orchestration, including managing multi-step test pipelines, agents, jobs, and environments across CI/CD and release frameworks.

• Capability to design regression suites that balance thorough coverage with efficiency through test selection, sharding, prioritization, and parallel execution.

• Strong grounding in test design, risk-based testing, exploratory testing, automation frameworks, and failure resolution.

• Practical experience with AI-assisted testing, agentic workflows, or LLM-enabled quality tools.

• Experience in collaboration with Release or DevOps teams regarding testing protocols, quality gates, and criteria for production readiness.

• Ability to make informed trade-offs between coverage, speed, and release risks.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• A systems-oriented mindset for developing scalable quality processes.

• Alignment with StrongMind’s values: Kindness, Accountability, Collaboration, Innovation, and Grit.

• Availability during core business hours from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Arizona time, Monday through Friday.

• Must be eligible to work in the United States.

• Bonus: Experience with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or similar large-scale end-to-end testing frameworks.

• Bonus: Familiarity with cloud-based CI/CD and distributed test execution, including GitHub Actions or AWS.

• Bonus: Experience in minimizing flaky tests and enhancing pipeline reliability and signal quality.

• Bonus: Experience in establishing QA standards, playbooks, or cross-team quality frameworks.

• Bonus: Experience in evaluating AI-generated tests.

• Bonus: Background in EdTech or other mission-driven product environments.

• Visa sponsorship is not available.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and voluntary benefits.

• On-site gym facilities.

• Virtual wellness programs available.

• Wellness coaching services offered.

• Flexible work arrangements for selected roles.

• Unlimited paid time off (PTO) for exempt positions.

• Additional "life happens" days provided.

• Fully paid holiday week off during Christmas.

• Recognition and rewards for birthdays, significant milestones, exemplary work, and community service contributions.

• Quarterly Town Hall meetings.

• Annual social events and traditions, including Halloween festivities and Wellness Fairs.