Quality Engineer Lead

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

📋 Description

• Spearhead the integration of AI-assisted testing, intelligent automation, and advanced quality engineering methodologies to enhance software quality, testing efficiency, and engineering productivity across various product domains.

• Develop and advocate for engineering standards in AI-assisted testing, agent orchestration, responsible AI validation, observability, test data management, and overall software quality.

• Mentor engineers on effectively utilizing AI-enabled workflows while ensuring sound engineering judgment, robust testing principles, and high-quality engineering results.

• Assess emerging AI technologies, testing strategies, and quality engineering practices, leading their adoption when they bolster organizational effectiveness.

• Formulate and implement quality engineering strategies across multiple product areas to guarantee dependable, scalable, secure, and high-quality software delivery.

• Create detailed testing strategies that consider business goals, technical risks, architectural dependencies, release readiness, and customer effects.

• Oversee complex quality engineering projects, automation frameworks, and testing strategies that strike a balance between coverage, maintainability, performance, and delivery objectives.

• Ensure that quality engineering solutions consistently adhere to established standards for functionality, security, reliability, performance, and operational readiness.

• Set quality metrics and utilize production data, testing outcomes, customer feedback, and engineering insights to perpetually enhance testing effectiveness and software quality.

• Promote the adoption of shift-left quality practices, continuous integration, intelligent automation, and engineering processes that enhance delivery predictability and engineering efficiency.

• Lead initiatives for continuous improvement that reinforce automation frameworks, testing processes, quality engineering standards, operational excellence, and developer productivity.

• Evaluate new testing tools, AI-enabled capabilities, automation technologies, and engineering methodologies to elevate the organization's quality engineering maturity.

• Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, Architecture, Infrastructure, Developer Experience, and Engineering Leadership to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle.

• Articulate quality strategy, testing progress, release readiness, quality metrics, and technical risk evaluations to engineering leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Represent the Quality Engineering division in architecture reviews, engineering councils, release planning, and cross-functional initiatives while fostering alignment across technical disciplines.

• Guide Quality Engineers and technical leaders through technical coaching, quality assessments, automation guidance, and knowledge sharing, while advocating for engineering excellence across the organization.

• Lead, mentor, and cultivate a high-performing Quality Engineering team by providing regular feedback, performance coaching, career development, and growth opportunities.

• Promote a collaborative, psychologically safe, and accountable team culture that encourages continuous learning, innovation, and engineering excellence.

• Assist in hiring, onboarding, workforce planning, and succession planning to create a resilient and high-performing Quality Engineering organization.

• Hold the team accountable for quality commitments, release readiness, engineering standards, professional conduct, and ongoing improvement while facilitating long-term team success.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

• Over 10 years of progressive experience in quality engineering, software engineering, or technology organizations.

• More than 5 years of experience leading Quality Engineering teams, technical leaders, or multiple engineering initiatives.

• Proven track record in developing quality engineering strategies, organizational standards, and enterprise automation practices.

• Profound expertise in AI-assisted testing, automation architecture, quality metrics, engineering governance, and software delivery.

• Strong comprehension of cloud-native architectures, DevOps, CI/CD, release management, and engineering operations.

• Demonstrated ability to influence engineering leadership, drive organizational change, and align quality initiatives with business objectives.

• Outstanding leadership, communication, coaching, and strategic planning abilities.

• Experience in developing engineering leaders, succession planning, workforce planning, and enhancing organizational capabilities.

🏝️ Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off: 4+ weeks of vacation and 13+ paid holidays.

• Parental Leave: 12 weeks fully paid for all parents.

• Retirement: 401(k) with a 0.5:1 company match.

• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Medical, dental, and vision plans.

• Insurance: Company-paid life, short-term disability, and long-term disability, along with voluntary options including supplemental life, accident, and pet insurance.

• Volunteer Time Off: Give back through ClassLink Cares paid volunteer days.

• Lifelong Learning: Tuition reimbursement for continued education.

• Growth & Development: Coaching and internal programs to support career and personal growth.

• Supportive Culture: A workplace that values curiosity, compassion, and continuous learning.

• Connection & Community: Annual company retreats and team events with bright, fun coworkers.