Lead Quality Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Lead Quality Engineer to take full ownership of our quality assurance efforts. This is a high-impact, ground-floor opportunity to define, build, and scale our Quality Assurance (QA) function from scratch.

You will leverage both a strong QA mindset and deep technical expertise to establish a repeatable and scalable QA process. As a core member of the delivery team, you will ensure our products meet the highest standards of reliability, performance, and user experience.

Work Includes:

Quality Engineer Strategy and Process Ownership

Design, implement, and own an organization-wide, scalable QA framework, upholding quality as a proactive, first-line of defense.

Define and institutionalize best practices for bug identification, prevention, and resolution, while reinforcing QA beyond basic peer review.

Define, plan, and run a comprehensive User Acceptance Testing (UAT) cycle every release/sprint.

Partner with Product and Engineering to write detailed QA plans before development begins, ensuring full coverage of business and technical requirements.

Hands-On Testing and Automation

Perform hands-on QA using a risk-based approach, leveraging manual, exploratory, and automated testing techniques.

Create, execute, and maintain automated test scripts, primarily for React UIs, with deep experience required in Playwright.

Maintain and evolve automated testing frameworks to support growing product needs and team capacity.

Decompose product requirements into comprehensive test cases, ensuring full coverage of business and technical needs.

Write and execute SQL queries to validate data integrity and troubleshoot backend issues.

Complete code review analysis.

Collaboration, Mentoring, and Defect Management:

Identify, track, document, and triage bugs, collaborating with Engineering to determine severity and prioritization for efficient resolution.

Work within a Scrum/Agile team, sharing QA best practices, and mentoring teammates to improve overall testing strategies.

Make informed decisions on what, when, and how to automate, balancing efficiency with development speed and aligning with CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications:

Must be a U.S. Citizen; Work Visa is not eligible.

5+ years of experience as a Quality Engineer.

3+ years of experience leading a team

Proven success owning or building QA processes from scratch, particularly within small or mid-sized technology companies.

Deep experience with automated testing frameworks

Experience debugging applications, analyzing logs, and using developer tools to investigate issues.

Ability to write and optimize SQL queries for testing and troubleshooting purposes.

Strong proficiency with GitHub and familiarity with modern development workflows and version control (e.g., Git).

A strong QA Mindset

Ability to clearly articulate test findings, risks, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders across various time zones.

Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and familiarity with ticketing systems.

Why Work Here:

Innovative products & services that are revolutionizing AI

Competitive salary

Full benefits partially subsidized by company

Company matched simple retirement account (SRA)

Generous paid time off (holidays, vacation, and sick time)

Short-term and long-term disability insurance provided

Merit raises and performance bonuses available

Small company environment

Snack bar

Casual dress code

Upward mobility/internal promotion

Candidates meeting the above criteria will be contacted to discuss the opportunity and your experience. Discovery Machine, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer offering a competitive salary, benefits, and a flexible work schedule with core hours. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Send cover letter and resume to: careers@discoverymachine.com