Lead QA Engineer (QA Automation)

Location: Aliso Viejo, United States of America

Salary: $110,000–$155,000 nationally; $120,000–$165,000 in NYC/SF.

Company

hirify.global operates a clinical laboratory with automation capabilities and develops clinical software, including a HIPAA-compliant clinical order platform and supporting data-query and ETL tooling.

What you will do

• Own quality engineering strategy, test architecture, tooling selection, coverage targets, and automation standards across multiple applications and repositories.
• Own CI/CD test orchestration, including deployment-triggered and nightly regression runs, health checks, artifacts, version gates, reporting, and notifications.
• Lead release readiness and go/no-go decisions by consolidating risk assessments, validation evidence, and quality metrics.
• Drive shift-left quality practices across Agile Scrum teams and represent testability in design reviews, requirements, and delivery decisions.
• Own HIPAA and SOX test-practice compliance, including PHI handling, access controls, audit trails, and requirement-to-test-to-result traceability.
• Mentor QA/SDET engineers, lead complex failure resolution, define non-functional testing standards, and remain hands-on with automation for high-risk areas and scheduled deployments.

Requirements

• 10+ years in software QA or test engineering, including 7+ years of hands-on test automation and 3+ years as a lead, staff, or principal-level technical owner of a test practice.
• Experience owning test architecture and automation standards across multiple applications or teams.
• Expert Java and/or Python programming skills, with strong design practices including Page Object Model, dependency management, stable waits, and production-quality test code.
• Hands-on experience with Playwright and/or Selenium WebDriver, JUnit 5 or TestNG, and Maven or Gradle.
• Hands-on API test automation using tools such as REST Assured or Postman, including status, schema, contract, and authentication validation.
• Experience owning CI/CD automation with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Bamboo, or similar, including pipeline design, scheduled and triggered runs, artifacts, and reporting such as Allure.
• Advanced SQL and relational database skills, plus regulated test-data management; experience with performance and load testing using JMeter, k6, or Gatling.
• Experience with AWS or Azure, Docker-based test execution, observability tools such as Datadog or CloudWatch, and application logs.
• Working knowledge of HIPAA, SOX, HL7, FHIR, and testing in validated or regulated environments.
• Proven mentorship through pairing, code review, and framework onboarding; strong communication skills and the ability to explain quality risks and trade-offs to executive and non-QA stakeholders.
• Ability to set technical direction and drive multi-quarter initiatives independently, balancing coverage, speed, and effort.
• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

Nice to have

• ISTQB/ASTQB Advanced Level certification or above.
• Experience in a CLIA/CAP laboratory, FDA-regulated, or SOX-controlled software environment, including audit support.
• Experience with AI/LLM-assisted QA workflows, automated failure summarization, test generation, or agent-based regression triage.
• Knowledge of genetic testing, molecular biology, or related scientific disciplines.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time role in a clinical software organization focused on delivering quality results quickly.
• Quality is integrated into design, development, delivery pipelines, and release decisions rather than deferred to the end of the sprint.
• The role partners closely with software engineering, DevOps, product leadership, and Agile Scrum teams.