Lead Quality Assurance Engineer (Frontend Automation)

TL;DR

Lead Quality Assurance Engineer (Frontend Automation): Leading quality assurance for frontend applications, focusing on designing and implementing automation solutions. Focus on driving automation strategy, improving reliability, and coaching product squads on best practices for defect prevention.

Location: Remote within the United States, specifically in AL, AZ, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MA, MI, MN, MO, NE, NH, NC, NV, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY. Preference for candidates near offices in Lincoln or Omaha, Nebraska.

Salary: $103,000 - $172,000 USD

Company

hirify.global helps sports teams and athletes around the world capture video, analyze data, and share highlights to improve performance.

What you will do

• Lead the mission to empower product squads in designing and building modern, scalable, and accessible front-end apps.
• Define and implement solutions for general quality problems with full ownership over automation and technical solutions.
• Coach and guide product squads to find defects earlier and evangelize new automation approaches.
• Take full ownership of squad quality, using data to reduce defect leakage into production.
• Drive alignment on front-end quality initiatives across departments and ensure scalable solutions meet strategic objectives.
• Proactively identify and address potential obstacles to prevent defects and leverage industry insights for continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Ability to influence and coach teams to adopt best practices and foster innovation in software quality.
• Experience leading complex, full-stack, and multi-platform quality initiatives.
• Deep understanding of the domain, complex systems, and in-depth knowledge of automation on multiple platforms.
• Expertise in investigating root causes of problems, particularly flaky tests and inconsistent UIs, backing findings with data.
• Proven problem-solving skills to identify, analyze, and implement solutions for challenging quality problems.
• Clear understanding of what quality success looks like at both project and platform levels.

Nice to have

• Playwright expertise for building automation test suites and working with mocking data.

Culture & Benefits

• Champion work-life harmony with flexible vacation time, company-wide holidays, and remote work options.
• Guarantee autonomy with an open culture, trust, and the agency to try new ideas.
• Encourage career growth through professional development resources and opportunities.
• Provide the necessary tech and an environment for success, whether in-office or remote.
• Support wellbeing with medical and retirement benefits (depending on location), Employee Assistance Program, and employee resource groups.