# Lead QA Engineer

**Company:** [StackAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/stackai)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** QA Engineering
**Salary:** $80k – $130k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, cypress, Playwright, jest, pytest, unittest, rest, GraphQL, Git, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Postgres, Redis
**Posted:** 2026-08-04

> The Lead QA Engineer will establish automated testing, release validation, and reliability practices across web, API, and backend systems. The role requires 2–4 years of QA or test automation experience, strong Python skills, and familiarity with TypeScript, API testing, and CI/CD.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

### Test Planning & Execution
- Design, write, and execute test plans for new features across web, API, and backend systems.
- Develop and maintain automated unit, integration, and end-to-end test suites for a TypeScript and Python stack.
- Run regression and performance tests before major releases.
- Identify, document, and verify bugs in collaboration with engineers.

### Automation & Tooling
- Own and extend the test automation framework.
- Integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines to catch regressions early.
- Use API and load-testing tools to validate APIs and load behavior.
- Contribute to observability improvements, including logs, alerts, and dashboards, to detect quality issues early.

### Collaboration & Process
- Partner with Product and Engineering to understand user workflows and identify high-risk areas.
- Collaborate directly with developers to debug issues and verify fixes.
- Document and standardize QA processes.
- Participate in code reviews, release planning, and sprint retrospectives.

## Requirements

- 2–4 years of experience in QA, test automation, or software testing.
- Proficiency in Python.
- Strong familiarity with JavaScript or TypeScript and Cypress, Playwright, or Jest.
- Experience with Python testing frameworks such as PyTest or unittest.
- Experience testing REST or GraphQL APIs and web applications end-to-end.
- Solid understanding of software lifecycles, Git, and CI/CD.
- Strong attention to detail and a focus on building reliable, maintainable systems.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

## Nice-to-Haves

- Experience testing AI/ML systems, data pipelines, or model outputs.
- Familiarity with Temporal, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, or FastAPI.
- Performance or security testing experience.
- Prior startup experience and comfort with ambiguity and rapid shipping.

## Compensation & Benefits

- Annual salary range of $80,000–$130,000.

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