# Quality Engineering Team Lead

**Company:** [Domino](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/domino-data-lab)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** QA Engineering
**Salary:** $175k – $220k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** CI/CD, CircleCI, GitHub Actions, Playwright, selenium, test automation, quality engineering, sdet, ai-assisted coding, Claude, Codex, Cursor, Mentorship
**Posted:** 2026-06-04

> Lead a small Quality Engineering team in owning and modernizing CI/CD pipelines, driving test automation with AI tools, standardizing QE practices across engineering, and shifting quality left to prevent defects. Requires deep CI/CD and test automation expertise plus prior mentoring experience.

## Job Description

## Impact in First Year
- Own CI/CD systems end-to-end: audit current state, redesign as needed, drive improvements in pipeline reliability, build/test cycle time, and developer experience within first six months.
- Lead adoption of standardized QE practices and testing frameworks across engineering teams, reducing inconsistency in coverage and establishing shared quality standards within first year.
- Drive increased automation of QE processes using AI-assisted tooling (e.g. Claude, Codex, Cursor) to accelerate development velocity.
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of 1-3 Quality Engineers, supporting technical development, career growth, and effectiveness to improve team velocity and reduce defect escape rates.
- Partner with Engineering and Product to shift quality left in the development lifecycle, prioritizing defect prevention.
- Establish structured knowledge sharing and process documentation to scale team impact.

## Requirements
- Proven track record owning and operating CI/CD systems at scale (CircleCI, GitHub Actions or equivalent), including redesigning pipelines for reliability and speed.
- Deep expertise in CI/CD tooling and infrastructure; able to independently evaluate, modernize, and scale systems.
- Strong proficiency in test automation frameworks (Playwright, Selenium or equivalent) with a clear philosophy on test strategy and coverage.
- Solid background in Quality Engineering or SDET, including designing and implementing test automation frameworks from the ground up.
- Demonstrated use of AI-assisted coding tools (Claude, Codex, Cursor) to automate testing and accelerate workflows.
- Excellent cross-functional communication skills; comfortable as individual contributor and as quality leader.
- Prior experience leading or mentoring a small engineering team (even informally).

## Nice-to-Haves
- Growth mindset with focus on continuous improvement.
- Experience fostering teaching, learning, and diverse teams.

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