Lead QA Engineer

Summary

Join Unqork, a company building AI-powered applications, as a Quality Assurance Engineer. You will report to the Senior Director of Quality Assurance and lead backend QA/Testing initiatives, defining and creating test cases, determining automation candidates, and writing automated tests. Responsibilities include executing manual tests, reviewing acceptance criteria, updating automated regression test suites, contributing to test frameworks, and mentoring junior engineers. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of experience in Quality Engineering or Software Engineering, with Javascript experience and strong attention to detail. Unqork offers competitive compensation, benefits, and perks, including remote work, unlimited PTO, student loan payback, comprehensive health insurance, a monthly WFH stipend, a 401k match, and paid parental leave.

Requirements

• 5+ years of related Quality Engineering, Software Engineering experience
• Javascript experience required
• Experience writing test plans and test cases is required
• Experience in analyzing logs using APM tools such as DataDog, New Relic, Observe, etc

Responsibilities

• Lead backend QA/Testing initiatives, owning quality across services, APIs and database layers
• Define and create test cases based on acceptance criteria and in conjunction with best practices established by our overall QA team
• Determine test case candidates for automation, providing the appropriate validation as defined in the test case
• Write automated integration, API, and/or UI tests to be included in the regression suite
• Participate in executing manual test cases, where required as well as release regression testing
• Review acceptance criteria and discuss with the developers to determine unit test case coverage
• Update and maintain an automated regression test suite while expanding UI & API functional test coverage
• Contribute to our test frameworks and services
• Contribute to our long-term vision and strategy for QA and Test Automation
• Make testing an integral part of the development process
• Report bugs and follow them through the complete bug life cycle
• Understand system performance / load requirements and coordinate testing
• Mentor / Lead junior QA engineers and contribute to the technical growth of the QA function

Preferred Qualifications

• CodeceptJS & K6 experience is a plus
• Experience with testing Artificial Intelligence LLMs is a plus
• Strong attention to detail, and ownership of product quality

Benefits

• Work from home with a remote-first community
• Unlimited PTO (and the encouragement to use it)
• Student loan payback program
• 100% employer-covered medical, dental, and vision options available to you and your dependents
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Monthly stipend toward your WFH setup, vacation, development and more
• Employer-sponsored 401(k) with contribution match
• Subsidized ClassPass Membership
• Generous Paid Parental Leave