Full time|| Senior Quality Assurance Engineer OR Lead

Role Title: Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer / Lead

Location: Mesa, AZ (Hybrid in-office 2–3 days a week; local candidates strongly preferred, relocation considered secondary)

Position Type: Perm / Full-Time

Essential Responsibilities                                                                                                 

Process & Strategy Leadership: Champion and guide the transition toward an automation-first testing mindset, establishing uniform QA processes, testing standards, and quality gates within CI/CD pipelines.

Framework Maintenance & Support: Maintain, scale, and optimize existing automated test frameworks built on Playwright and TypeScript across web applications and Windows services.

Cross-Team Coordination & SME Support: Act as the primary technical point of contact and subject matter expert (SME) to assist QA members across all 5 engineering teams when complex issues or environment challenges arise.

AWS & Lambda Testing: Oversee and execute testing within AWS environments, with a heavy emphasis on validating AWS Lambda-based applications and services.

Performance & Load Testing: Lead and assist with performance testing initiatives and load testing strategies utilizing JMeter.

Collaboration & Quality Metrics: Collaborate closely with Product, Development, and Scrum teams during design reviews, track and report defect metrics, and present quality findings to management.

Qualifications                                                                                                

Experience: Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) and 7+ years in software quality assurance, with at least 2+ years in a senior, lead, principal, or SME role.

Core Automation Stack: Strong, hands-on experience creating and maintaining automated test frameworks using Playwright and TypeScript.

Cloud & Services Testing: Proven experience testing within AWS environments (specifically AWS Lambdas), web-based applications, and Windows operating systems/services.

Tools & Methodologies: 5+ years of experience managing test plans, test cases, and workflows using Azure DevOps (ADO) within Agile Scrum and CI/CD pipelines.

Performance Testing: Experience with performance and load testing using JMeter.

Work Authorization & Location: holders based locally in the Mesa/Phoenix area (local candidates are primary; relocation candidates are considered secondary).