QA Engineer

Full TimeFully Remote (US or Canada Based)

About Nest Veterinary

Nest is building the care plan platform for modern veterinary hospitals. Our technology helps practices design, deliver, and measure wellness programs that make preventative care easy to follow and sustainable to provide. For pet parents, that means predictable costs and better outcomes. For hospitals, it means stronger client relationships, steadier revenue, and more pets staying healthy under their care.

We’re a mission-driven team working at the intersection of design, technology, and medicine, and we’re just getting started. If you’ve ever wanted your work to both advance technology and improve the lives of millions of pets, Nest is the place to do it.

The Role

We’re seeking a Quality Assurance Lead to build out our testing process and tools. You’ll have the chance to shape Nest’s QA architecture, make critical technical decisions, and see your work directly improve the way veterinary care is delivered.

What You’ll Do

As our first QA Lead, you’ll establish and own the quality assurance function at our company. You’ll shape how we test, measure, and deliver product quality, while also being hands-on in testing our application suite. Specifically, you will:

• Build the QA function from the ground up– define processes, standards, and best practices that ensure high product quality.
• Evaluate and select testing tools(automation frameworks, test management, bug tracking, CI/CD integrations) that fit our stage and needs.
• Design and implement testing strategies– covering functional, regression, exploratory, performance, and security testing where appropriate.
• Perform hands-on manual testingto deeply understand our SaaS product suite and identify issues across user journeys.
• Develop an automation roadmap– determine where and when automation should be introduced, and drive its adoption.
• Collaborate cross-functionallywith product managers, developers, and customer support to identify quality risks early and build scalable solutions.
• Own defect reporting and tracking– establish clear workflows for bug reporting, triage, and resolution.
• Establish metrics and reportingto track product quality, test coverage, and release readiness.
• Advocate for quality culture– coach and mentor developers and stakeholders on QA best practices and how to “shift left.”
• Continuously improve– iterate on tools, processes, and strategies as the company and product evolve.

Build the QA function from the ground up

Evaluate and select testing tools

Design and implement testing strategies

Perform hands-on manual testing

Develop an automation roadmap

Collaborate cross-functionally

Own defect reporting and tracking

Establish metrics and reporting

Advocate for quality culture

Continuously improve

What We’re Looking For

You might be a great fit if:

• You bring3–5+ years of professional software engineering experience
• You’re fluent inPythonand familiar with frameworks like FastAPI or gRPC
• You have experience withSQL and relational databases
• You knowDockerand container-based deployment
• You’re a strong communicator and comfortable working independently

3–5+ years of professional software engineering experience

Python

SQL and relational databases

Docker

You’re a strong communicator and comfortable working independently

You might be a great fit if:

• You have proven experience inQA or software testing, ideally in a SaaS or startup environment.
• You’ve led or played a key role inestablishing QA processeswhere none existed before.
• You’re comfortable beinghands-on with manual testingwhile also planning for long-term automation.
• You have strong knowledge oftesting methodologies, tools, and frameworks, and can choose the right ones for the job.
• You’re detail-oriented, organized, and thrive on ensuring things work as intended.
• You communicate clearly and can work cross-functionally with engineers, product managers, and support teams.
• You approach QA with a“customer-first mindset”, ensuring our users have a seamless experience.

QA or software testing

establishing QA processes

hands-on with manual testing

testing methodologies, tools, and frameworks

You’re detail-oriented, organized, and thrive on ensuring things work as intended.

You communicate clearly and can work cross-functionally with engineers, product managers, and support teams.

“customer-first mindset”

Bonus points if:

• You have experience withtest automation tools(e.g., Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, Postman).
• You’ve worked withCI/CD pipelines(e.g., GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Jenkins) to integrate testing into deployments.
• You’ve testedmulti-tenant SaaS applicationsor complex product ecosystems.
• You bring knowledge ofperformance, load, or security testing.
• You’ve helped build or mentor QA teams in a scaling environment.

test automation tools

CI/CD pipelines

multi-tenant SaaS applications

performance, load, or security testing

You’ve helped build or mentor QA teams in a scaling environment.

• Mission-Driven Impact:Build technology that improves pet health and strengthens the human-animal bond
• Foundational Role:Shape Nest’s core platform as one of our early engineers
• Growth & Development:Opportunities to expand your scope as Nest scales
• Modern Stack:Work with Python, FastAPI, gRPC, GCP, and other best-in-class tools
• Remote Flexibility:Fully remote team with flexible work options

Mission-Driven Impact:

Foundational Role:

Growth & Development:

Modern Stack:

Remote Flexibility:

👉 Ready to use your QA skills to transform veterinary care and make a difference for millions of pets? Apply now.