Quality Engineering Lead

Quality Engineering Lead

The candidate must reside within the continental US.

Responsibilities:

• Lead quality engineering strategy across multiple teams supporting software delivery, platform operations, and data integration initiatives.
• Define and evolve testing approaches for functional, integration, regression, non-functional, and release validation activities.
• Coordinate quality planning activities across product, engineering, and operations stakeholders to ensure release readiness and delivery confidence.
• Establish and monitor quality metrics, defect trends, test coverage, and release health indicators.
• Guide the adoption of test automation frameworks, CI/CD quality gates, and quality engineering best practices.
• Review user stories, requirements, and technical designs to ensure testability and quality considerations are incorporated early in the development lifecycle.
• Collaborate with Test Automation Engineers and developers to improve coverage across API, middleware, data, and UI layers.
• Support root cause analysis, defect triage, and corrective actions for production and pre-production issues.
• Mentor QA and test engineering personnel while driving continuous improvement initiatives across delivery teams.
• Partner with release and program leadership to support milestone readiness, auditability, and delivery transparency.
• Contribute to team objectives and take on additional responsibilities as needed.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience in software quality assurance, test engineering, or quality leadership roles.
• Experience leading test strategy and quality engineering activities for enterprise or federal technology programs.
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, and quality engineering practices within DevSecOps environments.
• Experience supporting API, middleware, integration, data, and end-to-end system testing.
• Knowledge of defect management, test management, and reporting tools such as Jira and related platforms.
• Experience defining test plans, quality metrics, and release readiness criteria.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and coordination skills across technical and non-technical teams.
• Experience working closely with developers, product managers, and operations teams to improve software quality outcomes.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a government clearance.

Additional Qualifications:

• Experience supporting Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or other federal healthcare initiatives.
• Familiarity with healthcare interoperability standards, API-based integrations, or healthcare data workflows.
• Experience with accessibility, security, compliance, or performance testing practices.
• Relevant certifications in software testing, Agile, SAFe, or quality engineering methodologies.
• Experience leading distributed or remote engineering and QA teams.

Benefits:

• Medical/Dental/Vision.
• 401k with Employer Match.
• PTO + Federal Holidays.
• Corporate Laptop.
• Training Opportunities.
• Remote Opportunity.

Note: Selected candidates will be required to complete fingerprinting at a government facility and undergo a background check as part of the hiring process.

Equal Opportunity Disclaimer:

Sorry, we are unable to offer sponsorship at this time.