Quality Engineering & Testing Lead

Team: IT

Location: US

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: remote

Accountabilities:

• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve the enterprise test strategy across functional, integration, system, regression, automation, performance, UAT, and external stakeholder testing.
• Establish and lead the Quality Engineering practice, defining testing standards, processes, governance, and quality objectives.
• Manage contractor test engineers and coordinate activities with client testing resources and business stakeholders.
• Own UAT planning and execution governance, including test coordination, defect management, results tracking, and quality exit criteria.
• Partner with implementation and business stakeholders to ensure UAT activities align with delivery objectives and organizational needs.
• Provide testing results, quality metrics, and release criteria to support Beta and Production readiness decisions.
• Establish and mature automated testing frameworks to improve coverage, consistency, efficiency, and release confidence.
• Oversee TestRail governance and ensure effective management of test cases, execution, results, and reporting.
• Define and monitor release quality metrics that provide clear visibility into testing progress, risks, defects, and readiness.
• Coordinate testing with external stakeholders and ensure appropriate communication, scheduling, and execution across participating groups.
• Facilitate collaboration between engineering, business, testing, and delivery teams throughout the software lifecycle.
• Support continuous improvement of Agile testing practices and phased release processes.

Requirements:

• 12+ years of professional software testing experience.
• 8+ years of experience leading enterprise QA or Quality Engineering organizations.
• Proven experience designing and implementing automated testing frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with TestRail and Agile testing methodologies.
• Strong experience leading User Acceptance Testing programs and coordinating testing with business users.
• Experience testing APIs, databases, cloud applications, and integrated enterprise systems.
• Demonstrated ability to establish testing strategies, quality governance, release criteria, and measurable quality standards.
• Strong leadership, facilitation, organizational, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Experience managing and coordinating distributed or contractor testing teams.
• Ability to work effectively with technical teams, business stakeholders, delivery leaders, and external partners.
• Experience supporting Federal software delivery environments is preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify quality risks and drive appropriate mitigation.
• Ability to operate independently in a fully remote environment while maintaining strong collaboration and accountability.

Benefits:

• Salary range of $120,000–$140,000 per year, depending on experience, skills, education, location, achievements, and other relevant factors.
• 100% remote work arrangement.
• Employer-paid 99% of medical, dental, and vision coverage for full-time employees.
• Employer contribution of 25% toward health coverage for family and dependents.
• 100% paid short-term disability and life insurance for full-time employees.
• 100% paid professional certifications.
• 401(k) matching of up to 4%.
• Paid time off and paid federal holidays.
• Wellness and fitness program.
• Online education and training resources.
• Flexible Spending Account programs covering medical costs, dependent care, transit, and parking.
• Employee referral bonus opportunities.
• Supportive environment focused on professional development, career growth, and work-life balance.
• Remote work designed around core business hours and collaboration with colleagues and clients.