Senior Engineering Leader – Quality (QA Ownership)

Department: Engineering / Technology

Reports to: Director of Engineering

Scope: ~250 engineers across multiple teams

Role Overview

This role is for a Senior Engineering - Leader who owns Quality across a large engineering organization. You are not running a traditional QA function—you are responsible for embedding quality into how 250 engineers build, test, and ship software.

You will drive an automation-first, AI-enabled quality strategy, ensuring teams own quality end-to-end while maintaining a high bar for reliability, performance, and customer experience.

You are expected to challenge engineers, product managers, and senior stakeholders when quality is at risk. You do not trade quality for speed—you enable both.

You are expected to be on the tools and lead by example

What You’ll Own

Quality as an Engineering Discipline
Make quality a core engineering responsibility, not a downstream QA activity
Embed testing into design, development, and deployment workflows




Drive a robust “shift-left” culture across all teams
Define what “positive quality” looks like and ensure it is consistently met

Automation & AI-Driven Testing
Establish automation as the default across all layers (unit, API, integration, E2E)
Drive adoption of AI-assisted testing (test generation, flakiness detection, intelligent coverage)
Ensure all tests are integrated into CI/CD pipelines with quick feedback loops
Continuously improve coverage, reliability, and execution speed at scale

Engineering Leadership & Standards
Set and enforce quality standards, test strategies, and release criteria
Define and track key metrics (defect leakage, coverage, MTTR, pipeline health)
Own quality gates and block releases when standards are not met
Lead root cause analysis and systemic improvements

Influencing & Driving Accountability
Work directly with senior engineers and tech leads to improve quality practices
Push back on delivery

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