
QA/QMS Lead
ABBYY
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $176,000 - $204,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Design, implement, and maintain an ISO 9001-compliant Quality Management System across R&D and Cloud operations
- Build and lead a QA function, hiring and developing team members as the program matures
- Establish QA automation strategy and infrastructure, building frameworks that integrate tightly with Azure DevOps pipelines and our .NET and C++ codebases
- Define and enforce release quality gates, metrics, and processes that improve product reliability without slowing delivery
- Own internal and external audit preparation, documentation, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Partner with engineering leadership to integrate quality practices into agile development workflows
- Establish KPIs and reporting that give leadership visibility into quality trends and risk areas
Requirements
- 8+ years in software quality assurance, with at least 3 years in a leadership or management capacity
- Direct experience implementing and maintaining ISO 9001 or similar QMS standards (ISO 27001, CMMI) in a software development environment
- Strong hands-on skills in test automation for .NET applications—experience with frameworks like MSTest, NUnit, xUnit, SpecFlow, or Playwright; comfortable writing and reviewing C# code
- Experience with C++ testing frameworks (Google Test, Catch2, or similar) is a plus
- Proficiency with Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipelines, test plans, and release management
- Track record of improving release quality and reducing defect escape rates in complex software products
- Excellent communication skills—able to translate between technical teams and executive stakeholders
- Experience scaling QA practices in a growing organization; comfortable building processes and teams from early stages.
Benefits
- Three weeks' paid time off plus 13 paid holidays, floating holidays, and holiday allowance increase based on tenure
- Gym membership subsidy
- Medical and dental insurance
- Pet insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- College Savings Plan
- Travel assistance
- 401(k) with up to 4% employer match
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
ISO 9001Quality Management SystemQA automationtest automationC#.NETC++MSTestNUnitAzure DevOps
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationteam developmentprocess improvementagile methodologiescollaborationproblem-solvingstrategic planningKPI establishmentrisk management
Certifications
ISO 9001 certificationISO 27001 certificationCMMI certification