Lead QA Automation Engineer

HealthCentral

Lead QA Automation Engineer at HealthCentral focusing on quality assurance for web and mobile platforms. Hands-on leadership role requiring expertise in automated testing and process improvement.

Posted 7/3/2026full-timeRemote • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CypressJavaScriptSeleniumTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own, maintain, and improve automated testing pipelines for media websites and mobile applications.
Build, update, and maintain automated tests using Playwright or similar frameworks.
Improve test reliability, reduce flaky tests, and optimize test execution time.
Maintain and improve CI test workflows using GitHub Actions.
Expand automated coverage for critical user flows and high-risk product functionality.
Establish standards for automated tests writing, reviewing, and organization.
Collaborate with Engineering for testable applications.
Investigate failed test runs and coordinate fixes with Engineering.
Define and improve QA processes across web and mobile products.
Collaborate with Engineering leads on release quality standards and defect triage.
Create practical QA guidelines for feature validation and release readiness.
Manage, support, and mentor the existing manual QA tester.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of professional QA experience, including hands-on experience testing web applications.
3+ years of experience building and maintaining automated test suites for production applications.
2+ years of experience with modern browser automation frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium.
Playwright experience is strongly preferred.
1+ year of experience leading QA work, mentoring QA testers, managing QA execution, or owning QA process across a product or engineering team.
Experience writing or maintaining automated tests in JavaScript or TypeScript.
Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, preferably using GitHub Actions.
Experience with test case management tools such as Testiny, TestRail, Zephyr, or similar.
Experience with cross-browser and cross-device testing tools such as Sauce Labs, BrowserStack, or similar.
Strong understanding of regression testing, smoke testing, exploratory testing, release validation, and defect lifecycle management.
Ability to troubleshoot failed automated tests and distinguish between test issues, environment issues, and application defects.
Experience collaborating directly with Engineering, Product, and Design teams.
Strong communication skills, including the ability to clearly explain QA risks, test coverage gaps, and release concerns.
Ability to operate independently and bring structure to a QA function that is still growing.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary
Flexible remote working culture
Comprehensive medical/dental/vision benefits
401K
21 days PTO
6 Wellness Days
2 Volunteer Days
2 Floating Holidays
Extensive holiday schedule
Summer Fridays

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Hard Skills & Tools

Automated TestingTest Case ManagementRegression TestingSmoke TestingExploratory TestingDefect Lifecycle ManagementCross-Browser TestingCross-Device TestingTest Automation FrameworksTest Reliability Improvement

Soft Skills

Strong CommunicationMentoringCollaborationProblem-SolvingIndependence