Principal Quality Engineer

Heartbeat Health

Principal Quality Engineer defining and improving quality strategies for Heartbeat's clinical cardiac care platform. Establishing validation architecture and strengthening release confidence across the team.

Posted 4/29/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Quality strategy for our clinical platform
Define what quality means at Heartbeat, how we measure it, and how we improve it - across partner-specific configurations, clinical decision support, workflow orchestration, and integration points. You own the quality outcomes, not just the test artifacts.
Validation architecture
Design the systems that make validation fast, reliable, and low-friction - test data strategies, environment management, automation frameworks, CI/CD integration. Give engineers back time by making quality infrastructure a force multiplier, not a tax.
Release confidence
Strengthen release predictability by systematizing validation earlier in the development lifecycle. When something ships, the team should know - with evidence - that it works.
Embedded cross-functional partnership
This is not a handoff role. You'll sit inside the development process - participating in refinement, influencing how work is scoped and acceptance criteria are defined, shaping what "done" means. You're a core member of a small, high-impact team where everyone has direct access to product, engineering, and clinical leadership.
Exploratory testing where it matters
Perform targeted exploratory testing on high-risk areas - new features, edge cases, partner-specific configuration behavior, clinical workflow paths. You know when automation is the right tool and when human judgment is the only tool.

Requirements

What you’ll need

You've established or significantly evolved a QA function - not just executed within one. You've defined the principles, chosen the tools, and changed how a team thinks about quality.
You work as a peer alongside engineers and product, not downstream from them. You influence development practices, not just validate outputs.
You have deep technical fluency in test automation, CI/CD, and testing infrastructure. You can build frameworks, not just use them.
You think in systems: risk models, failure modes, configuration matrices, integration boundaries - not just test cases and coverage percentages.
You balance automation with exploratory testing and have strong judgment about when each is appropriate.
You're comfortable with ambiguity. This role has clear objectives but no playbook. You'll define the structure.

Benefits

Comp & perks

We are mission-driven: we're revolutionizing the way cardiovascular care is delivered
We are fast-paced & agile: we move quickly, iterate often, and value experimentation
We are remote-first: flexibility, autonomy, and trust are at the core of how we operate
We care about diversity: diversity allows us to build an excellent patient experience
We are an equal opportunity employer: we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status

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Hard Skills & Tools

test automationCI/CDvalidation architectureautomation frameworksenvironment managementtest data strategiesexploratory testingrisk modelsfailure modesconfiguration matrices

Soft Skills

influencing development practicespeer collaborationjudgmentcomfort with ambiguitydefining structurecross-functional partnershipparticipation in refinementshaping acceptance criteriahigh-impact teamworkquality mindset