The Software QA Lead Engineer is accountable for quality strategy and execution across Lirio’s cloud-native platform, user interfaces, and customer integrations.
This role leads a shift-left quality approach across squads (Platform, Enterprise, Data/ML, etc.), owning test strategy, automation, and quality gates for web/UI experiences, services, APIs, event-driven workflows, and data flows in a regulated healthcare environment.
This role involves mentoring QA engineers, designing and implementing test automation frameworks, and conducting code and test reviews, while partnering closely with Engineering, Product, Cloud/SRE, and Customer Operations to ensure releases are reliable, observable, and audit-ready.

Requirements

5-7 years of related experience
Bachelor's degree in related field
Experienced with test automation for APIs/services (e.g., JUnit/TestNG for JVM services, PyTest for Python services)
UI automation experience (e.g., Cypress or Playwright, Jasmine) where applicable
Performance testing (e.g., Gatling, k6, JMeter) and contract testing (e.g., Pact or equivalent) experience
Observability tooling familiarity (Datadog/OpenTelemetry concepts)
Familiarity with CI/CD tools and processes
Experience with version control (e.g., Git)
Cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure)
Scripting and programming languages (e.g., Java, TypeScript, Groovy, Python)
Agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum, XP, SAFe)
Experience with Databases/SQL, Kafka, and Kubernetes
Leadership and coaching skills
Ability to operate in ambiguity and improve systems iteratively (not waiting for perfect process)
Strong judgment around risk-based testing and release decisions
Strong organizational and time management skills
Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
Adaptability and problem-solving skills
Ability to translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits

Medical (HSA available)
Dental
Vision
Short-term & long-term disability (company-paid)
Life & AD&D (company-paid)
401K with company match
10 paid holidays, quarterly company closure dates, + holiday week company closure
Flexible time off policy
Work from home
6 weeks paid parental leave

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Hard Skills & Tools

test automationAPIsUI automationperformance testingcontract testingobservability toolingCI/CDversion controlscripting languagesdatabases

Soft Skills

leadershipcoachingorganizational skillstime managementcommunicationcollaborationadaptabilityproblem-solvingjudgmentability to operate in ambiguity