Reality Defender (YC W22)

QA Lead

Reality Defender (YC W22)

full-time

Posted on:

Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

Visit company website

Explore more

AI Apply
Apply

Salary

💰 $150,000 - $180,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Define and implement the overall QA strategy, processes, and standards across the organization
  • Lead test planning, execution, and release validation for platform features, APIs, and AI/ML-powered detection systems
  • Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for functional, integration, regression, and performance testing
  • Partner with engineering and product teams to ensure quality is integrated throughout the software development lifecycle
  • Identify, track, and drive resolution of defects, performance issues, and reliability risks
  • Establish and monitor quality metrics, test coverage, and release readiness criteria
  • Mentor and support QA engineers while helping scale the QA function as the company grows
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of CI/CD pipelines, automation, and release processes

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience in software quality assurance, with 2+ years in a lead or senior role
  • Strong experience testing distributed systems, APIs, and cloud-based applications
  • Hands-on experience building and maintaining automated test frameworks
  • Experience with test automation tools and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, pytest, or similar)
  • Experience testing RESTful APIs and backend systems
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing integration
  • Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills
Benefits
  • Healthcare plans with 100% premium coverage for employees and partial coverage available for dependents
  • Dental and Vision plans with 100% premium coverage for employees and their dependents
  • Short/Long-term disability and life insurance plans with 100% premium coverage for employees
  • FSA/HSA and 401k programs
  • Equity compensation
  • 20 days of PTO per year
  • 12 weeks of Parental Leave
  • Learning and Development budget
  • Monthly wellness benefits
  • Annual company-sponsored offsite
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
QA strategytest planningautomated test frameworksfunctional testingintegration testingregression testingperformance testingtest automationdebuggingproblem-solving
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringanalytical skills