
QA Lead
Reality Defender (YC W22)
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $150,000 - $180,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
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
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Hard Skills & Tools
QA strategytest planningautomated test frameworksfunctional testingintegration testingregression testingperformance testingtest automationdebuggingproblem-solving
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringanalytical skills