Remote Lead QA Engineer (AI-Native) - Reliability & Automation

Lever, Inc.; Österreich; Remote; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Fully remote

28 calendar days vacation

7 wellness days

Referral bonuses up to $5,000

50% training reimbursement

English lessons discounts

Health benefits (up to $1,000)

Equipment & coworking support

Employee recognition program

Autonomous engineering team

Zusammenfassung

Lever, Inc. seeks a Lead QA Engineer (AI Native) based in Austria to own the quality strategy for a complex AI-driven product with critical financial workflows.

You will design an end-to-end testing pipeline, from pre-merge validation to production gates, combining hands-on automation with AI-agent workflows in a small, autonomous team. You will define test coverage for AI-generated code, build cross-browser/UI tests, and drive continuous quality improvements across the development lifecycle,

Qualifikationen

• Experience designing and owning testing processes for large, complex products with high reliability requirements.
• Strong software engineering foundation including system architecture, backend services, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment processes.
• Hands-on experience building automated tests and integrating testing into CI/CD workflows.
• Practical daily experience using AI coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor as part of software development.
• Genuine interest in AI-first development and adapting testing to AI-generated code.
• Strong autonomy and ownership with ability to tackle loosely defined challenges and drive solutions.
• Hands-on as an individual contributor within a small, senior team.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Fluent Russian.

Aufgaben

• Design and build the end-to-end testing pipeline, including pre-merge checks, nightly test runs, release validation, and production quality gates.
• Define the quality strategy for AI-generated code, identifying high-risk areas and ensuring sustainable test coverage as the product scales.
• Build and maintain automated UI testing across browsers and mobile devices, including AI-agent-driven testing approaches.
• Evaluate, select, and integrate external testing tools and services to improve reliability, coverage, or efficiency.
• Own product reliability from a technical QA perspective, with focus on critical financial workflows.
• Collaborate with engineering and DevOps to embed quality throughout the development lifecycle.
• Use AI coding agents daily to create, maintain, and evolve testing solutions.
• Proactively identify quality risks and share testing practices across the team.

Kenntnisse

Testing strategy

CI/CD pipelines

Automation testing

AI coding agents

Backend services

Release management

Russian language

Tools

Claude Code

Codex

Cursor

Jobbeschreibung

Lever, Inc. seeks a Lead QA Engineer (AI Native) based in Austria to own the quality strategy for a complex AI-driven product with critical financial workflows.

You will design an end-to-end testing pipeline, from pre-merge validation to production gates, combining hands-on automation with AI-agent workflows in a small, autonomous team. You will define test coverage for AI-generated code, build cross-browser/UI tests, and drive continuous quality improvements across the development lifecycle,