AI Quality Architect — Quality at Scale & Automation

Slalom Build; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 133,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Health, dental & vision coverage

Parental leave

Disability insurance

Well-being reimbursement

Job summary

Slalom Build is hiring an Architect in Quality Engineering to lead test strategy across multi-layered applications, including AI-enabled components. You will influence architecture, balance hands-on work with technical leadership, and advise clients on quality strategy and risk.

You will shape test automation, evolve open-source frameworks, and define in-sprint quality activities while coaching teammates and guiding delivery decisions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in quality engineering or software delivery with deep expertise.
• Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, or a related field preferred.
• Expert, code-based test automation with hands-on CI/CD, cloud, and API testing.
• Experience advising clients and senior stakeholders and mentoring engineers.
• Daily use of AI-assisted quality tools and evaluating AI-powered features.

Responsibilities

• Lead test strategies for multi-layered applications, including AI-enabled components.
• Participate in solution architecture discussions and identify test framework needs.
• Define robust test automation architecture and build frameworks; evolve open-source tools.
• Define and drive in-sprint and post-sprint quality activities; guide on testability and non-functional requirements.
• Coach team members and unblock tasks to drive to resolution.
• Advise client and delivery leaders on quality strategy, risk, and trade-offs; influence architecture.
• Define AI-assisted tool integration points and evaluation strategies for AI-powered features.

Skills

Test automation

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

API testing

Leadership

AI-assisted quality

Agile teamwork

Quality strategy

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

CI/CD tooling

API testing tools

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Job description

Slalom Build is hiring an Architect in Quality Engineering to lead test strategy across multi-layered applications, including AI-enabled components. You will influence architecture, balance hands-on work with technical leadership, and advise clients on quality strategy and risk.

You will shape test automation, evolve open-source frameworks, and define in-sprint quality activities while coaching teammates and guiding delivery decisions.