Application Quality Engineer

L0105 Lithia Home Office; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision Plans

Paid Holidays

PTO: 80 hours front-loaded on day 1

Short and Long-Term Disability

Paid Life Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Lithia Learning Center

Vehicle Purchase Discounts

Wellness Programs

Job summary

Lithia & Driveway is seeking an Application Quality Engineer to help ensure fast, reliable experiences for millions of customers. You will build automated tests, collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams, and explore AI-assisted testing to improve coverage across web and mobile platforms.

The role emphasizes on automating quality, validating accessibility and performance, and participating in on-call rotations to support product quality.

Qualifications

• 1–3+ years of experience testing high-scale web or mobile applications.
• Experience building automated tests using Playwright, Appium, or similar frameworks.
• Exposure to cloud environments, preferably Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with containerized development environments.
• Familiarity with React and Kotlin.
• Passion for automation and improving user experiences.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain automated test suites for releases.
• Partner with Product, Design, and Engineering to identify risks and ensure quality early.
• Validate functionality, accessibility, and performance across web and mobile apps.
• Investigate, document, and help resolve issues before customers are affected.
• Explore AI-driven testing approaches to improve coverage and efficiency.
• Use tools like GitHub Copilot to accelerate testing.
• Collaborate with Quality Engineers to raise quality standards.

Skills

Playwright

Appium

Azure

Containerization

React

Kotlin

Automation

GitHub Copilot

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Dealership: L0105 Lithia Home Office Lithia & Driveway | Application Quality Engineer

At Lithia & Driveway (NYSE: LAD) our success is fueled by our high performing teams delivering Auto Done Easy for our customers. We create simple, transparent, and convenient customer experiences throughout the vehicle-ownership lifecycle by leveraging our hundreds of store locations and our key adjacencies - Driveway, DFC, and GreenCars. We've built a retail model that champions entrepreneurial leadership, Growth Powered by People, and a strategy that creates possibilities and pushes us to reach our potential. Every time a customer shops, schedules service, tracks a vehicle purchase, or manages ownership through MyDriveway, they're relying on a seamless digital experience.

Location: Remote (West Coast Hours) Target Hiring Range: $70,000-$95,000

As a Quality Engineer, you'll help ensure those experiences are fast, reliable, accessible, and ready for millions of customer interactions. You'll work alongside Software Engineers, Product Managers, and UX Designers to build quality into every stage of development, using automation, modern testing practices, and AI-powered tools to deliver exceptional web and mobile experiences. If you're passionate about improving software quality and advocating for the customer, this is an opportunity to make a visible impact on a rapidly growing digital platform.

What You'll Do

• Build and maintain automated test suites that keep quality at the forefront of every release.
• Partner with Product, Design, and Engineering teams to identify risks early and ensure quality is built in from the start.
• Validate functionality, accessibility, and performance across customer-facing web and mobile applications.
• Investigate, document, and help resolve issues before they impact customers.
• Explore AI-driven testing approaches and tools to improve automation coverage and efficiency.
• Utilize tools like GitHub Copilot to accelerate testing and automation efforts.
• Collaborate with other Quality Engineers to establish best practices and raise quality standards across teams.
• Participate in a Tier-3 on-call rotation supporting the products your team builds.

What You'll Bring

• 1-3+ years of experience testing high-scale web or mobile applications.
• Experience building automated tests using Playwright, Appium, or similar frameworks.
• Exposure to cloud-based environments, preferably Microsoft Azure.
• Experience working with containerized development environments.
• Familiarity with modern technologies including React and Kotlin.
• A passion for automation, continuous improvement, and delivering exceptional user experiences.
• Curiosity around emerging technologies, including AI-assisted testing and quality engineering practices.

Total Rewards

Total Rewards At Lithia & Driveway, we believe in pay transparency. The full compensation range for this position is $70,000–$105,000, reflecting the earning potential and growth opportunities available within the role. Actual compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, job-related knowledge, and geographic location. Final pay decisions are made through the interview process and in accordance with applicable pay equity and transparency laws.

• Competitive pay
• Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
• Paid Holidays
• PTO: 80 hours front-loaded on day 1
• Short and Long-Term Disability
• Paid Life Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Lithia Learning Center
• Vehicle Purchase Discounts
• Wellness Programs

Additional information about our Total Rewards benefits can be reviewed on our careers site at totalrewards.lithiadriveway.com

High School graduate or equivalent, 18 years or older required. We are a drug free workplace.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity (regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status). We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

At Lithia & Driveway, we stand by our mission of Growth Powered by People, as we build a workplace that ignites ideas and opportunities to Earn Customers for Life. Our focus is on making the customer experience better; as we aim to meet our customers’ needs whether in person, online or a combination of both.

Lithia & Driveway is the largest automotive retailer in North America and listed on the Fortune 500 (NYSE: LAD). Drive your career forward with roles in Sales, Finance, Service, Technology and Corporate. With thousands of vehicles and hundreds of locations, the career possibilities are endless. Join us as we accelerate towards growth in automotive and beyond!