Head of Quality Engineering for Scalable Ecommerce

7-Eleven, Inc; Irving (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

7-Eleven, Inc. is seeking a Senior Quality Engineering Lead to direct a hybrid QA team across agile squads and programs. You will shape testing strategy, drive automation, and collaborate with product and development partners to ensure release quality.

The role requires 10+ years in software engineering with test leadership, strong CI/CD experience, and the ability to mentor engineers in a distributed, hybrid environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years in software engineering with test leadership.
• Experience building test strategies across multiple omni-channel teams.
• Strong automation and performance testing experience.
• Proven ability to lead distributed teams in a hybrid environment.
• Experience with CI/CD and production-grade test automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality engineering across Agile squads and programs.
• Define testing frameworks, KPIs and automation requirements.
• Oversee test planning, design, execution, and traceability.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to estimate staffing and timelines.
• Drive CI/CD integration and production validation.
• Mentor SDeTs and engineering leads.

Skills

Quality engineering

Agile testing

Test automation

CI/CD

Leadership

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field

Tools

Jenkins

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

7-Eleven, Inc. is seeking a Senior Quality Engineering Lead to direct a hybrid QA team across agile squads and programs. You will shape testing strategy, drive automation, and collaborate with product and development partners to ensure release quality.

The role requires 10+ years in software engineering with test leadership, strong CI/CD experience, and the ability to mentor engineers in a distributed, hybrid environment.