Lead QA Automation Architect – Enterprise Workforce AI

Symmetrio; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Plan

401k Plan

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Symmetrio is seeking a Lead QA Engineer – AI & Test Automation to lead end-to-end QA for a greenfield WorkForce Software implementation across enterprise systems. You will drive automation-first testing and collaborate with HR/payroll, operations, and engineering teams to ensure scalable, reliable deployment.

The role emphasizes QA leadership, automation strategies, and validating Time & Attendance, Scheduling, Absence Management, payroll integrations, and workforce compliance in a highly

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Strong experience leading QA initiatives within enterprise workforce management, HCM, payroll, or large-scale implementations.
• Hands-on experience building or managing automated testing frameworks within complex enterprise environments.
• Experience with WorkForce Software, UKG Kronos, Dayforce, ADP, or similar systems.
• Understanding of Time & Attendance, Pay Rules, Scheduling, Accruals, Leave Management, Payroll processing, Workforce compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA initiatives for a greenfield WorkForce Software implementation across enterprise systems.
• Develop and execute testing strategies: functional, integration, regression, UAT, payroll parallel, performance, release validation.
• Design and oversee scalable automated testing frameworks for UI, API, backend, and integrations.
• Validate modules: Time & Attendance, Scheduling, Absence/Accruals, Compliance, Self-Service, Payroll/HRS integrations.
• Partner with HR/payroll/workforce ops to validate processes, pay calculations, labor rules, scheduling logic, compliance.
• Lead testing for overtime, accruals, shift differentials, unions, meal breaks, payroll workflows.
• Drive enterprise integration testing across HRIS, payroll, ERP, identity mgmt, middleware, and other systems.
• Establish automation-first QA practices to improve coverage and release readiness.
• Support AI-assisted testing, intelligent automation, defect analysis, and quality reporting.
• Develop dashboards and metrics for testing progress, defect trends, and release readiness.

Skills

QA automation

Python

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SQL

API validation

Job description

Symmetrio is seeking a Lead QA Engineer – AI & Test Automation to lead end-to-end QA for a greenfield WorkForce Software implementation across enterprise systems. You will drive automation-first testing and collaborate with HR/payroll, operations, and engineering teams to ensure scalable, reliable deployment.

The role emphasizes QA leadership, automation strategies, and validating Time & Attendance, Scheduling, Absence Management, payroll integrations, and workforce compliance in a highly