Lead QA Automation Engineer — AI-Driven & Security‑First

Groupe Kardol; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health insurance

401K

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Groupe Kardol in New York is seeking a Lead QA Automation Engineer to own the QA automation framework in an AI-assisted development environment. You will lead testing strategies, collaborate with the CTO and backend, data, and product teams, and drive the integration of security-aware practices as the platform scales.

This is a hybrid role based in Midtown Manhattan, offering ownership, autonomy, and the chance to shape modern QA.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in QA engineering with hands-on automation.
• Experience with AI tools in testing workflows.
• Familiarity with DAST/SAST and vulnerability scanning.
• Ownership of end-to-end QA in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the QA automation framework for an AI-assisted environment.
• Build testing pipelines aligned with AI-accelerated feature delivery.
• Introduce security-aware testing into CI/CD including vulnerability scanning.
• Partner with backend and data engineering for release quality standards.
• Ensure QA and security validation scales with team growth.

Skills

QA automation

AI in testing

Security concepts in testing

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

Job description

Groupe Kardol in New York is seeking a Lead QA Automation Engineer to own the QA automation framework in an AI-assisted development environment. You will lead testing strategies, collaborate with the CTO and backend, data, and product teams, and drive the integration of security-aware practices as the platform scales.

This is a hybrid role based in Midtown Manhattan, offering ownership, autonomy, and the chance to shape modern QA.