Lead QA Engineer: AI-Driven Testing & CI/CD

Yahoo Holdings Inc. in; Baltimore (MD); Hybrid; USD 136,000 - 284,000; Full time

Job summary

Yahoo Sports is seeking a Lead Quality Engineer (Finance) to architect scalable test automation across Web and mobile, leveraging AI-driven pipelines to generate test cases and diagnose failures. You will integrate tests into CI/CD with rigorous quality gates and mentor senior QEs.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with engineers, architects, and product managers to improve testability and reliability in high-concurrency sports platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Quality Management, or related field.
• 7+ years in Quality Engineering or SDET with architectural leadership.
• Experience with AI-assisted development/testing tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, LLM tools).
• Expertise building test automation frameworks (Playwright, Appium, Cypress, Selenium).
• Strong mobile and web apps testing, APIs, microservices.
• Programming in Python/TypeScript/Java; CI/CD integration.
• Experience with metrics, performance testing, and observability.

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain scalable test automation frameworks across Web and mobile.
• Deploy AI-driven test automation pipelines.
• Build AI-assisted diagnostics for failure analysis and root cause.
• Integrate tests into CI/CD with deterministic quality gates.
• Collaborate with engineers, architects, and product managers to improve testability.
• Drive defect triage and observability automation.
• Establish quality standards and mentor other QEs.

Skills

Test automation

CI/CD

Programming (Python/TS/Java)

AI-assisted testing

Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Master's degree (CS/SE)

Tools

Playwright

Appium

Cypress

Selenium

Job description

Yahoo Sports is seeking a Lead Quality Engineer (Finance) to architect scalable test automation across Web and mobile, leveraging AI-driven pipelines to generate test cases and diagnose failures. You will integrate tests into CI/CD with rigorous quality gates and mentor senior QEs.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with engineers, architects, and product managers to improve testability and reliability in high-concurrency sports platforms.