Lead QA Engineer (AI native)

Dating Group; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Social Discovery Group (SDG) seeks a senior QA leader to design and own end-to-end testing for AI-generated code. You will define the quality strategy, build AI-enabled test pipelines, and drive reliability across critical financial flows while collaborating with engineers and DevOps.

Daily use of AI coding agents is expected, and the role requires strong autonomy in a small senior team. SDG's international team works remotely from around the world, solving loneliness and transforming virtual

Qualifications

• Proven experience building and owning testing processes in large, complex products with high reliability requirements.
• Strong engineering background: system architecture, backend services, CI/CD and deployment processes.
• Hands-on test automation and integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Daily use of AI coding agents as a core part of work.
• High autonomy and ownership, able to drive defined problems to completion.
• Willingness to work as a hands-on IC in a small senior team.
• Fluent Russian.

Responsibilities

• Design and build the end-to-end testing pipeline for AI-generated product code and generate pre-merge checks, nightly tests, release gates.
• Define the quality strategy for AI-generated code and identify coverage needs and sustainability at scale.
• Set up automated UI testing across browsers and mobile devices, including AI-agent-driven testing and tool integration.
• Own product reliability from a technical perspective, with focus on critical financial flows.
• Collaborate with engineers and DevOps to embed quality, balancing speed and safety.
• Use AI agents daily to create, maintain and evolve tests and tooling.
• Drive quality initiatives and share best practices within the team.

Skills

QA Architect

SDET

Senior engineer

CI/CD

AI agents

Russian language

Job description

Responsibilities

• Design and build the end-to-end testing pipeline for a product largely written by AI agents: pre-merge checks, nightly test runs, release and production gates
• Define the quality strategy for AI-generated code: where risks are highest, what coverage is needed, and how to keep it sustainable at scale
• Set up continuous automated UI testing across browsers and mobile devices, including AI-agent-driven testing; evaluate, choose and integrate external tools and services
• Own product reliability from a technical perspective, with special focus on critical financial flows
• Work closely with engineers and DevOps to embed quality into the development process and find the right trade-offs between speed and safety
• Use AI agents daily to create, maintain and evolve tests and testing tooling
• Drive quality initiatives proactively and share best practices with the team

Requirements

• Proven experience building and owning testing processes in large, complex products with high reliability requirements, as a QA Architect, senior QA/SDET, or a senior engineer responsible for testing strategy
• Strong engineering background: understanding of system architecture, backend services, CI/CD and deployment processes
• Hands‑on experience with test automation and integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines
• Daily use of AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or similar) as a core part of your work, and genuine interest in AI-first development
• High autonomy and ownership: ability to take loosely defined problems, propose solutions and drive them to completion without detailed specs
• Willingness to work as a hands‑on individual contributor in a small senior team
• Fluent Russian

About the Company

Social Discovery Group (SDG) is a group of social discovery companies. SDG solves the problems of loneliness, isolation, and disconnection - transforming virtual intimacy into the new normal. SDG's products redefine the way people interact and connect with one another. Our international team of digital nomads works remotely from all over the world.