Lead QA Engineer for AI-Driven Platform — Equity

7Seventy Recruiting; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

7Seventy Recruiting seeks a Lead QA Engineer to establish and manage QA processes for a platform supporting AI-driven workflows. You will build the foundation for automated testing, release validation, and reliability metrics across web apps, APIs, and backend systems.

This hands-on role uses TypeScript and Python, maintains test automation frameworks, and integrates quality checks into CI/CD pipelines. You will collaborate with engineers, product managers, and designers to validate features and

Qualifications

• 2-4 years in QA, test automation, or software testing.
• Experience testing web apps and REST/GraphQL APIs end-to-end.
• Familiar with SDLC, version control, and CI/CD workflows.

Responsibilities

• Develop, document, and execute comprehensive test plans for new features across web apps, APIs, and backend systems.
• Design, implement, and maintain automated unit, integration, and end-to-end test suites for TypeScript and Python.
• Perform regression and performance testing to evaluate stability and readiness for releases.
• Identify, reproduce, document, and track defects with engineers to verify fixes.
• Take ownership of the test automation framework and extend automation capabilities using Cypress or Playwright.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to prevent regressions earlier in development.
• Validate API functionality, performance, and load with Postman, k6, or equivalents.
• Improve observability with logs, alerts, and dashboards for early issue detection.
• Collaborate with Product/Engineering to understand workflows and high-risk areas.
• Participate in code reviews, release planning, and sprint retrospectives to improve quality.

Skills

Python

PyTest & unittest

REST & GraphQL testing

CI/CD understanding

Git

Analytical thinking

Communication

Tools

Cypress

Playwright

Postman

k6

GitHub Actions

Render

Docker

FastAPI

Temporal

PostgreSQL

Redis

Job description

7Seventy Recruiting seeks a Lead QA Engineer to establish and manage QA processes for a platform supporting AI-driven workflows. You will build the foundation for automated testing, release validation, and reliability metrics across web apps, APIs, and backend systems.

This hands-on role uses TypeScript and Python, maintains test automation frameworks, and integrates quality checks into CI/CD pipelines. You will collaborate with engineers, product managers, and designers to validate features and