QA Lead: Quality Assurance & Release Readiness

Integra Partners; Eagle (ID); Remote; USD 104,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Annual bonus program

401(k) retirement

Life insurance

PTO

Parental leave

Sick time

Holidays

Wellness programs

Career development

Job summary

Integra Partners is seeking a QA Lead to drive quality across product delivery. You will lead QA planning and execution, strengthen automation, and coach team members to embed quality in the software lifecycle.

You will collaborate with Product Owners and Engineering to ensure test readiness and transparent risk reporting. Responsibilities include defining test strategies, coordinating data and environments, and leading defect triage with cross-functional partners.

Qualifications

• Significant hands-on experience in software quality assurance across lifecycle.
• Experience leading QA execution, mentoring testers, or as a senior/lead resource.
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum delivery and QA throughout discovery to release.
• Ability to create test strategies and translate complex workflows into risk-based coverage.
• Experience managing defects and facilitating triage with Product and Engineering.
• Working knowledge of test automation concepts, frameworks, and CI/CD practices.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day QA practice and establish expectations for planning, execution, documentation, and release readiness.
• Ensure QA work begins on plan; identify delays, blockers, data needs and scope gaps.
• Create transparency on tested vs. untested areas, defects, risks, and release readiness.
• Hold QA team accountable for execution commitments and status reporting.
• Coach QA team on testing discipline, risk-based thinking, and ownership.
• Develop and maintain test strategies for features, defects, and platform changes.
• Coordinate test data, environments, and dependencies for QA execution.
• Confirm end-to-end testability before business UAT readiness.
• Lead defect triage with Product and Engineering; track and resolve defects.

Skills

QA leadership

Test strategy

Agile/Scrum

Test automation

CI/CD

Risk-based testing

Defect triage

Communication

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Test management tools

CI/CD pipelines

Observability platforms

Job description

Integra Partners is seeking a QA Lead to drive quality across product delivery. You will lead QA planning and execution, strengthen automation, and coach team members to embed quality in the software lifecycle.

You will collaborate with Product Owners and Engineering to ensure test readiness and transparent risk reporting. Responsibilities include defining test strategies, coordinating data and environments, and leading defect triage with cross-functional partners.