QA- Senior Technical Leader

Perficient; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Perficient is seeking a highly accomplished QA Technical Leader with 15+ years of experience to drive enterprise-wide Quality Engineering, Test Automation, AI Testing, and QA Technical Delivery Excellence across large-scale cloud-native and AI-powered platforms.

Based in Boston, MA, the role requires onsite presence several days per week and involves hands-on coding while mentoring teams and guiding release quality.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in QA leadership and delivery.
• Hands-on coding and automation experience.
• Experience with AI testing and AI/ML models.
• Ability to communicate with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA engineers and automation specialists.
• Set technical direction for automation and AI testing practices.
• Own delivery, mentorship, and stakeholder communication.
• Collaborate with Architects, Engineering Leads, and Product Managers.

Job description

We are seeking a highly accomplished QA Technical Leader with 15+ years of experience to drive enterprise-wide Quality Engineering, Test Automation, AI Testing, and QA Technical Delivery Excellence across large-scale cloud-native and AI-powered platforms. A working technical QA leader who can code, debug, and build automation alongside the team while also owning delivery, mentorship, and stakeholder communication. Comfortable guiding a team through both traditional test automation and emerging AI testing practices, this person balances day-to-day hands-on contribution with the accountability of leading people and driving release quality.

This role is based in Boston, MA, and candidates must either be local to the area or willing to travel to Boston as needed. The position requires onsite presence with the client several days per week.

This role requires a deeply hands-on technical leader who leads by example — writing code, reviewing frameworks, and guiding teams through complex technical problems — while also owning the people, process, and delivery dimensions of a QA organization. The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering fundamentals with practical experience testing AI Agents, LLMs, and AI/ML models, and is equally comfortable mentoring engineers, running technical reviews, and presenting quality risk to senior stakeholders.

The successful candidate will lead a team of QA engineers and automation specialists, set technical direction for automation and AI testing practices, and act as the primary point of accountability for quality across their product or platform area, while partnering closely with Architects, Engineering Leads, and Product Managers.

Perficient is always looking for the best and brightest talent and we need you! We’re a quickly-growing, global digital consulting leader, and we’re transforming the world’s largest enterprises and biggest brands. You’ll work with the latest technologies, expand your skills, and become a part of our global community of talented, diverse, and knowledgeable colleagues.