Remote AI QA Lead & Automation Coach

Baselane; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Baselane is seeking a hands-on QA Lead to drive quality across our AI-first engineering stack. You will write Playwright tests, mentor a growing QA team, and partner with Engineering, Product, Design, and DevOps to ship reliable software for real estate investors.

You’ll balance hands-on test creation with building the automation framework, CI/CD integration, and establishing acceptance criteria and metrics. This role is remote-first with monthly in-person events.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software quality with 2+ years leading QA teams.
• Hands-on experience building test automation frameworks with Playwright (or Cypress/Selenium) using TS/JS.
• Experience testing web apps and APIs (GraphQL/REST) and managing test data.
• Proven track record coaching testers into automation and CI/CD integration.
• Hands-on with AI coding agents to write and maintain tests.
• Strong communication and influence quality practices across teams.
• Experience testing AI/LLM-powered features and evaluating non-deterministic output.

Responsibilities

• Build automation hands-on: write, review, and maintain Playwright tests.
• Coach and grow the QA team through pairing and mentorship.
• Own the automation framework architecture and standards.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and test environments.
• Test with AI agents to accelerate test creation and debugging.
• Define quality standards and track metrics like coverage and defects.
• Protect critical flows including money movement and compliance.

Skills

QA leadership

Hands-on testing

Team coaching

Quality evangelism

Tools

Playwright

TypeScript/JavaScript

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Baselane is seeking a hands-on QA Lead to drive quality across our AI-first engineering stack. You will write Playwright tests, mentor a growing QA team, and partner with Engineering, Product, Design, and DevOps to ship reliable software for real estate investors.

You’ll balance hands-on test creation with building the automation framework, CI/CD integration, and establishing acceptance criteria and metrics. This role is remote-first with monthly in-person events.