Remote Lead Quality Architect for Automated Testing

Able Too Work; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Lead Specialist, Technical Architect (Quality) for ExamDeveloper in the United States. You will provide domain-level quality leadership across multiple Agile teams, shaping test strategy, automation architecture, and reliability initiatives to ensure release confidence.

The role demands deep expertise in automation, QA tooling, and cross-functional influence without formal authority, with a focus on scalable quality practices and guidance for teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional quality engineering, software testing, or test automation experience.
• 3+ years operating as a domain-level quality expert or SME across complex distributed platforms.
• Demonstrated influence on quality practices, automation frameworks, or standards adopted across multiple teams.
• Deep experience with test automation strategy, tooling, and quality improvement.
• Experience operating in large product environments with multiple Agile teams and distributed QA teams.

Responsibilities

• Set strategic direction for the QA domain quality system and release confidence across the domain.
• Partner with Product Architect and Engineering leadership to determine long-term automation and quality strategy.
• Evaluate processes, tools, data, and practices to drive automated, efficient QA improvements.
• Establish quality metrics that inform decision-making and QA investments.
• Mentor and coach senior quality engineers and build quality capability across teams.
• Provide technical oversight of QA practices and test artifacts, ensuring maintainability and alignment to standards.

Skills

Automation architecture

Quality strategy

Reliability

Test tooling

Scripting

Object-oriented programming

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent

Tools

Gauge

Selenium/WebDriver

C#

VM-based testing

Cloud testing infrastructure

Azure

Kubernetes

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Lead Specialist, Technical Architect (Quality) for ExamDeveloper in the United States. You will provide domain-level quality leadership across multiple Agile teams, shaping test strategy, automation architecture, and reliability initiatives to ensure release confidence.

The role demands deep expertise in automation, QA tooling, and cross-functional influence without formal authority, with a focus on scalable quality practices and guidance for teams.