Remote QA Lead - Test Strategy & Release Readiness

Integra Partners; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Remote; USD 104,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

401(k) retirement program

Company-paid life insurance

Company-paid short term disability

Medical, Vision, and Dental benefits

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Sick Time

Paid holidays and floating holidays

Quarterly company events

Health and wellness programs

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Integra Partners is seeking a QA Lead to own day-to-day testing, define robust strategies, and drive quality across features and integrations. You will partner with Product, Engineering, and Architecture to ensure end-to-end test coverage, risk‑based prioritization, and measurable quality improvements in a fast-paced, remote-enabled environment.

You will mentor testers, establish practical exit criteria, and advocate for automation that enhances coverage while maintaining human accountability.

Qualifications

• Significant hands-on experience in software quality assurance across multiple testing disciplines.
• Experience leading QA execution, mentoring testers, or acting as a senior/lead resource.
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum and QA involvement through discovery to release.
• Ability to translate complex workflows into thorough, risk-based coverage.
• Experience managing defects and facilitating triage with Product & Engineering.
• Knowledge of test automation concepts, frameworks, and CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Own QA practice day-to-day, set expectations for test planning, execution, documentation, and release readiness.
• Ensure timely QA action, identify blockers, environment/data needs, and communicate risks.
• Provide transparency on what was tested, what remains, defects, risks, and release confidence.
• Coach QA teammates on testing discipline, risk-based thinking, and ownership.
• Develop and maintain test strategies for features, integrations, and changes.
• Collaborate with Product Owners early to define test scenarios and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate test data, environments, and dependencies for QA execution.
• Lead defect triage with Product and Engineering and document quality risks.
• Drive automation strategy to expand coverage without brittleness.
• Partner with Architecture/Platform teams on quality in integration/infrastructure.

Skills

QA leadership

Agile/Scrum

Test strategy

Risk-based testing

Communication

Ownership mindset

Mentoring testers

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Test management tools

CI/CD practices

Observability platforms

Cloud environments

AI-assisted tooling (Copilot)

Job description

Integra Partners is seeking a QA Lead to own day-to-day testing, define robust strategies, and drive quality across features and integrations. You will partner with Product, Engineering, and Architecture to ensure end-to-end test coverage, risk‑based prioritization, and measurable quality improvements in a fast-paced, remote-enabled environment.

You will mentor testers, establish practical exit criteria, and advocate for automation that enhances coverage while maintaining human accountability.