Senior AI QA Architect for Enterprise Agentic Testing

Illumina, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 142,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

Illumina, Inc. in San Diego seeks a Senior Staff AI Engineer to direct quality engineering across enterprise platforms, steering the Tricentis platform and enabling agentic testing with AI.

You will lead a large QA organization, partner with Data Engineering, and ensure test strategies align with regulatory requirements. You will design test architectures, drive automation across SAP S/4HANA, Salesforce, ServiceNow and custom apps, and build safe, scalable AI-driven testing workflows for

Qualifications

• 12+ years in software quality engineering, with 5+ years in lead/staff roles setting strategy across teams.
• 5+ years hands-on Tricentis Tosca at enterprise scale, plus knowledge of qTest and NeoLoad or SeaLights.
• Proven delivery of test automation for packaged enterprise apps (SAP S/4HANA/ECC, Salesforce).
• 1+ year building/operating LLM-based or agentic testing in production (not proof-of-concept).
• Strong coding in Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Java or C#.
• Deep CI/CD experience with GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab or Jenkins, including quality gates.
• Experience testing in regulated environments (GxP, medical device, SOX) with audit-ready evidence.
• Clear written and spoken communication with engineers, product owners and executives.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the enterprise test strategy across SAP S/4HANA, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Workday, custom apps, data pipelines and AI agents.
• Lead the Tricentis platform architecture (Tosca, qTest, NeoLoad, SeaLights, LiveCompare) and define standards and roadmaps.
• Build agentic testing at scale with multi-agent workflows and audit trails.
• Test AI agents with evaluation gates: golden datasets, LLM-scoring, red-teaming, tool-call checks.
• Connect agents to tools via MCP and Enterprise AI gateway.
• Embed quality gates in CI/CD for evidence-based releases and risk scoring.
• Deliver GxP-aligned evidence with Quality & Regulatory collaboration (CSA, Part 11).
• Mentor senior staff engineers, lead design reviews, and grow QA community of practice.
• Measure success via quality scorecard (escape rate, automation, cycle time, test cost).

Skills

Python

TypeScript/JavaScript

Java

C#

CI/CD

GxP testing

Regulated environments

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Tosca

qTest

NeoLoad

SeaLights

LiveCompare

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

GitLab

Copilot/Codex tools

Job description

Illumina, Inc. in San Diego seeks a Senior Staff AI Engineer to direct quality engineering across enterprise platforms, steering the Tricentis platform and enabling agentic testing with AI.

You will lead a large QA organization, partner with Data Engineering, and ensure test strategies align with regulatory requirements. You will design test architectures, drive automation across SAP S/4HANA, Salesforce, ServiceNow and custom apps, and build safe, scalable AI-driven testing workflows for