Senior Desktop Quality Engineer (C++/TypeScript)

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a Senior Software Quality Engineer to lead quality for our flagship creative app on the Projects & Collaboration team for Premiere Pro. You will define quality standards, collaborate with cross‑functional teams, and build robust test frameworks for Mac and Windows desktop environments.

You will bring 10+ years of experience, strong TS/JS skills, and hands‑on expertise with automated testing, performance profiling, and debugging.

Qualifications

• More than 10 years of experience in software testing or as a software engineer in test.
• Strong TypeScript/JavaScript skills; full-stack or automation scripting experience is a plus.
• Verified expertise in developing and maintaining comprehensive automated test environments for Mac and/or Windows desktop applications.
• Sharp analytical instincts — isolate intermittent failures, identify patterns in noisy data, and communicate findings clearly.
• Experience with performance testing, memory profiling, and debugging tools on desktop platforms.
• Hands‑on editing experience with After Effects and Premiere Pro.
• Working experience with AI assistant tooling such as Claude, Copilot, and/or ChatGPT.
• Passion for quality as an engineering field — not just finding bugs, but preventing them.
• Collaborative approach: comfortable working across teams, asking hard questions, and giving direct feedback.
• Desire to stay curious and keep learning as tools, platforms, and user expectations evolve.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality efforts for our flagship creative app on the Projects & Collaboration team for Premiere Pro.
• Help define what outstanding work means.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, and product managers to spot problems early, develop reliable test frameworks, and ensure customers have the best experience possible.
• Compose, build, and maintain automated test frameworks and test suites for Mac and Windows native applications using C++ and/or TypeScript.
• Define and drive quality strategies across multiple product teams, influencing engineering culture and guidelines.
• Collaborate with senior engineers alongside product managers to detect risk areas early and develop test plans that ensure detailed coverage.
• Own end-to-end quality for complex desktop features, from functional validation to performance and stress testing.
• Identify, reproduce, and triage bugs with precision — working across codebases to pinpoint root causes and advocate for permanent fixes.
• Champion quality initiatives across the organization, driving continuous improvement in tooling, test infrastructure, and release processes.
• Mentor junior QE team members and lead by example in building a quality-first engineering approach.

Skills

TypeScript/JavaScript

Automated testing

Performance testing

Memory profiling

Debugging tools

After Effects

Premiere Pro

AI tools

Root cause analysis

Collaboration

Learning mindset

Tools

Test frameworks

C++

TypeScript

Automation scripting

Profiling tools

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a Senior Software Quality Engineer to lead quality for our flagship creative app on the Projects & Collaboration team for Premiere Pro. You will define quality standards, collaborate with cross‑functional teams, and build robust test frameworks for Mac and Windows desktop environments.

You will bring 10+ years of experience, strong TS/JS skills, and hands‑on expertise with automated testing, performance profiling, and debugging.