Senior Lead QA Engineer - Automation & Testing (Remote/Chicago)

Cars.com; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 135,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision

Home office stipend

Generous PTO

Holidays, floating holiday, volunteer/

Recharge Day

Job summary

Cars Commerce seeks a Lead Software Quality Test Engineer to drive automation for the Dealer Inspire product. You will lead SDETs, design test strategies, and ensure coverage across functional, integration, and performance tests.

We value mentoring, strong communication, and hands-on leadership to elevate testing across the platform. This remote role requires Chicago-area base, with onsite interviews possible.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years experience as a Software Engineer, Software Engineer in Test or related roles.
• In-depth knowledge of testing web-based applications and Playwright.
• Strong mentoring and communication skills to guide others in testing practices.
• Experience leading projects or functioning as a team lead in QA.

Responsibilities

• Develop automation strategies and testing solutions for the Dealer Inspire product.
• Lead and mentor SDET(s) to build scalable test automation.
• Design and execute functional, integration, system-wide, regression, security and performance tests.
• Coach engineers to integrate software testing throughout the SDLC.

Skills

Playwright

Automation

Mentoring

Leadership

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or related degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Node

JavaScript

TypeScript

PHP

Rust

MySQL

Job description

Cars Commerce seeks a Lead Software Quality Test Engineer to drive automation for the Dealer Inspire product. You will lead SDETs, design test strategies, and ensure coverage across functional, integration, and performance tests.

We value mentoring, strong communication, and hands-on leadership to elevate testing across the platform. This remote role requires Chicago-area base, with onsite interviews possible.