Senior QA Engineer: AI-Driven Quality for Full Stack

Duro Labs; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Duro is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to define and scale quality systems across our frontend and backend stack in a hybrid Los Angeles role. You will lead end-to-end quality strategy, design scalable test infrastructure, and collaborate with product, engineering, and DevOps to embed quality from design through deployment.

You will validate React interfaces, GraphQL APIs, and PostgreSQL data integrity while shaping CI/CD pipelines and leveraging AI-driven workflows to accelerate delivery without

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional experience in software quality engineering or software engineering with strong ownership of quality systems.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript and modern testing frameworks such as Vitest, Jest, and Playwright.
• Experience testing React frontends and GraphQL-based APIs.
• Experience working with PostgreSQL and validating data integrity across service layers.
• Hands-on experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar).
• Strong architectural thinking with the ability to design scalable, maintainable quality systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Quality Strategy Ownership: Define and evolve end-to-end quality strategy mapping to user risk.
• Test Architecture: Design scalable test infrastructure across unit, integration, and end-to-end layers.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Ensure features are testable by design and quality is embedded early.
• Full Stack Validation: Validate React interfaces, GraphQL APIs, and PostgreSQL data integrity.
• CI/CD Optimization: Architect and refine test pipelines in GitHub Actions to balance speed and coverage.
• Experimentation & Analytics: Use analytics to detect regressions and surface edge cases.
• AI-Driven Quality Engineering: Leverage AI to generate test scaffolding and increase velocity.
• Continuous Improvement: Lead regression analysis and transform defects into systemic improvements.

Skills

Quality engineering

System thinking

Autonomous work

Communication

AI-augmented QA

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Vitest

Jest

Playwright

GitHub Actions

CI/CD pipelines

PostgreSQL

React

GraphQL APIs

Jenkins

Job description

• Full-time; Employees work in a hybrid model
• Employment Type: Regular (PERM)
• Remote Work Available: No
• Compensation: USD 150,000 – USD 175,000 – yearly

Job Description

About the role:

The Senior QA Engineer on the Duro Design team defines, builds, and scales the quality systems that ensure hardware engineers can rely on our platform every day. You’ll architect and implement quality strategy across our modern stack—from frontend interfaces to backend services—embedding confidence into how we design, ship, and operate software. This role partners closely with engineering, product, and DevOps teammates in a fast-moving, highly autonomous environment.

We’re looking for engineers who think systemically about risk, embrace experimentation, and leverage modern AI-powered workflows to elevate quality across the organization. This is a hybrid role based in Los Angeles, CA (3 days per week in office).

A day in the life of our Senior QA Engineer:

• Quality Strategy Ownership: Define and evolve our end-to-end quality strategy, determining what gets tested, at which layer, and how coverage maps to real user risk.
• Test Architecture: Design and maintain scalable test infrastructure across unit, integration, and end-to-end layers using modern frameworks such as Vitest, Jest, and Playwright.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner early with product and engineering teams to ensure features are testable by design and quality is embedded before code reaches production.
• Full Stack Validation: Validate React interfaces, GraphQL APIs, and PostgreSQL data integrity to ensure system-wide reliability.
• CI/CD Optimization: Architect and refine test pipelines in GitHub Actions (or similar) to balance speed, coverage, and deployment confidence.
• Experimentation & Analytics: Leverage PostHog session replays, feature flags, and analytics to detect regressions, surface edge cases, and proactively identify risk.
• AI-Driven Quality Engineering: Utilize AI-augmented development workflows to generate test scaffolding, explore edge cases, and increase velocity while maintaining rigorous standards.
• Continuous Improvement: Lead regression analysis and incident retrospectives, transforming defects into systemic improvements that strengthen long-term product resilience.

Qualifications

Required:

• 8+ years of professional experience in software quality engineering or software engineering with strong ownership of quality systems
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript and modern testing frameworks such as Vitest, Jest, and Playwright
• Experience testing React frontends and GraphQL-based APIs
• Experience working with PostgreSQL and validating data integrity across service layers
• Hands-on experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar)
• Strong architectural thinking with the ability to design scalable, maintainable quality systems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Comfort operating in autonomous, fast-paced environments
• A product mindset with the ability to anticipate risk across the full feature lifecycle

Nice to Have:

• Experience building PLM, PDM, or hardware/manufacturing industry software
• Background in performance, load, or stress testing
• Experience with visual regression testing tools (Percy, Chromatic, BackstopJS)
• Familiarity with contract testing (Pact or similar)
• Experience defining release readiness criteria or quality SLAs
• Experience working in AI-augmented development environments

How We Build:

We don’t hire testers. We hire engineers who elevate quality.

At Duro, AI is integrated into our engineering workflows. Engineers leverage AI-powered development environments to orchestrate tasks, structure context, and accelerate delivery while maintaining high standards of craftsmanship.

We value:

• Architectural intuition — understanding systems before implementing them
• Precision in communication — clear requirements produce strong outcomes
• Pattern recognition — knowing when to abstract, reuse, or experiment
• Product taste — recognizing quality and refining toward excellence
• Intellectual curiosity — continuously improving how we build
• We optimize for engineers who can look at a roadmap, anticipate where quality risk will concentrate, and design systems that enable teams to ship quickly with confidence.

Additional Information

Compensation:

The salary range for this role is $150,000 to $175,000 annually. Actual compensation packages within this range are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate and role requirements, including but not limited to skill set, years and depth of experience, certifications, and specific location.

Work Arrangement: Hybrid (3 days per week in our Los Angeles office)

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