Senior QA Lead - Automation & Data Validation

CEI; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Nuix is seeking a hands-on Senior QA Lead to drive quality engineering and test automation for our software engineering team in Pittsburgh. You will set testing strategy, build and maintain automation, and partner with developers and product stakeholders to deliver reliable releases without slowing the team down.

You will lead test planning, design, and execution across web apps, APIs, and backend services, while mentoring QA engineers and aligning with agile practices.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software quality assurance experience, including 5+ years in test automation.
• Hands-on experience building automation frameworks with Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or similar tools.
• API testing experience using Postman, Karate, REST Assured, or similar tools.
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps.
• Experience with test case management, regression testing, and defect tracking tools such as JIRA.
• Strong Agile and DevOps understanding; lead/mentor QA engineers.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the QA lead for the engineering team, owning test strategy, planning, and execution.
• Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks for web applications, APIs, and backend services.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous testing.
• Perform functional, integration, regression, performance, and end-to-end testing.
• Validate data accuracy across APIs and databases.
• Lead defect management and support root cause analysis on production issues.
• Use AI-enabled testing tools to improve coverage, efficiency, and defect detection.
• Establish and promote QA standards and best practices.
• Mentor engineers and testers on test automation and shift-left testing.
• Collaborate with developers, product owners, and stakeholders throughout the SDLC.

Skills

Test automation

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

API testing

CI/CD

JIRA

Agile

DevOps

Mentoring

Tools

Postman

Karate

REST Assured

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

TestNG

Job description

Nuix is seeking a hands-on Senior QA Lead to drive quality engineering and test automation for our software engineering team in Pittsburgh. You will set testing strategy, build and maintain automation, and partner with developers and product stakeholders to deliver reliable releases without slowing the team down.

You will lead test planning, design, and execution across web apps, APIs, and backend services, while mentoring QA engineers and aligning with agile practices.