Senior Quality Assurance Engineer Lead

The Maxis Group; Mesa (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

15% bonus

15% equity

Job summary

The Maxis Group seeks a Senior QA Automation Engineer / Lead to drive automation-first testing across five Scrum teams, balancing hands-on testing with strategic coordination. Expect ~20 hours/week of hands-on work to enable cross-team quality initiatives, code reviews, and framework support.

Lead Playwright/TypeScript automation, test in AWS Lambda environments, and apply performance testing with JMeter within CI/CD pipelines to ensure robust software quality.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software quality assurance, with at least 2+ years in a senior/lead/SME role.
• Hands-on experience creating and maintaining automated test frameworks using Playwright and TypeScript.
• Proven experience testing within AWS environments (specifically AWS Lambda).
• Experience managing test plans, test cases, and workflows using Azure DevOps in Agile Scrum and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with performance and load testing using JMeter.

Responsibilities

• Champion the transition toward an automation-first testing mindset and establish QA processes, testing standards, and quality gates within CI/CD pipelines.
• Maintain, scale, and optimize existing automated test frameworks built on Playwright and TypeScript across web applications and Windows services.
• Serve as the primary technical contact and SME to support QA members across all five engineering teams.
• Oversee and execute testing within AWS environments, focusing on AWS Lambda-based applications and services.
• Lead performance and load testing initiatives using JMeter.
• Collaborate with Product, Development, and Scrum teams to track defects and report quality findings to management.

Skills

Playwright

TypeScript

QA leadership

CI/CD

Cross-team coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

AWS Lambda

Azure DevOps

JMeter

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Our client is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer / Lead to champion the evolution and quality of core technology products. The ideal candidate will possess a strong balance of hands-on technical expertise in automation and strategic coordination to help transition teams toward an automation-first testing strategy.

The person stepping into this role will join one of five Scrum teams (each consisting of 7–10 members and 2 QA professionals). Because this role serves as a key technical point of contact, SME, and coordination anchor across all five teams, the actual hands-on testing allocation within their assigned team is reduced (e.g., approximately 20 hours per week), allowing dedicated capacity for cross-team quality initiatives, code reviews, and framework support. The testing framework in Playwright is already established so the candidate does not need to build it from scratch but must possess sufficient middling-to-strong knowledge of Playwright and TypeScript to hit the ground running within a couple of weeks. Furthermore, while general API testing is secondary, deep familiarity with AWS environments heavily focused on AWS Lambdas is a critical technical requirement.

• Process & Strategy Leadership: Champion and guide the transition toward an automation-first testing mindset, establishing uniform QA processes, testing standards, and quality gates within CI/CD pipelines.
• Framework Maintenance & Support: Maintain, scale, and optimize existing automated test frameworks built on Playwright and TypeScript across web applications and Windows services.
• Cross-Team Coordination & SME Support: Act as the primary technical point of contact and subject matter expert (SME) to assist QA members across all 5 engineering teams when complex issues or environment challenges arise.
• AWS & Lambda Testing: Oversee and execute testing within AWS environments, with a heavy emphasis on validating AWS Lambda-based applications and services.
• Performance & Load Testing: Lead and assist with performance testing initiatives and load testing strategies utilizing JMeter.
• Collaboration & Quality Metrics: Collaborate closely with Product, Development, and Scrum teams during design reviews, track and report defect metrics, and present quality findings to management.

Qualifications

• Experience: Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) and 10+ years in software quality assurance, with at least 2+ years in a senior, lead, principal, or SME role.
• Core Automation Stack: Strong, hands‑on experience creating and maintaining automated test frameworks using Playwright and TypeScript.
• Cloud & Services Testing: Proven experience testing within AWS environments (specifically AWS Lambdas), web-based applications, and Windows operating systems/services.
• Tools & Methodologies: 5+ years of experience managing test plans, test cases, and workflows using Azure DevOps (ADO) within Agile Scrum and CI/CD pipelines.
• Performance Testing: Experience with performance and load testing using JMeter.

Work Authorization

U.S. Citizens or Green Card holders - no visa sponsorship at this time.

Position Type

Perm / Full-Time

Bonus & Equity

15% target bonus eligible and 15% equity