Senior Release QA Engineer

Level AI; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Level AI is seeking a Senior Release QA Analyst to own release quality, conduct end-to-end release-readiness testing, and drive improvements. You will work closely with Engineering, Product, and Support to ensure safe, fast ship cycles.

You will design risk-based tests, automate regressions, and help define testing coverage while mentoring junior QA professionals in a fast-moving SaaS environment.

Qualifications

• Several years of QA experience with ownership of release or regression testing for a production product.
• Strong test design ability to convert release needs into risk-based test plans.
• Hands-on experience with test automation and CI/CD pipelines (Playwright, Cypress, Selenium) and GitHub Actions or similar.
• Fluency with defect tracking and test management tools, and with API testing.
• Clear written and verbal communication, including explaining technical problems to non-technical audiences.
• A proactive, self-driven approach: takes initiative on improvements.

Responsibilities

• Own release-readiness testing end to end: test planning, regression, smoke, and post-deploy verification.
• Run go/no-go checks and provide evidence-based quality recommendations to release owners.
• Resolve release issues independently and implement preventive actions through root-cause analysis and new test coverage.
• Report on release quality using defect escape rate, regression pass rate, and release cycle time.
• Lead small projects, such as automating a regression suite or improving the release checklist.
• Proactively identify and fix issues slowing the team down and prioritize across releases.
• Build consensus on release timing, defect severity, and testing scope.
• Partner with Engineering, Product, Support, and cross-functional teams to ship releases.
• Contribute to recruiting, onboarding, and mentoring, including interviewing QA candidates.

Skills

Release testing

Regression testing

Test automation

CI/CD pipelines

Defect tracking

API testing

Communication

Proactive improvements

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

GitHub Actions

Job description

Level AI is seeking a Senior Release QA Analyst to own release quality, conduct end-to-end release-readiness testing, and drive improvements. You will work closely with Engineering, Product, and Support to ensure safe, fast ship cycles.

You will design risk-based tests, automate regressions, and help define testing coverage while mentoring junior QA professionals in a fast-moving SaaS environment.