Senior Software Quality Engineer

Four Hands; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Four Hands is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to design scalable automated testing solutions and drive quality strategies across Product, Engineering, and DevOps. The role leads testing practices and mentors the Quality Engineering team, focusing on API and integration testing, CI/CD, and overall quality in a complex enterprise environment.

You will balance automated and manual testing to ensure reliable software delivery and improve testing capabilities across the organization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Quality Engineering, SDET, or related role.
• 4+ years automating tests with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or similar.
• Strong API testing experience with tools like Postman or REST Assured.
• Experience integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automated testing frameworks.
• Develop automated functional, regression, end-to-end, and API tests.
• Lead automation framework enhancements for maintainability and scalability.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and DevOps to ensure quality across lifecycle.
• Perform exploratory, integration, and risk-based manual testing when needed.

Skills

Quality engineering

Test automation

API testing

CI/CD

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Agile

Troubleshooting

Tools

Postman

REST Assured

Playwright API Testing

Job description

Join one of the fastest growing, most dynamic companies in the furniture industry. For over 25 years, Four Hands has been a leading designer and wholesaler of furniture and décor, helping people create spaces that feel like home.

Recognized on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies and named one of Austin’s Top Workplaces year after year. We invest in exceptional people — with a team of over 800 and growing — fostering our employees’ careers and celebrating them at every step of the way. Four Hands is where passion meets purpose and where your next chapter begins.

The Senior Quality Engineer is responsible for designing scalable automated testing solutions, developing quality strategies, and partnering with Product, Engineering, and DevOps teams to ensure reliable, high quality software delivery. You will serve as a technical leader within the Quality Engineering organization, helping establish best practices, mentor team members, and continuously improve our testing capabilities. This role requires deep expertise in modern test automation, API and integration testing, CI/CD practices, and quality engineering principles. The ideal candidate is passionate about building quality into every stage of the software development lifecycle and thrives in complex, integrated enterprise environments.

This role is accountable for overall product quality and is expected to leverage both automated and manual testing techniques. Responsibilities include developing automated test coverage while also performing exploratory, integration, end-to-end, and risk-based manual testing to uncover issues that may not be effectively detected through automation alone. The ideal candidate understands that automation is a means to improve quality, not a replacement for thoughtful testing and quality engineering practices, and can effectively balance manual and automated approaches to deliver comprehensive quality coverage.

In This Role

Quality Strategy & Leadership

• Define and execute quality strategies for applications, products, and business initiatives
• Identify quality risks early and develop mitigation strategies
• Partner with Product Managers, Developers, Architects, and DevOps teams to ensure quality is considered throughout the development lifecycle
• Drive adoption of modern quality engineering practices across teams
• Mentor and coach Quality Engineers on automation, testing best practices, and engineering excellence

Test Automation

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automated testing frameworks
• Develop automated functional, regression, end-to-end, integration, and API test suites
• Improve automation coverage and reduce manual testing effort
• Establish automation standards, patterns, and reusable testing components
• Lead automation framework enhancements focused on maintainability, reliability, and scalability

CI/CD & DevOps Integration

• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing and rapid feedback
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to maintain testing environments and infrastructure
• Support test execution strategies for build validation, regression testing, and release readiness
• Improve deployment confidence through automated quality gates
• Develop and execute API, contract, and integration testing strategies
• Validate complex workflows spanning multiple applications and platforms
• Ensure data integrity across distributed systems and enterprise integrations
• Design testing approaches for highly integrated business processes

Quality Improvement

• Analyze defects, identify root causes, and recommend preventative solutions
• Evaluate testing tools and technologies to improve engineering efficiency
• Define and monitor quality metrics and reporting
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on quality, reliability, and delivery speed

Other Duties

• Other duties as assigned,in accordance withtraining and qualifications
• Uphold the Core Values and be a valuable member of the Four Hands Team
  • Be open and honest
  • Reach for excellence
  • Act with responsibility
  • Value the whole person
  • Enjoy the journey

The Ideal Person

• 5+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, Test Automation, Software Development Engineering in Test (SDET), or a related role
• 4+ years of hands‑on experience developing automated tests using Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or similar automation frameworks
• Strong experience with API testing and automation using tools such as Postman, REST Assured, Playwright API Testing, or equivalent solutions
• Experience designing and maintaining scalable automation frameworks
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar platforms
• Strong understanding of testing strategies, test architecture, and software quality principles
• Experience validating complex integrations and distributed systems
• Proficiency with Git and modern development workflows
• Experience working with Agile development methodologies
• Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and root cause analysis skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

About Four Hands

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, since 1996, Four Hands crafts furniture, art and décor — pieces that are all about creating space. Timeless, thoughtful designs with endless possibilities. Pieces meant to be experienced and form a whole that feels like home.

Our trade customers range from interior designers to large retailers who rely on our expertise to grow and guide their business to success. We treat our partners as part of the Four Hands family, championing them and rooting for their every win.

And, we are constantly pursuing better — from sourcing the finest materials and finishes to seeking fresh inspiration to elevate our designs — we are never settled, never done.

Four Hands is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Four Hands recruits qualified applicants and advances in employment its employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, ethnic or national origin, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Four Hands does not sponsor employment visas for any reason.

This role requires 3-4 days onsite.