• QA Lead - Primarily remote, Inperson Interview

    MSys Inc. (Phoenix, AZ)


    Job summary:

    Title:

    QA Lead - Primarily remote, Inperson Interview

    Location:

    Phoenix, AZ, United States

    Length and terms:

    Long term - W2 or c2c

     

    Position created on 11/12/2025 08:31 pm

    Job description:

    **In-person Interview** Initial PO for 12 months usually projects with this customer goes for 3+ years ***w2 or 1099 or c2c *** Primarily remote; onsite when needed for meetings ***Due to security no visa candidates (USC/GC only)

     

    The Impact

     

    Lead the quality platform behind mission-critical software at ASRS. Partner directly with architects to fix today’s framework pain, modernize our stack, and hard-wire a true shift-left culture—while piloting AI-assisted testing to boost coverage, speed, and confidence.

    What You’ll Do:

    + Own the quality platform: Set strategy, architecture, and standards for automation—Java today, with pragmatic evolution to modern UI/API automation where it improves reliability.

    + Embed quality early: Drive PR-level tests, contract/API checks, and CI/CD quality gates for rapid, trusted developer feedback.

    + Apply AI where it counts: Use AI/LLM-assisted test generation, self-healing locators, flake triage, and test-impact analysis to reduce toil and raise signal.

    + Simplify the SDLC: With DevOps, streamline pipelines, test data management, environment provisioning, and release guardrails for faster flow.

    + Solve hard problems with architects: Tackle cross-cutting issues (auth, data, performance, flakiness) and retire tech debt with durable solutions.

    + Build the right tests: Expand reliable web/UI, API, and integration coverage, harden environments and test data.

    + Coach and elevate: Mentor QA engineers, review automation code, and set standards for readability, reliability, and maintainability.

    + Measure what matters: Stand up live dashboards (coverage, pass/fail, flakiness, MTTR) to inform decisions and continuously raise the bar.

    + Own root cause: Lead deep-dive debugging across test and prod, driving prevention—not just fixes.

    Your Toolbox (What We Use & Value):

    + Languages/Frameworks: Java, JUnit, Maven, BDD with Cucumber/Gherkin.

    + Automation: Selenium WebDriver (today), informed experience with Playwright (Java/TypeScript) a plus.

    + CI/CD & SCM: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitHub for collaboration.

    + Observability & Metrics: Grafana (quality and performance dashboards).

    + Backend/Platform context: Spring Boot/Spring Security, Oracle DB, FileNet/content systems.

    + Scripting: PowerShell or similar for utilities.

    + Quality practices: testing pyramid, risk-based design, code reviews, and environment parity.

    Where We’re Headed (And Where You’ll Lead):

    + GitHub-native CI/CD: Standardize on GitHub pipelines for frequent, automated deployments—define branch strategy, environment promotions, and reusable workflows that make shipping safe by default.

    + Reliable testing for high velocity: Build a strategy that scales with cadence—PR checks, contract/API tests, fast UI smoke suites, test-impact analysis, deterministic data & ephemeral envs, parallelization, and rigorous flake control.

    + AI-assisted, data-driven quality: Apply LLM-assisted test generation/self-healing and enforce quality gates backed by live dashboards (coverage, flakiness, MTTR, DORA) to boost signal and confidence.

    + Framework evolution (tool-agnostic): Evaluate and pilot modern UI/API automation options against clear criteria (reliability, speed, parity, maintainability, ROI) and recommend phased adoption that protects delivery.

    What You Bring:

    + 10+ years in QA/automation with 5+ years leading/architecting frameworks.

    + Proven success embedding automated quality gates into CI/CD for high-velocity releases.

    + Track record mentoring engineers and raising the bar on code quality and test design.

    + Comfort collaborating with architects and senior engineers on systemic quality problems.

    Nice-To-Have:

    + Experience introducing AI tooling (e.g., Copilot, test-gen, self-healing) into real teams.

    + Performance, security, or contract-testing exposure.

    Required Skills:

    + 3+ years in a technical leadership or lead automation engineer role. MUST have Leadership experience

    + Python, Bash, or Ruby experience

    Preferred Skills:

    + Container Architecture: Docker or Kubernetes

    + Experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP

    + Jira

    + Confluence

    Work Setup & Logistics:

    + Hybrid: Mostly remote; design/whiteboard sessions in Phoenix as needed.

    + Equipment: Personal laptop required; Windows workstation provided for remote access.

    + Eligibility: Must be AZ-local and able to work for any U.S. employer (no sponsorship).

    Contact the recruiter working on this position:

    The recruiter working on this position is Sowmya Pasarla

    His/her contact number is His/her contact email is [email protected]

     

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