Principal Quality Engineer

LawnStarter

. Own and evolve the company-wide quality engineering roadmap .

Posted 9/29/2026full-timeRemote • Mexico, Peru, Colombia, UruguayLead💰 $80,000 - $100,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in quality engineering, including the development of AI-native quality tooling and CI/CD pipelines. Proven ability to mentor QA engineers and establish quality accountability frameworks while improving testing strategies across various methodologies.

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AI Test GenerationCI/CD Pipeline DevelopmentTest Automation Across Full Test PyramidQuality Accountability FrameworkPerformance Management Experience

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Hard Skills

Component TestingContract TestingAPI TestingEnd-to-End TestingPerformance TestingMobile Test AutomationTest Strategy DefinitionQuality Standards ImprovementTest Infrastructure ManagementSynchronous and Asynchronous Test Execution

Soft Skills

Technical MentorshipInfluencing Without AuthorityCoaching EngineersCollaboration with Engineering ManagersPerformance Review Input

Tools & Technologies

AI AgentsClaude CodeMCP-Based WorkflowsQuality DashboardsVisual Regression Pipelines

Industry Keywords

Quality Engineering RoadmapQuality GatesIncident ResponseFlakiness ReductionTesting Practices

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and evolve the company-wide quality engineering roadmap
Establish a quality accountability framework for engineers, EMs, and PMs
Define test strategy across unit, component, contract, API, end-to-end, mobile, performance, load, and accessibility testing
Develop and advance AI-native quality tooling, including AI agents and skills for test generation, code review, and quality guidance
Own CI/CD and test infrastructure, including required checks, quality gates, E2E and visual regression pipelines, performance budgets, and mobile test automation
Decide which checks block deployments and which run asynchronously while keeping pipelines fast
Connect production monitoring to incident response and build actionable quality dashboards
Provide technical mentorship to QA engineers across squads
Collaborate with QA engineers and their Engineering Managers and provide input for performance reviews
Improve quality standards, tooling, flakiness, pipeline cost, and synchronous versus asynchronous test execution
Ship new AI-native quality capabilities and lead the QA squad's technical direction

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience using AI to generate tests and improve quality work
Experience setting up agentic tooling such as Claude Code or MCP-based workflows
Experience designing testing approaches appropriate to team maturity
Hands-on experience building and maintaining component, contract, API, end-to-end, and performance test suites
Experience with CI pipelines and test infrastructure
Experience with test automation across the full test pyramid
Experience coaching engineers on testing practices and running enablement sessions
Willingness to personally build CI pipelines and tooling
Ability to influence and mentor QA engineers without direct management authority
Hiring, coaching, and performance management experience for QA or engineering teams is a plus
Ability to work with US-facing partners and overlap hours

Benefits

Comp & perks

Base salary: $80,000–$100,000 USD annually
Fully remote
Flexible PTO
Equal employment opportunities and nondiscrimination protections