Principal Quality Engineer

LawnStarter

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

Posted 9/29/2026full-timeRemote • BrazilLead💰 $80,000 - $100,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in quality engineering by owning the quality roadmap, establishing accountability frameworks, and defining comprehensive test strategies. Proficient in AI-native tooling for test generation and mentoring QA engineers while ensuring high-quality standards across engineering teams.

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Quality Engineering Roadmap OwnershipAI Test Generation ExperienceCI/CD Pipeline ManagementTest Strategy DevelopmentTechnical Mentorship

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Hard Skills

Component TestingContract TestingAPI TestingEnd-to-End TestingPerformance TestingMobile Test AutomationTest ToolingQuality Standards ImprovementTesting Approach DesignQuality Accountability Framework

Soft Skills

CoachingTechnical InfluencePerformance Management

Tools & Technologies

Claude CodeMCP-Based WorkflowsQuality DashboardsVisual Regression PipelinesIncident Response Monitoring

Industry Keywords

Quality AssuranceTest StrategyContinuous IntegrationContinuous DeploymentQuality Engineering

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and evolve the company-wide quality engineering roadmap
Establish a quality accountability framework for engineers, engineering managers, and product managers
Define test strategy across unit, component, contract, API, end-to-end, mobile, performance, load, and accessibility testing
Develop and advance AI-native quality tooling for test generation, code review, and quality guidance
Own CI/CD quality gates, E2E and visual regression pipelines, performance budgets, and mobile test automation across emulators and real device clouds
Decide which checks block deployments and which run asynchronously while maintaining fast pipelines
Connect monitoring to incident response and build actionable quality dashboards
Provide technical mentorship to QA engineers across squads and provide input to their Engineering Managers for performance reviews
Lead the QA squad's technical direction and continuously improve quality standards, tooling, and practices
Report directly to the Head of Engineering

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience using AI to generate tests
Experience setting up agentic tooling such as Claude Code or MCP-based workflows
Experience building and maintaining component, contract, API, end-to-end, and performance test suites
Hands-on experience with CI pipelines and test tooling
Ability to design testing approaches appropriate to a team's maturity level
Experience coaching engineers on testing practices and running enablement sessions
Experience mentoring QA engineers across squads
Ability to work effectively through technical influence without direct reports
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