Principal Quality Engineer

LawnStarter

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

Posted 10/27/2026full-timeRemote • Mexico, Peru, Colombia, UruguayLead💰 $80,000 - $100,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in AI-native quality engineering, including the development of AI-driven testing tools and strategies. Proven ability to mentor QA engineers, establish quality frameworks, and enhance testing practices across teams.

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AI-Native Quality Engineering ExperienceCI/CD Quality Gates ManagementTest Strategy DevelopmentTechnical Mentorship for QA EngineersHands-On Infrastructure Work

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Hard Skills

Component TestingContract TestingAPI TestingEnd-to-End TestingPerformance TestingMobile Test AutomationTest Tooling InfrastructureQuality Accountability Framework DesignTesting Approach DesignAgentic Tooling Setup

Soft Skills

CoachingCollaborationInfluencing Without AuthorityPerformance ManagementTechnical Mentorship

Tools & Technologies

Claude CodeMCP-Based WorkflowsCI PipelinesQuality DashboardsVisual Regression Pipelines

Industry Keywords

Quality EngineeringTesting PracticesIncident ResponseProduction QualityPerformance Budgets

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and evolve the company-wide quality engineering roadmap
Define a quality accountability framework for engineers, engineering managers, and product managers
Establish test strategies 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 Claude Code-style tooling
Own CI/CD quality gates, end-to-end and visual regression pipelines, performance budgets, and mobile test automation across emulators and real device clouds
Decide which checks block deployments versus run asynchronously while keeping pipelines fast
Connect monitoring to incident response and build actionable production-quality dashboards
Provide technical mentorship to QA engineers across squads and contribute input to their performance reviews
Collaborate with the QA squad to improve existing standards, tooling, and quality practices
Research, test, and evaluate new quality engineering approaches and tools
Coach engineers on testing practices and run enablement sessions
Report directly to the Head of Engineering
Potentially assume direct people management of QA engineers as the squad grows

Requirements

What you’ll need

AI-native quality engineering experience, including using AI to generate tests
Experience setting up agentic tooling such as Claude Code or MCP-based workflows
Ability to design testing approaches appropriate to a team's maturity level
Hands-on experience building and maintaining component, contract, API, end-to-end, and performance test suites
Experience with CI pipelines and test tooling/infrastructure
Ability to coach engineers on testing practices and run enablement sessions
Willingness to perform hands-on infrastructure work
Ability to mentor QA engineers across squads and influence without direct headcount ownership
Hiring, coaching, and performance management experience for a QA or engineering team is a plus
Comfortable working with US-facing partners and overlapping hours as needed

Benefits

Comp & perks

Base salary: $80,000–$100,000 USD annually
Fully remote
Flexible PTO
Equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics
Compliance with applicable state and local nondiscrimination laws