Founding QA Engineer Lead
Core
Founding QA Engineer Lead defining end-to-end quality systems for an agentic AI development platform, covering deterministic software and non-deterministic AI behavior.
Role type
Founding QA Engineer Lead (Build-the-function)
Builds
Continuous quality system, CI/CD quality gates, automated E2E suites, API testing frameworks, and AI evaluation harnesses.
Domain
AI/ML platform development, SaaS, Agentic AI
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
TypeScript/JavaScript or Python, E2E testing frameworks (Playwright/Cypress), API testing (GraphQL), CI/CD pipeline design, AI/LLM evaluation strategies, RAG pipeline validation, load/stress testing, test automation architecture.
Preferred skills
Experience at seed-to-Series-B scale, mentoring QA teams, visual builder testing, prompt injection resistance testing.
Technologies
Next.js, Supabase, GraphQL, Cloudflare Workers, GCP, Vercel, Playwright, Cypress.
Responsibilities
Design and own CI/CD quality gates (unit, integration, E2E, eval); Build automated E2E suites for visual builders and dashboards; Implement rigorous API and backend testing (schema, contract, load, security); Develop AI-specific evaluation harnesses for agent behavior and RAG pipelines; Define QA strategy, tooling stack, and standards for the founding team.
Seniority
Founding, hands-on IC with team growth responsibilities.
