Lead QA Engineer

Remote, VA

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Type: Contract

Reference ID: 31807091

Date Posted: 02/01/2026



Apply now: Lead QA Engineer, location is Remote. The start date is 2/16 for this 3-month contract-to-hire position.

Job Title: Lead QA Engineer
Location-Type: Remote
Start Date Is: 2/16
Duration: 3-month contract-to-hire
Compensation Range: $55/hr – $65/hr
Conversion Salary: $120-130k

Job Description:
Lead QA Engineer responsible for defining and executing a modern QA and automation strategy to support the migration of long-standing chatbot platforms to a new conversational AI framework.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

  • Lead QA efforts for migrating two enterprise chatbots from a legacy platform to a new conversational AI platform

  • Design and implement a new automated testing strategy from the ground up

  • Build, maintain, and execute automated test suites using modern frameworks

  • Partner with product, development, scrum, and QA team members in an Agile/Scrum environment

  • Coordinate QA activities across onshore and offshore resources

  • Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines

  • Validate data integrity and system behavior using advanced SQL queries

  • Balance hands-on testing (~70%) with QA leadership and strategy (~30%)

Requirements:

  • Must-Haves:

    • 7 years of QA engineering experience

    • Strong hands-on experience with test automation frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or similar)

    • Proven ability to design and write automated tests from scratch

    • Experience leading or coordinating QA efforts across distributed teams (onshore/offshore)

    • CI/CD integration and continuous testing experience

    • Advanced SQL querying skills

    • Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments

    • Familiarity with Git-based version control and modern development workflows

    • Strong organizational and leadership skills

  • Nice-to-Haves:

    • Experience testing chatbots or conversational AI platforms

    • Hands-on experience with Dialogflow CX or other chatbot frameworks

    • Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Zephyr)

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