Engineering Manager, QA

• Strategic leadership: Define what 'quality' means for LucidLink
• Translate that into a clear, executable QA strategy aligned with product, architecture, and business goals
• Hands-on execution: Personally drive early implementation of QA improvements
• Designing and piloting processes
• Introducing tooling
• Unblocking teams
• Embedding quality across the full software development lifecycle
• Operating model & team development: Lead QA as a function across engineering in a distributed / dotted-line model
• Coaching and developing QA professionals
• Building a cohesive, high-performing QA community across teams
• Modern tooling & AI adoption: Advance testing maturity by pragmatically adopting automation, performance testing, and AI-assisted QA tools
• Tooling & vendor ownership: Own QA tooling strategy end-to-end, including selection, rollout, governance, ROI measurement, and management of quality-related vendors
• Cross-functional collaboration: Partner closely with engineering leadership, product, and architecture to ensure quality is built into decision-making and delivery

• 5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance
• At least 2–3 years in an engineering or QA leadership role within a scaling organization
• Strong technical foundation
• comfortable working across desktop, mobile, and web systems
• Practical understanding of test automation and where it delivers ROI
• Comfortable working across different technical layers, including using terminals, debugging builds, and navigating OS-level tooling
• Proven experience building or evolving QA processes in environments with ambiguity and change
• Pragmatic and curious mindset toward AI-assisted tooling
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills
• Strong people leadership skills, especially in distributed or dotted-line team structures

hands-on automation experience is a strong plus

• Flexible PTO
• Competitive salary
• Stock options
• Full health coverage
• Strong work-life balance