Lead Quality Engineer

About Ironwood Digital: Ironwood Digital is one of the fastest growing digital technology service providers and a partner of choice for many Fortune 1000 companies seeking to turn disruption into a competitive advantage through innovative digital adoption. Ironwood Digital, renowned for its world-class professionals, referred to as "Brillians", distinguishes itself through their capacity to seamlessly integrate cutting-edge digital and design thinking skills with an unwavering dedication to client satisfaction. Ironwood Digital takes pride in its status as an employer of choice, consistently attracting the most exceptional and talented individuals due to its unwavering emphasis on contemporary, groundbreaking technologies, and exclusive digital projects. Ironwood Digital's relentless commitment to providing an exceptional experience to its Brillians and nurturing their full potential consistently garners them the Great Place to Work® certification year after year. Lead Quality Engineer Primary Skills Selenium, BDD - Behavior Driven Development, Zephyr, Cucumber Job requirements Role: Senior / Lead QA Automation Engineer (Cypress & Web Stack) Employment Type: Permanent / Contractor Location: Remote – EST Experience Level: Senior / Lead (7+ years) Core Tech Stack: Cypress, TypeScript/JavaScript, Python or Go, CI/CD (CircleCI), Jira. About the Role We are looking for a highly autonomous, senior-level QA Automation Engineer to improve our web application's QA processes and testing infrastructure. This is not an execution-only role; you will be the primary strategist and architect responsible for taking our testing capabilities to the next level. You will walk into an environment that requires independent problem-solving, framework design, and a proactive "shift-left" engineering mentality. You will be expected to independently audit our existing codebase coverage, design robust end-to-end (E2E) test strategies, and seamlessly integrate automated production smoke tests into our deployment pipelines. Key Responsibilities QA Strategy & Governance: Independently architect, scale, and own the E2E test strategy for complex web applications. Framework Architecture: Build, maintain, and optimize robust automation frameworks utilizing Cypress and TypeScript/JavaScript to improve e2e coverage and automate production smoke testing. CI/CD Pipeline Ownership: Automate and embed production smoke tests and regression suites directly into our CI/CD pipelines to ensure rapid, high-confidence deployments. Technical Deep-Dives: Perform root-cause analysis on e2e failures, flaky tests, and pipeline bottlenecks by digging into Cypress and backend logs and interacting closely with software engineers. Process Improvement: Lead high-impact testing initiatives (e.g., structuring efficient bug bashes, refining test case tracking workflows) and author clear, actionable technical documentation. Required Technical Skills & Qualifications: 7+ years of dedicated QA experience , with a strong trajectory focusing heavily on web automation engineering (SDET). Expert-level Cypress experience (2+ years of recent, intensive framework-building experience). Candidates with only Playwright, Selenium, or low-code/no-code recording tools will not be considered. Strong Programming Skills: Proficient in TypeScript or JavaScript for writing clean, reusable automation code. Backend Code Readability: Ability to comfortably read, navigate, and troubleshoot backend services written in Python or Go to identify defect root causes. DevOps & CI/CD Expertise: Proven experience building automated "quality gates" in modern CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, GitLab, etc.). Elite Communication : Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. You must be able to articulate complex testing strategies to both technical and non-technical stakeholders clearly and concisely. Know what it’s like to work and grow at Ironwood Digital: Click here Apply for this position