QA Engineering Lead

About Us

Coalesce is revolutionizing data transformation for scale. We're the architects behind a powerful visual development platform that accelerates and standardizes data transformations, enabling teams to deliver high-quality data projects with unparalleled speed and efficiency.

About the Role

As our QA Engineering Lead, you'll be crucial in maintaining and improving our cutting-edge data transformation solution. You'll work directly embedded with our engineering team, which maintains our front-end application, back-end systems, CLI/API, shared modules, and testing codebase.

Core Responsibilities

• Build and nurture a test-driven engineering culture that continuously improves quality
• Implement scalable testing processes across multiple products
• Plan, develop, and execute comprehensive test strategies for various platforms
• Track and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) throughout project lifecycles
• Diagnose issues, report defects, and design regression tests to prevent recurrences
• Collaborate with engineers and project leads to prioritize and resolve issues
• Develop metrics to measure and monitor product performance
• Partner with Platform and Infrastructure teams to enhance reliability and scalability through automation

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of experience leading QA strategy
• Proficiency in debugging applications across multiple platforms
• Experience building, shipping, and maintaining commercial software
• Expertise in test planning, design, execution, and automation
• Strong track record of cross-team collaboration

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in both black box and white box testing methodologies
• Coding proficiency in Python, Java, TypeScript, or equivalent languages
• Located in Portland, Oregon or Boulder, Colorado

Our Tech Stack

We primarily work with TypeScript, React, Redux, and Node.js. Our codebase is intentionally designed for efficient feature development, allowing individual engineers to own the entire development cycle from concept to implementation.

Since founding Coalesce in 2020, our mission has remained the same: to improve the lives of data professionals by helping them transform data as efficiently as possible. We aim to bring an end to the days of arduous manual coding and inflexible GUIs by providing a best of both worlds solution.

Coalesce is a fully remote and culture-first company. We believe that our culture is what allows us to not only recruit world-class talent, but also retain it. At Coalesce, you can expect to experience radical honesty, trust in the workplace empathy for yourself and others, and support for continuous learning and improvement.

US Benefits: Coalesce offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: Medical insurance; Dental insurance; Vision insurance; Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance; Unlimited Paid Time off, Paid Sick Time, Equity, Internet Reimbursement, WFH Office Set-Up Reimbursement, 401(k) retirement plan, and Company Annual Leave between December 26- January 2.