Lead Quality Engineer

Role:
Lead Quality Engineer

Location:

Cincinnati, OH – Hybrid, 4 days onsite

Note:

Must be hands-on and able to understand/set up architecture.

Top

Skills:

Automation + POS/Hardware experience

Job Description Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Quality Engineer with strong technical leadership abilities and hands‑on automation expertise. The ideal candidate will have experience in test architecture, distributed systems testing, and working with POS systems or hardware integrations.

• 7+ years in Quality Engineering or Software Engineering.
• 2+ years in a senior or technical lead role.
• Strong experience in mocked environments
  , service virtualization
  , or stubbing strategies for distributed systems.
• Hands‑on CI/CD experience (preferably Git Hub Actions
  ) deploying containerized applications.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language:
  Java
  , Type Script/Java Script ,
  Python
  , etc.
• Experience with automation frameworks such as Karate
  , Cypress
  , BDD tools
  , or other API-focused frameworks.
• Understanding of performance testing concepts and tooling.
• Ability to work effectively in high-change, ambiguous environments with fast decision‑making.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Experience with retail or POS systems
  , especially at the software integration layer.
• Experience building custom test harnesses or testing frameworks
  .
• Experience influencing teams transitioning from hardware-dependent testing to modern CI‑driven workflows
  .