Senior Quality Engineer leading development activities and quality improvements in a fast - paced manufacturing setting. Requires strong engineering background and extensive experience with quality standards.
About the role
- Principal Software Quality Engineer leading quality engineering and test automation for Dentrix Engineering. Driving quality standards, performance testing, and mentoring engineers in a remote or hybrid setting.
Responsibilities
- Drive testing standardization across Dentrix Engineering organization
- Define, document, and maintain testing best practices, guidelines, and standards
- Ensure consistent test planning, execution, and documentation across teams
- Partner with Release Management to define and enforce quality gates for all releases
- Establish and own quality tracking metrics and reporting across Dentrix teams
- Lead initiatives to reduce defect escape rates and improve overall product quality
- Own and drive the Dentrix Engineering performance testing strategy
- Assess and improve the performance testing lab environment (infrastructure, tools, processes)
- Develop and execute a roadmap to mature Dentrix Engineering's performance testing capabilities
- Research, evaluate, and recommend emerging testing technologies, tools, and frameworks
- Partner with Architecture to gain alignment and approval for new testing approaches
- Guide Dentrix department-wide test architecture and quality strategy
- Provide leadership to testing and quality engineering guilds within Dentrix Engineering
- Champion positive changes in quality culture, shift-left testing practices, and proactive defect prevention
- Present testing strategy, quality metrics, and performance trends to senior management
- Design and architect complex test automation solutions that meet business requirements
- Build test systems with emphasis on reliability, scale, maintainability, and timely defect detection
- Establish and maintain test automation architecture, including frameworks and CI/CD integration
- Implement comprehensive test strategies including unit tests, integration tests, automation tests, and performance tests
- Mentor and coach engineers in test automation, performance testing, and quality engineering
- Provide technical leadership and guidance on test architecture decisions across Dentrix teams
- Deliver training and enablement sessions on testing tools, frameworks, and best practices
- Travel typically less than 10%
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering and/or software engineering in test with 5 + years in senior or lead test engineering roles
- Strong hands-on experience in 2+ programming languages (e.g., C#, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, PowerShell, etc.)
- Expert ability to design, build, and scale test automation frameworks
- Deep expertise in CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and API/contract testing
- Advanced experience with performance testing, database testing, and modern system architectures
- Proven ability to define, implement, and enforce testing standards across multiple teams
- Strong understanding of quality metrics, reporting, and shift-left quality practices
- Demonstrated success driving continuous quality improvement and a quality-first culture
- Ability to lead and influence without direct authority
- Excellent communication and executive-level presentation skills
- Expert-level problem-solving and diagnostic abilities in complex systems
- Nice to Haves: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field; ISTQB Expert-Level certifications (CTEL-ITP or CTEL-TM); Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure); Deep experience with cloud-native testing strategies; Prior experience modernizing or transforming legacy test practices at scale.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Excellent benefits package – Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage
- 401K Plan with Company Match
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Sick Leave (if applicable)
- Paid Parental Leave
- Short Term Disability
- Income Protection
- Work Life Assistance Program
- Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Education Benefits
- Worldwide Scholarship Program
- Volunteer Opportunities
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