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Quality Assurance (QA) / Director of Testing Jobs in Austin, TX at Aroha Technologies, Inc
Title: Quality Assurance (QA) / Director of Testing
Company: Aroha Technologies, Inc
Location: Austin, TX
Job Title: Director Quality Assurance (QA) / Director of Testing
Location: Austin, TX (Onsite 5 Days/Week)
Employment Type: Full-Time
We are looking for an experienced Director of Quality Assurance (QA) to lead enterprise-wide quality engineering initiatives and build an automation-first testing organization. This is a senior leadership role responsible for defining QA strategy, modernizing testing practices, driving AI-led quality transformation, and ensuring consistent delivery of high-quality software across multiple business-critical programs.
The ideal candidate has deep experience leading large QA organizations, implementing enterprise automation frameworks, and partnering with executive leadership to establish quality as a strategic business capability. Experience in the retail domain and strong expertise in Cypress, TypeScript, JavaScript, CI/CD, API testing, and AI-driven QA are essential.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and execute the enterprise Quality Assurance strategy across multiple products and programs.
- Build and lead a high-performing QA organization focused on automation, continuous testing, and engineering excellence.
- Establish governance, quality standards, testing methodologies, and enterprise QA best practices.
- Drive automation-first testing using Cypress, TypeScript, JavaScript, Selenium, and API automation.
- Design scalable automation frameworks supporting UI, API, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.
- Embed automated testing into modern CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous delivery.
- Lead quality initiatives across Agile/SAFe development environments.
- Partner with Engineering, Product Management, Program Management, and Business stakeholders to define quality goals and release readiness.
- Oversee test planning, estimation, execution, reporting, risk management, and defect governance.
- Develop executive-level quality dashboards, KPIs, and metrics that drive business decisions.
- Champion AI-led QA transformation through GenAI-powered automation, intelligent testing, and QA accelerators.
- Improve production quality by reducing defect leakage and strengthening shift-left testing practices.
- Lead hiring, mentoring, organizational development, and capability building for QA teams.
- Drive continuous process improvements and establish a culture of quality engineering across the organization.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
- 15+ years of overall experience in Software Testing and Quality Engineering.
- 5+ years leading enterprise QA strategy and large testing organizations.
- 10+ years designing enterprise test architecture and automation frameworks.
- 10+ years of hands-on experience with SDLC, Agile, SAFe, Shift-Left Testing, and Continuous Testing.
- 10+ years working in the Retail industry with strong understanding of retail business processes.
- 10+ years leading quality engineering teams, hiring, mentoring, and organizational development.
- 7+ years presenting quality metrics and strategy to executive leadership.
- 2+ years implementing AI-driven QA initiatives using GenAI tools and intelligent automation.
