[Hiring] Lead Quality Engineer @Replicant

Role Description

We’re looking for a Lead Quality Engineer to help raise the bar for quality across our voice AI platform as we continue to scale. This person will play a key role in shaping how quality is defined, measured, and built into the product experience from the start.

• Serve as the company-wide leader for quality engineering, shaping how quality is built into Replicant’s platform.
• Lead, mentor, and support a team of 5 AI-enabled QA Engineers.
• Lead Replicant’s AI-native quality engineering strategy to scale coverage, accelerate validation, and surface failures earlier.
• Build AI-driven testing workflows that let a small team deliver broad, scalable validation across the platform.
• Own the quality feedback loop from internal dogfooding, customer A/B testing, customer feedback triage, and bug reporting.
• Partner with Product and Engineering early to improve testability, shape acceptance criteria, and build quality in from the start.
• Build and improve automation frameworks, validation tooling, and CI/CD quality gates for reliable, repeatable releases.
• Use AI and analytics to expand edge-case coverage, summarize failures, and generate insights that inform roadmap and release decisions.

Qualifications

• 8+ Years experience in QA, Quality Engineering, or SDET roles.
• An AI-native approach to quality engineering.
• Curiosity about AI systems and conversational experiences.
• Experience leading quality initiatives across teams.
• Deep knowledge of modern testing practices.
• Hands-on technical ability to build tooling, frameworks, scripts, or systems.
• Demonstrated mastery of test design and risk-based coverage.
• Comfort using data, metrics, and analytics to evaluate quality.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience in at least one modern language such as TypeScript, JavaScript, or Python.
• Experience testing AI and LLM-powered systems.
• Experience working in an FDE, delivery, or professional services environment.

Benefits

• In-person connection that counts: company-wide offsites and smaller team gatherings.
• Tech & learning stipend: Conferences, books, courses — interested? We’ll fund them.
• Remote by design: We’re distributed — no guilt about life events.
• Health & wellness: Flexible vacations, paid sabbatical after 5 years, comprehensive benefits.
• Compensation that matches your impact: competitive salaries.
• Equity with upside: shared ownership in a fast-growing AI company.

Company Description

Replicant is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace that is built on trust, support and respect.