[Hiring] Staff Software Engineer, Quality Engineering @GridUnity

Role Description

As the Staff Software Engineer, Quality Engineering, you will own and lead GridUnity's quality engineering strategy. This is not a traditional QA role, and it is not a traditional test-automation role either. You will serve as a technical leader, architect, and change agent who makes quality a property of the engineering system itself.

• Own the quality operating model and lead its expansion across the organization's product lines.
• Operate and harden the pipeline in which agents generate, maintain, and execute test coverage.
• Run the review-and-activation loop, ensuring throughput and draft queue movement.
• Own the release-gate discipline, ensuring execution records and explicit exit criteria.
• Steward the criteria for what remains human-tested and manage the demotion loop for manual tests.
• Build the evaluation discipline for agent-driven quality from the ground up.
• Champion developer-owned quality by embedding automated testing into the software development lifecycle.
• Advance behavioral validation as an external evaluation function.
• Partner with Engineering Managers and Staff Engineers to improve software reliability and maintainability.
• Mentor engineers and QA teammates through code reviews and technical design discussions.
• Define engineering quality metrics and use data to continuously improve software reliability.
• Evaluate emerging testing technologies and AI-assisted development tools.
• Serve as a technical thought leader, influencing engineering strategy.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Quality Engineering, or SDET roles.
• Experience designing agentic or AI-assisted quality workflows.
• Proven experience designing modern automated testing systems for enterprise SaaS applications.
• Strong software engineering skills, including the ability to read and review code.
• Experience with evidence-based release governance.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, cloud-native applications, and CI/CD.
• Demonstrated experience improving engineering organizations through technical leadership.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical direction.
• Passion for developer experience and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Experience building or transforming a Quality Engineering organization in a high-growth SaaS company.
• Previous experience as a Principal Engineer, Staff Engineer, or Quality Engineering Architect.
• Experience shipping intelligent test generation or agent-driven quality workflows in production.
• Working knowledge of common automation technologies.
• Experience implementing developer-owned quality and testing pyramid strategies.
• Experience with spec-driven or artifact-first development practices.
• Experience operating test management as a system of record.
• Familiarity with cloud-native platforms and microservices testing.
• Experience leveraging observability platforms to improve production quality.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages that recognize your expertise and contributions.
• Remote-first culture that provides flexibility and balance.
• Professional development opportunities, including training and mentorship.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance starting day one.
• Short- and long-term disability and basic life insurance at no cost to you.
• 401(k) plan with a 4% match to help secure your future.
• Flexible PTO and a supportive work culture that values balance.
• Mission-driven work with the opportunity to make a significant impact in the energy sector.