BrightEdge is a global leader in enterprise SEO and content performance solutions. We're seeking a highly skilled QA Lead to develop scalable, performant web applications and infrastructure. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced, product-led environment.
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Job Description
BrightEdge is a global leader in enterprise SEO and content performance solutions, driving AI-powered digital marketing success for the world’s top brands. Our culture is product-first, innovation-driven, and built for those passionate about building exceptional technology that empowers results at scale.
About the role:
We are seeking a highly skilled QA Lead - an individual who thrives in a fast-paced, product-led environment. You’ll play a key part in developing scalable, performant web applications and infrastructure powering BrightEdge’s next-generation digital products.
Responsibilities:
- Own and define the test strategy for features, releases, and systems across multiple teams.
- Lead manual and automated testing efforts to ensure high product quality.
- Mentor, guide, and grow a team of QA engineers through technical and process coaching.
- Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and DevOps to ensure alignment on quality goals.
- Drive release readiness, including regression, performance, and production validation testing.
- Manage the QA effort across weekly/bi-weekly release cadences, ensuring fast feedback loops.
- Identify and cover edge cases (e.g., time zones, Unicode, scaling boundaries) early in the lifecycle.
- Work with automation engineers to improve CI/CD pipeline integration and coverage.
- Proactively identify quality risks and own mitigation planning.
- Lead root cause analyses of production issues and drive systemic improvements.
- Report key quality metrics (e.g., defect leakage, automation coverage, flaky tests) to stakeholders.
- Champion continuous improvement in QA processes, tools, and test architecture.
- Participate in agile ceremonies, sprint planning, and release retrospectives.
- Promote a strong customer-first quality mindset across engineering.
- Encourage self-learning within the QA team and stay current with modern QA tools and methodologies.
Qualifications:
- 10+ years of professional experience with recent 2-3+ years as a Lead.
- Strong experience in web application and API testing.
- Solid automation experience for API and Selenium using Python/Java.
- Experience working in a startup or scale-up environment.
- Proficiency in writing MySQL/SQL queries, logs, and Linux debugging.
- Experience working in agile teams with fast release cycles.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Comfortable working with distributed teams and across time zones.
What’s in it for you?
- Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and help shape the roadmap of a recognized SaaS leader.
- Experience a startup culture backed by global scale, rapid learning, and career progression is the norm.
- Competitive compensation, flexible remote-first work, and a collaborative, high-impact team environment.
- Access to continuous learning and growth opportunities within a world-class engineering team.
Ready to make an impact with BrightEdge? Apply now and accelerate your growth with us...