QA Engineer IV (AI-Powered)

About the role

The AI-Powered QA Engineer IV is a senior technical leadership role on Team Artemis responsible for setting the direction of quality engineering at Planet DDS. This individual contributor will own the QA strategy across automated, AI-assisted, and exploratory testing — and will lead the existing outsourced QA team toward a modern, AI-native testing model.

Job Duties

• Define and own the QA strategy and roadmap for Team Artemis, setting direction across automated testing, AI-assisted testing, and quality standards for the department
• Design, implement and maintain the automated testing framework for SaaS products
• Mentor and train other team members on automation, quality practices and principles
• Contribute to code reviews, design reviews, effort estimates, task breakdowns, and other team discussions
• Assess and raise risks across the Planet DDS solution
• Work with the engineering team continuously improving the performance, scalability, and reliability of Planet DDS products
• Collaborate with the product and engineering teams to design and deploy new features
• Learn about the latest tools and patterns consistent with your role
• Lead, manage, and grow the outsourced QA team within Team Artemis, establishing clear standards, accountability, and a culture of quality across the extended team
• Architect and implement end-to-end test automation solutions using Playwright and Claude Code, covering smoke tests, regression suites, and full E2E workflows across Planet DDS SaaS products
• Drive adoption of AI-native testing practices across the engineering organization, including agentic test generation, AI-assisted defect triage, and Claude Code-based test automation workflows
• Serve as the subject matter expert for Claude Code-based test automation, programming and maintaining AI agents for test execution, coverage analysis, and quality reporting
• Collaborate across large, distributed engineering teams to ensure comprehensive end-to-end coverage of complex SaaS product workflows, from API layer through UI and integrations

Skills and Qualifications

• 8-11 years of experience in software engineering development, test, and/or QA role
• Track record using AI-powered software testing tools like Applitools, Testim, Mabl, TestRigor, TestComplete, UI-TARS, Midscene, and Puppeteer; strong hands-on Playwright experience for browser automation at scale is required
• Experience in automation testing and building automation frameworks from the ground up
• Experience in programming (ideally JavaScript/TypeScript and/or C#)
• Experience with: Test case management techniques, technologies, and approaches
• Experience with Jira & Zephyr Scale would be beneficial
• Knowledge of how to characterize different risk scenarios (Examples: functional/closed-box, boundary, verification and validation, acceptance, load, stress, performance, HA/DR)
• Sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on the company’s success
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
• Ability to engage throughout the department and the company to achieve goals
• Hands-on experience with Claude Code or Anthropic AI APIs, including writing prompts, custom agents, or agentic workflows for engineering or testing use cases
• Demonstrated ability to lead or technically influence a QA or engineering team, including offshore or outsourced teams; flexible, clear-communicating, and decisive under ambiguity
• Experience working within large, cross-functional engineering teams with ownership of end-to-end automation coverage across complex, multi-product SaaS platforms is huge plus
• Healthcare or dental industry domain knowledge is a strong plus; understanding of clinical workflows, compliance requirements (HIPAA), and data sensitivity in dental practice management software accelerates ramp-up significantly

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Telehealth
• 401(k) and 401(k) match
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• FTO or Vacation
• Sick Time
• Employee Well-Being program
• 11 paid holidays
• Volunteer Time Off
• Employee Referral program
• Additional perk and voluntary benefit programs

Pay

Salary is based on a number of factors and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This position is also eligible for variable pay as part of the total compensation package.