Lead Quality Assurance Engineer

What we do

Founded in 2015, ReUp Education is the only organization that focuses exclusively on helping colleges and universities engage and re-enroll the more than 40 million US residents who have “stopped out” and support them until graduation, through our technology-enabled service. To date, we have re-enrolled nearly 28,500 students and recaptured over $139 million in tuition for our university partners. Today we build regional marketplaces to connect the supply of educational opportunities with the demand for skilled and credentialed workforce professionals.

About the role

ReUp Education is looking for a Lead Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer to ensure the quality and reliability of our products. In this role, you’ll guide the QA team and lead the development of scalable testing strategies across both manual and automated processes.

You'll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, oversee the full QA lifecycle, and drive improvements in tools, systems, and workflows. This role is key to ensuring that as our platform grows, we maintain excellent product quality and performance for our users.

If you are passionate about working on a project that will have a real-world positive impact on people's day-to-day lives, we encourage you to apply!

What you'll do

As our Lead Quality Assurance Engineer, your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Lead, mentor, and support our QA team.
• Develop, implement, and maintain comprehensive QA processes, methodologies, and standards.
• Design and manage testing strategies across manual and automated workflows.
• Build test plans, write and execute test cases, and track bugs to resolution.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and data teams to define  testing needs early in the development cycle.
• Drive continuous improvements in QA tools, processes, and team operations. 
• Stay current with industry best practices and emerging technologies in QA and help scale our systems.
• Manage QA resources, including planning and allocating work, monitoring team performance, and conducting performance reviews.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory standards and company policies.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of QA experience, including leading QA projects or teams.
• Hands-on experience with both manual and automated testing.
• Experience with tools like Jira, Playwright, or similar
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills. 
• QA certifications (e.g., ISTQB, CSTE) are a plus.

Benefits

• Competitive salary of 130,000 - 150,000 USD annually (Austin, TX)
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees
• • We pay 100% of the employee's premium and 50% of any dependents' premiums
  • Contribute up to $2000 to employee HSA/$3000 to employee + dependent HSA
  • PPO Buy-up plan available
  • FSA available
• Company paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance for employee
• Flexible time off and remote work opportunity
• Up to 80 hours of dedicated sick time annually to support your well-being and work-life balance
• 15 paid holidays per year (including Juneteenth and the last week of the calendar year)
• Company wellness days (2 per year)
• Day of Service (Paid day for volunteering)
• 401(k) plan
• Paid parental leave (12 weeks primary parental leave, 6 weeks secondary parental leave)
• A diverse team that fosters a high level of collaboration despite being highly distributed
• We provide your choice of a Mac or PC laptop

Location

This hybrid role is based in Austin, TX, with 2-3 in-office days per week.

Company Culture

REDEFINE THE POSSIBLE * INNOVATE WITH PURPOSE * RESILIENT BY DESIGN * ACHIEVE BEYOND EXPECTATIONS * THRIVE TOGETHER

At ReUp, our values guide everything we do. We rede