Quality Assurance Lead

Trupanion is seeking a Quality Assurance Lead to advocate for quality and guide our testing teams over the Web Mobile and Member Experiences areas of our business while reporting to the Senior Manager Quality Assurance. With your focus on continuous improvement youll work closely with our business and engineering partners to develop new processes features and services. Youll leverage your deep understanding of the fundamental test process and modern testing practices and tools to guide day-to-day Quality Assurance operations. 

This position is open to candidates in the Seattle WA area. You will have a hybrid remote/in-office schedule where you will work from our casual pet-friendly office at least 3 days a week.

Responsibilities: 

• Lead global test teams through sprints ensuring appropriate test coverage while providing guidance mentorship and support throughout the Software Test Lifecycle (STLC). 
• Oversee the development of test plans and test designs that span multiple sprints to guide our test approach towards business and tech-driven milestones. 
• Assure that our critical quote and enrollment journeys have a reliable uptime by leading a strike team that is monitoring its quality and reacting to incidents and live defects appropriately. 
• Work alongside project and product managers developers and other business collaborators to define testing objectives and estimated timelines. 
• Manage all aspects of end-to-end testing including functional integration regression performance and compatibility testing. 
• Build upon our culture of quality and continuous improvement by fostering an environment thats open to feedback and collaboration. 
• Ensure that test cases are developed implemented and documented according to established standards while evolving our best practices to meet our ever-changing business. 
• Coordinate user-acceptance testing activities with business partners to validate that solutions meet business requirements and user expectations. 
• Reinforce Quality Assurance processes and standards to maintain product quality and compliance throughout the development lifecycle. 
• Conduct periodic reviews of testing deliverables defect reports and automation code to identify outliers and areas for improvement. 
• Evaluate testing tools and technologies to streamline testing processes and improve efficiency. 
• Drive the adoption of new tools and technology such as the use of AI and test frameworks to enhance test coverage and accelerate release cycles. 
• Prepare and present test plans progress/test closure reports and quality metrics to project collaborators and senior management. 
• Communicate risks effectively with cross-functional teams and collaborate to identify mitigation strategies and dependencies impacting testing activities. 

Qualifications: 

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in senior testing roles within fast-paced regulated environments (e.g. healthcare finance) and 2 years of directing the work of Quality Assurance professionals. 
• Exceptional knowledge of software testing methodologies tools and processes. 
• Skilled in test planning execution and defect management including leadership responsibilities. 
• Proven knowledge of best practices in performance management mentorship and coaching. 
• Having a background in IT infrastructure CI/CD software delivery particularly Azure DevOps technologies is a strong plus. 
• Practical familiarity with test automation tools such as Selenium Appium and Playwright 
• Hands-on experience with tools like SQL Postman Jira SharePoint and BrowserStack 

Skills:  

• Confident communicator with strong written and verbal skills 
• Excellent attention to detail and strong organizational ability 
• Proven leadership and team management experience 
• Self-motivated and adaptable with a delivery-focused mindset 
• Strong problem-solving skills and eagerness to continuously learn 
• Able to work independently manage multiple priorities and build strong cross-functional relationships 

Compensation: 

• The base salary range for this position is $110000 - $120000 on a full-time schedule. 
• Along with base compensation Trupanion employees are currently eligible for monthly bonuses. 
• We want all employees to be invested in Trupanions success so we grant Restricted Stock Units to all new team members. Our new hire grants vest over 4 years.  

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Additional Information :

Benefits and Perks:

• Full medical dental and vision benefits at no cost to the employee
• Four weeks of paid time off and 9 paid float holidays (you can decide which days are most important to you!)
• Five-week sabbatical after five years of employment
• Open casual pet-friendly and fun office environment
• Free medical health insurance for your pet (1 dog or cat)
• Paid time off to volunteer at nonprofit organizations
• Seattle Office Amenities: Free on-site gym free dog walking services for office pets during business hours free parking and paid ORCA cards.

For more information about Trupanion visit more about how Trupanion has revolutionized our industry and the reimbursement model: is an equal-opportunity employer and embraces diversity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds abilities perspectives and skills.

We will ensure that individuals are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process perform essential job functions and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time