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You’ll architect and implement quality strategy across our modern stack-from frontend interfaces to backend services-embedding confidence into how we design, ship, and operate software. This role partners closely with engineering, product, and DevOps teammates in a fast-moving, highly autonomous environment.\nWe’re looking for engineers who think systemically about risk, embrace experimentation, and leverage modern AI-powered workflows to elevate quality across the organization. This is a hybrid role based in Los Angeles, CA (3 days per week in office).\nA day in the life of our Senior QA Engineer:\nQuality Strategy Ownership: Define and evolve our end-to-end quality strategy, determining what gets tested, at which layer, and how coverage maps to real user risk.\nTest Architecture: Design and maintain scalable test infrastructure across unit, integration, and end-to-end layers using modern frameworks such as Vitest, Jest, and Playwright.\nCross-Functional Collaboration: Partner early with product and engineering teams to ensure features are testable by design and quality is embedded before code reaches production.\nFull Stack Validation: Validate React interfaces, GraphQL APIs, and PostgreSQL data integrity to ensure system-wide reliability.\nCI/CD Optimization: Architect and refine test pipelines in GitHub Actions (or similar) to balance speed, coverage, and deployment confidence.\nExperimentation & Analytics: Leverage PostHog session replays, feature flags, and analytics to detect regressions, surface edge cases, and proactively identify risk.\nAI-Driven Quality Engineering: Utilize AI-augmented development workflows to generate test scaffolding, explore edge cases, and increase velocity while maintaining rigorous standards.\nContinuous Improvement: Lead regression analysis and incident retrospectives, transforming defects into systemic improvements that strengthen long-term product resilience.\n Required:\n8+ years of professional experience in software quality engineering or software engineering with strong ownership of quality systems\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field\nStrong proficiency in TypeScript and modern testing frameworks such as Vitest, Jest, and Playwright\nExperience testing React frontends and GraphQL-based APIs\nExperience working with PostgreSQL and validating data integrity across service layers\nHands-on experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar)\nStrong architectural thinking with the ability to design scalable, maintainable quality systems\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills\nComfort operating in autonomous, fast-paced environments\nA product mindset with the ability to anticipate risk across the full feature lifecycle\nNice to Have:\nExperience building PLM, PDM, or hardware/manufacturing industry software\nBackground in performance, load, or stress testing\nExperience with visual regression testing tools (Percy, Chromatic, BackstopJS)\nFamiliarity with contract testing (Pact or similar)\nExperience defining release readiness criteria or quality SLAs\nExperience working in AI-augmented development environments\nHow We Build\nWe don’t hire testers. We hire engineers who elevate quality.\nAt Duro, AI is integrated into our engineering workflows. Engineers leverage AI-powered development environments to orchestrate tasks, structure context, and accelerate delivery while maintaining high standards of craftsmanship.\nWe value:\nArchitectural intuition - understanding systems before implementing them\nPrecision in communication - clear requirements produce strong outcomes\nPattern recognition - knowing when to abstract, reuse, or experiment\nProduct taste - recognizing quality and refining toward excellence\nIntellectual curiosity - continuously improving how we build\nWe optimize for engineers who can look at a roadmap, anticipate where quality risk will concentrate, and design systems that enable teams to ship quickly with confidence.\n Compensation\nThe salary range for this role is $150,000 to $175,000 annually. Actual compensation packages within this range are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate and role requirements, including but not limited to skill set, years and depth of experience, certifications, and specific location.\nWork Arrangement: Hybrid (3 days per week in our Los Angeles office)\nRenesas offers a full range of elective benefits including medical, health savings account (with applicable medical plan), dental, vision, health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter benefits, life insurance, AD&D, and pet insurance. In addition to elective benefit options, benefited employees receive company-paid life insurance and AD&D, LTD, short term medical benefits as well as paid sick time, paid holidays, and accrued paid vacation. New employees will attend a detailed benefit orientation to learn more about our many benefits and resources.\nRenesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’ As the industry’s leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.\nWith a diverse team of over 22,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable, power-efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow, ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’\nAt Renesas, you can:\nLaunch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things. \nMake a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers' evolving needs and help make people’s lives easier, safe and secure. \nMaximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from the first day. \nAre you ready to own your success and make your mark?\nJoin Renesas. Shape Your Future with Us.\nRenesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to celebrating diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.\nRenesas Electronics deals with dual-use technology that is subject to U.S. export controls regulations. Under these regulations it may be necessary for Renesas to obtain U.S. government export license prior to release of technology to certain persons. The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at the sole discretion of Renesas.\nWe have adopted a hybrid model that gives employees the ability to work remotely two days a week while ensuring that we come together as a team in the office the rest of the time. The designated in-office days are Tuesday through Thursday for innovation, collaboration and continuous learning.\nRenesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose, To Make Our Lives Easier. With a global team of over 21,000 engineers and problem solvers in more than 30 countries, we offer the opportunity to work on world-leading technology for Automotive, Industrial, Infrastructure, and IoT, shaping a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter future.\nAt Renesas, TAGIE is our culture, grounded in being Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial. It shapes how we work, grow and deliver on our purpose together. This collaborative spirit and mindset drive our semiconductor technology to transform industries and impact millions of lives.\nWe believe in rewarding our employees with a competitive benefits package alongside their salary. More information will be provided during the hiring process.\nAre you ready to join our team and shape the future with us?\nRenesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to supporting diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.\nRenesas Electronics deals with dual-use technology that is subject to U.S. export controls regulations. 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