Quality Assurance and Automation Architect
Durham, NC
AMER – Engineering Ops /
Regular /
Hybrid
At Digital Turbine, we make mobile advertising experiences more meaningful and rewarding for users, app publishers, and advertisers — intelligently connecting people in more ways, across more devices. We provide app publishers and advertisers with powerful ads and experiences that captivate consumers, fuel performance, and help telecoms and OEMs supercharge awareness, acquisition, and monetization. In a rapidly evolving industry, we are constantly innovating and creating better paths of discovery to connect consumers, publishers, and advertisers across the mobile ecosystem.
We're looking for a highly skilled and strategic Quality Assurance and Automation Architect to drive our quality assurance efforts. This role is crucial for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our diverse product suite. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software quality engineering, a proven track record of designing and implementing automation frameworks, and a deep passion for automation within complex, data-driven environments.
This is a unique opportunity to act as a technical leader and key contributor in shaping the quality of software that operates at a massive scale, from on-device solutions to the complex, high-speed world of programmatic advertising. We offer a supportive, collaborative workplace that fosters professional growth and development, competitive compensation, and the chance to make a significant impact on our products.
About the Quality Assurance and Automation Architect:
- Define, design, and implement the QA and test automation strategy for our portfolio of products.
- Collaborate closely with QA Leads and Managers on projects and recommend tools and techniques to optimize testing.
- Research and suggest test methodologies and tools
- Develop, maintain, and optimize scalable and reusable automation frameworks for mobile, web, and API testing.
- Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and DevOps teams to integrate quality throughout the entire software development lifecycle, from ideation to deployment.
- Act as a subject matter expert on software quality, providing technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers.
- Drive the adoption of best practices in software quality, including continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) and shift-left testing.
- Establish and report on key quality metrics (e.g., test coverage, defect leakage, performance benchmarks) to inform technical decisions and improve product quality.
- Troubleshoot and debug complex technical issues and provide root cause analysis.
About you as the Quality Assurance and Automation Architect:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; Master's degree preferred.
- Minimum of 8+ years of experience in software quality assurance, with a focus on designing and building automation frameworks.
- Deep expertise in test automation for various platforms and technologies, including:
- Mobile Platforms: Experience with native mobile application automation using tools and frameworks like Appium, Espresso, and XCUITest. Strong proficiency in Java, Kotlin, and/or Swift/Objective-C is essential. Experience with firmware or on-device software testing is a significant plus.
- Web & API Platforms: Experience with large-scale web and API automation using frameworks like Cypress, Playwright, or Selenium. Strong proficiency in languages such as Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Java. Experience with data-intensive systems, including programmatic advertising platforms, is highly desirable.
- Proven experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI).
- Strong understanding of microservices architecture, cloud environments (e.g., AWS, GCP), and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience with performance, load, and security testing.
- Excellent communication, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.
- AI Core Concepts: Understanding the fundamentals of AI/ML and how they apply to the testing process.
- AI Tooling: Familiarity with AI-powered development and testing tools (Gemini, MCP Servers, Cursor.ai)
- AI Strategic Use: Knowing how to leverage AI for tasks like generating tests and optimizing test suites.
About Digital Turbine:
Digital Turbine (NASDAQ: APPS) powers superior mobile consumer experiences and results for the world’s leading telcos, advertisers and publishers. Our end-to-end platform uniquely simplifies the ability to supercharge awareness, acquisition and monetization — connecting our partners to more consumers, in more ways, across more devices.
The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with global offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, Berlin, Singapore, Tel Aviv, and other cities around the world, serving top agency, app developer, and advertising markets.
We are honored to have achieved numerous awards as an employer of choice, around the world, including: BuiltIn's Best Places to Work Awards in 2022, 2023 and 2024, DUNS 100 Best Places to Work in Tech for 2023 and 2024, and BDICode's 100 Best Companies to Work in 2024.
Digital Turbine is an equal opportunity employer committed to exemplifying diversity and inclusion around the world. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We embed diversity in our mindset, products, and teams to empower an inclusive, equitable, and culturally fluent environment. Building and continuously fostering this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators, partners, and innovators.
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