Lead Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer

Los Angeles (Santa Monica) or Remote (US timezones)

About Maximus

Maximus (https://www.maximustribe.com/) is a mission-driven consumer health company that provides men with content, community, and clinical support to optimize them in mind and body. Maximus has raised $15M from top Silicon Valley VCs such as Founders Fund and 8VC as well as leading angel investors/operators from companies like Bulletproof, Tinder, Coinbase, Daily Stoic, & Shopify.

Maximus is building an advanced telemedicine platform to help men improve their mental and physical health. We iterate on our product rapidly and safely by applying continuous integration and code quality measurements, as well as TDD and pair programming when appropriate. We work collaboratively, emphasizing the productivity of the team first. We aim to deliver a robust, reliable system by using pragmatic, tried-and-true technologies. We hone our craft as engineers by applying advanced functional, data-oriented techniques that are appropriate to the problem.

Please note: Culture is key at Maximus, so we get to know candidates holistically through our questionnaire. You will receive an invite in a separate email upon submitting an application. Please fill it out as honestly and intuitively as possible since it is designed to detect exaggeration, which will cause your application to be automatically rejected. The questionnaire is optional to submit now with your application, but candidates that complete the questionnaire will get strongly prioritized. Note, we do not have access to individual questions’ answers/choices.

About the Role:

As our Lead QA Engineer, you'll establish and lead our QA strategy, working directly with our Head of Engineering and cross-functional teams to ensure the quality and reliability of the Maximus platform. This is a key leadership position where you'll build and manage our QA team while implementing scalable testing processes.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and execution of our QA strategy across our applications

• Build and manage a high-performing QA team, establishing best practices and mentoring team members

• Design and implement automated testing frameworks that support our event-sourced architecture

• Collaborate with product and engineering teams during sprint planning to ensure quality is built into our development process

• Establish quality metrics and reporting mechanisms to track and improve system reliability

• Ensure testing coverage for HIPAA compliance and healthcare-specific requirements

• Create and maintain test plans for critical systems including prescription management, lab testing integrations, and payment processing

• Participate in sprint ceremonies and provide quality-focused input during backlog refinement

The ideal candidate will …