Sr QA Software Engineer- Remote

Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company, develops and markets leading aesthetics brands and products. They are seeking a Software Quality Engineer to work with product engineering teams, focusing on embedding quality into the software development lifecycle and ensuring reliable, secure, and performant systems.

Responsibilities:

• Lead testing efforts and best practices for your feature areas, pushing ownership of unit, component, and service-level tests into engineering teams while you focus on high-risk end-to-end automation
• Evolve, maintain automation and integrate these into CI/CD so every change gets fast, reliable quality feedback
• Enable engineers with quality-focused test design, and shift-left practices through pairing, reviews, and hands-on workshops
• Translate business and technical risks into clear test strategies, acceptance criteria, and living documentation that teams own and maintain
• Define and refine quality standards, policies, and risk-based testing guidelines that align with product and compliance needs
• Use metrics such as defect trends, coverage, and flakiness to highlight systemic issues and drive continuous improvement across teams
• Collaborate with engineering and product leadership to communicate quality posture, surface risks, and support informed tradeoffs without acting as a release bottleneck
• Mentor junior QA and engineers on modern testing techniques, observability-driven validation, and emerging practices like AI-assisted and autonomous testing

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree is required
• 5+ years of experience in Software Quality Engineering, SDET, or a similar role with a strong focus on test automation and enabling engineering teams
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g., TypeScript, JavaScript, or Python) and experience with contemporary test frameworks (e.g., WebdriverIO, Playwright, Cypress, Appium, API/contract testing tools)
• Hands-on experience integrating automated tests and quality gates into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar)
• Strong understanding of shift-left and DevOps practices, including developer-owned testing, trunk-based development, and continuous delivery
• Comfort working in an independent Quality function while building strong, collaborative relationships with engineering teams
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills; able to influence without authority, lead discussions, and drive alignment around quality goals
• Experience with observability tools and using production signals to inform testing strategy
• Familiarity with AI-assisted testing tools or LLM-based capabilities for test generation, analysis, or automation
• Background in regulated or high-compliance environments where risk management and traceability are important