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 have the following:

• 5+ years of QA engineering experience, with at least 2 years in a leadership role

• Strong experience with automated testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines

• Experience with Ruby/Rails and React testing frameworks

• Background in healthcare technology or HIPAA-compliant systems preferred

• Strong understanding of API testing

• Proven track record of building and scaling QA processes in fast-growing organizations

• Experience with performance testing and monitoring tools

• Excellence in written communication and documentation

• Background in agile methodologies and sprint-based development

Technical Stack / Skills:

• Testing Frameworks: RSpec, Jest, Cypress

• CI/CD: Experience with automated testing pipelines

• Monitoring & Debugging: Familiarity with APM tools

• Database Testing: PostgreSQL

• API Testing: REST, GraphQL

• Security Testing: Understanding of OWASP and security best practices

• Performance Testing: Load testing, stress testing, scalability testing

Qualities:

• A dedication to keeping things simple and pragmatic.

• Attitude of shared ownership of the system, frequent integration. Collaborates proactively, in service of the shared highest priority.

• Strong communication and teamwork skills: Proven ability to build strong relationships with technical and non-technical members of the team to solve challenging technical and business problems.

• Relentlessly Resourceful (http://www.paulgraham.com/relres.html): highly proactive, does not quit, and finds innovative solutions with little guidance. Bias for action and ability to thrive in an ambiguous environment with a high degree of autonomy.

• Passion for Men’s Health & Development: interest in helping men develop a healthy masculinity. Demonstrates personal dedication and interest in health optimization (e.g. diet, exercise, sleep, focus, and relationships).

Benefits:

• Premium Blue Shield Platinum PPO & HMO Plans (up to 80% coverage)

• Full Suite: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance

• 401K contribution

• Opportunity to have strong ownership and create huge impact

• Flexible vacation/time-off policies

• Liquidity of options whenever available

• Extended options exercise window for loyal employees (3 months for every year of service; e.g. 1 year for 4+ year employees)

Maximus is an equal opportunity employer, which not only includes standard protected categories, but the additional freedom from discrimination against your free speech and beliefs, as long as they are aligned with company values. We celebrate intellectual diversity.