Raydar
Founding AI Quality & Release Engineer
$170K–$200K
United States · Remote · Full-time · Posted Aug 21, 2026
- Experience
- 7 to 15 years in quality engineering, release engineering, platform engineering, developer productivity, SDET-adjacent engineering, or a similar software role.
- Visa sponsorship
- Full work authorization in either the United States or Canada is required. Visa sponsorship and transfer support are not available.
About the job
Own and build the software verification and release system, using agent-run tests and automated gates to move builds from merge to customer.
What you'll do
- Build AI-powered verification, regression coverage, and automated release gates.
- Improve CI, deployment pipelines, artifact publication, and reliable demo and staging environments.
- Own release candidates and create fresh-install, upgrade, and escaped-bug regression tests.
What they ask for
- Production-quality Python and strong software engineering fundamentals.
- Deep fluency with GitHub Actions or an equivalent CI system.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, AWS, cloud deployment mechanics, secrets, credentials, and certificates.
- Full work authorization in the United States or Canada; visa sponsorship and transfer support are not available.
Nice to have
- TypeScript, Snowflake Native Apps, or Playwright.
- LLM-as-judge or grader design, nondeterministic system testing, or early-stage startup quality infrastructure.
Pay
$170,000 to $200,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, AWS, TypeScript, Snowflake Native Apps
AI focus
Use coding agents, LLM graders, and agent-run test harnesses for verification, regression testing, and natural-language UAT.
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