QA Engineer/AI Startup/Atlanta Hybrid

Principal QA Engineer

Atlanta, Georgia

Hybrid

Direct Hire

$140k - $180k

A client of ours building in the enterprise AI space is looking to bring on a Principal QA Engineer to own quality across a multi-agent AI platform. This role will be hybrid out of Atlanta — 2–3 days onsite per week.

This is a high-impact, foundational role where you'll sit at the intersection of AI engineering, business outcomes, and quality strategy — defining what "reliable enough to ship to an executive" actually means, and building the infrastructure to enforce it.

If you're someone who thinks in business outcomes (not just test coverage), thrives in non-deterministic environments, and wants to build a QA discipline from the ground up inside a fast-moving AI company — this one's worth a conversation.

What you'll be doing —

• Design and own a TDD-first QA framework built for non-deterministic AI agent outputs
• Define output scoring, variance thresholds, and regression testing across model updates
• Architect QA sub-agents with specialized, delegated responsibilities across the pipeline
• Write BDD/Gherkin tests that business stakeholders can validate before code is written
• Establish and maintain quality standards across unit, integration, and business outcome testing
• Partner with engineering and product to make quality a shared, embedded discipline — not a checkpoint

What they're looking for —

• Deep, practiced understanding of TDD — not as a concept, but as a daily discipline
• Hands-on experience with AI, LLM-powered, or multi-agent applications
• Ability to articulate the difference between code correctness and business outcome validation
• Experience with BDD/Gherkin or a demonstrated ability to write tests for non-technical stakeholders
• Comfort with non-deterministic systems — variance, probabilistic outputs, and regression across model updates
• Strong communication skills — you'll work closely with both engineering and business stakeholders

Nice to have —

• Experience breaking QA into sub-agents or automated quality pipelines
• Background in fintech, enterprise SaaS, or other high-accountability output environments
• Familiarity with Playwright, Vitest, or similar tooling (methodology matters more than the stack)

The Offer - Buckhead, Atlanta based Hybrid Schedule - $140,000-$180,000 - Potential equity

NO SPONSORSHIP PROVIDED AT THIS TIME

Specialization: QA/SDET