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Patronus AI · 11 hours ago

Member of Technical Staff - QA Lead

positionSan Francisco, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
date5+ years exp

Patronus AI is a frontier lab developing simulation research and infrastructure aimed at achieving human-aligned AGI. The QA Lead will be responsible for ensuring the quality and reliability of products, leading a QA engineering team, and collaborating with engineering and AI teams to resolve issues and improve testing processes.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Information TechnologyNetwork Security
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Responsibilities

Lead a team of QA engineers to successfully drive execution across all QA projects
Build and maintain automated testing across all surface areas: UI, APIs, and MCP
Define and continuously improve QA processes: test planning, criteria, and bug triage workflows
Partner with engineering and AI research teams to understand requirements early; participate in technical design reviews and provide testability feedback
Establish team best practices and documentation

Qualification

QA experienceTest automationREST APIsManual testingEnd-to-end testsCI/CD integrationLoad testingCollaboration with AI/MLCharacterRespect for othersIntegrity

Required

5+ years of QA experience on web platforms in a production environment and building test automation with Python and/or Javascript
2+ years of experience leading QA initiatives on a team
Strong experience with REST APIs and API testing
Strong manual testing skills and the ability to design test cases that uncover edge cases and unexpected behavior
Experience writing and maintaining end-to-end tests (Playwright, Cypress, Selenium)
Experience with CI/CD test integration, test reliability, and debugging flaky tests
Experience executing load/performance tests and interpreting results
Comfort collaborating with AI/ML teams on datasets and evaluation workflows
Good character, integrity, and respect for others!

Preferred

An eagerness to learn
Passion for research
Creativity in problem solving
A proactive mindset

Benefits

Competitive salary and equity packages
Health, dental, and vision insurance plans
401(k) plan + matching
In-office private chef
Sponsored personal tax accounting
Whoop band, Oura ring, Function Health
Monthly meal stipend
Monthly health and wellness stipend
Equinox membership
Fun global offsites!

Company

Patronus AI

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Patronus AI operates as an automated evaluation and security platform.
dateFounded in 2023
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size11-50 employees
web-link
https://www.patronus.ai

H1B Sponsorship

Patronus AI has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage
Total Funding
$20M
Key Investors
Notable CapitalLightspeed Venture Partners
2024-05-22Series A· $17M
2023-09-14Seed· $3M

Leadership Team

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Rebecca Qian
Co-Founder
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