Hudl

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Hudl$82K — $137K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of full-stack software testing experience.
  • Proficiency in automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright) and programming languages (e.g., Python, TypeScript).
  • Proven leadership experience in managing quality initiatives for a squad.
  • Strong analytical skills to investigate and resolve complex problems.
  • User-centric mindset to ensure quality aligns with user experience expectations.
  • Experience utilizing AI tools to enhance testing efficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Lead quality initiatives and create risk-based testing strategies.
  • Design and execute comprehensive tests across UI, APIs, back-end services, and data pipelines.
  • Implement effective automation strategies tailored to development needs.
  • Mentor team members to elevate overall quality standards.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Product, and Design.

Benefits

  • Flexible vacation time and company-wide holidays for work-life harmony.
  • Autonomous work culture with support from teams.
  • Commitment to continuous professional development with ample resources.
  • Well-designed workspaces and technology support for remote and in-office roles.
  • Employee wellbeing programs, including an Employee Assistance Program and fitness partnerships.
  • Comprehensive medical insurance options, including vision and dental services.
  • 401(K) contributions with a company match of up to 4%.
Full Job Description
Your Role

We're seeking an experienced, automation-focused Senior Quality Assurance Engineer to join our North American Sports product team. This team develops insightful analytics and Recruit products for American Football, helping high-level coaches and analysts make faster, data-driven decisions on player performance and talent acquisition.

As the testing expert within your cross-functional squad, you'll own quality end-to-end - building the strategies and automation that ensure we're shipping software our users love. You'll drive quality discussions, challenge the team to maintain high standards, and be the advocate for reliability and performance at every stage of delivery.

As a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, you'll:
  • Lead quality initiatives. Build risk-based testing strategies tailored to your squad's architecture, drive quality discussions in scrum ceremonies, challenge defect priorities, and continuously look for ways to improve practices and keep your squad's quality processes ahead of the curve.
  • Test across the stack. Design and execute tests spanning front-end UI, APIs, backend services, and data pipelines - validating transformations, service outputs, and complex logic at scale.
  • Automate with intent. Make informed decisions about what, when, and how to automate. Use Playwright and scripting to build reliable, maintainable automated checks that keep pace with development.
  • Mentor and grow others. Use your technical depth and quality instincts to coach teammates, raise the bar for quality standards across the team, and influence how the whole squad thinks about quality.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally. Partner closely with Engineering, Product, and Design, contribute to hiring, and invest in your own professional development.
Location

While local candidates in Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska are prioritized, we're open to remote applicants who reside in one of the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Must-Haves
  • Quality focus. You see the big picture and use it to drive improvements in both quality and velocity.
  • Technical depth. 4+ years of software testing experience with hands-on expertise across the full stack - API testing, backend and data-heavy systems, and front-end validation - plus proficiency in automation frameworks like Playwright and languages like Python or TypeScript.
  • A track record of leadership. You've owned quality for a squad, led testing initiatives end-to-end, defined success criteria, and designed approaches that measurably reduce risk in production.
  • Investigative rigour. You dig to root causes of complex problems, back your findings with data, and measure outcomes.
  • User focus. You think critically about the user experience and let that understanding shape your testing approach.
  • AI-powered working. You actively use AI tools in your day-to-day workflow - for test case creation, failure diagnosis, documentation, and beyond - and look for new ways to apply them to raise the team's efficiency.
Nice-to-Haves
  • Performance testing exposure. Familiarity with load, stress, and scalability testing concepts and tools (e.g. JMeter) for validating API and backend performance.
  • Sports knowledge. Passion for or experience in Basketball, American Football or Ice Hockey - whether as an athlete, coach, or fan - and an appreciation for the unique challenges of sports technology.
  • A relevant degree or equivalent experience. A bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.
Our Role
  • Champion work-life harmony. We'll give you the flexibility you need in your work life (e.g., flexible vacation time, company-wide holidays and timeout (meeting-free) days, remote work options and more) so you can enjoy your personal life too.
  • Guarantee autonomy. We have an open, honest culture and we trust our people from day one. Your team will support you, but you'll own your work and have the agency to try new ideas.
  • Encourage career growth. We're lifelong learners who encourage professional development. We'll give you tons of resources and opportunities to keep growing.
  • Provide an environment to help you succeed. We've invested in our offices, designing incredible spaces with our employees in mind. But whether you're at the office or working remotely, we'll provide you the tech stack and hardware to do your best work.
  • Support your mental and physical health. We care about our employees' wellbeing. Our Employee Assistance Program, employee resource groups and fitness partner Peerfit have you covered.
  • Cover your medicalinsurance. We have multiple plans to pick from to ensure you'll have the coverage you (and your dependents) want, including vision, dental, fertility healthcare and family forming benefits.
  • Contribute to your 401(K). Yep, that's free money. We'll match up to 4% of your own contribution.
Compensation

The base salary range for this role is displayed below-starting salaries will typically fall near the middle of this range.

We make compensation decisions based on an individual's experience, skills and education in line with our internal pay equity practices.

Base Salary Range

$82,000-$137,000 USD

About Hudl

Hudl is a software company based in Lincoln, Nebraska that provides tools for coaches and athletes to review game footage and improve team play. The company offers video analysis tools for basketball, football, soccer, volleyball, and lacrosse. Hudl also provides recruiting tools for high school athletes to connect with college coaches. The company was founded in 2006 by David Graff, Brian Kaiser, and John Wirtz, who were all University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineering students at the time. Hudl has grown to over 1,200 employees and serves over 180,000 teams worldwide.
Learn more about Hudl
Size
1,200 employees
Industry
Founded
2006

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