Quality Engineering Lead

E-470 Public Highway Authority • Aurora, CO

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About The Position

E-470 Public Highway Authority is seeking a strategic, hands-on Quality Engineering Lead to champion quality assurance excellence, testing automation, and system reliability across core transit and tolling platforms. The role leads quality engineering standards for high-throughput systems, including API integrations, mobile applications, and automated tolling pipelines. The successful candidate will build robust testing frameworks, drive observability, and lead engineering teams in a public-sector environment.

E470 is a public agency managing a 47-mile toll facility on the eastern perimeter of the Denver Metro area. It also provides back-office tolling services for other toll facilities in Colorado and aims to deliver strong customer service, improve safety, and save time for drivers.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of experience in software quality engineering.
• At least 2 years in a lead, senior, or management capacity overseeing complex distributed systems, APIs, or high-volume transaction platforms.
• Deep expertise in modern test automation frameworks such as Playwright, Selenium, or RestAssured.
• Strong background in observability tools, telemetry, and monitoring platforms such as Dynatrace, Splunk, or Prometheus/Grafana.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines such as GitHub Actions or GitLab CI and with feature flag management.
• Proven ability to analyze complex data validation challenges, manage pre-production-to-production data validation, and turn telemetry into actionable engineering improvements.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to explain technical details in executive summaries and align cross-functional teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Define, implement, and scale end-to-end testing strategies, frameworks, and quality gates across software development lifecycles.
• Lead test automation initiatives using modern frameworks and API testing tools to accelerate releases and support defect-free production deployments.
• Partner with software and data engineering teams to establish system observability, performance metrics, real-time telemetry dashboards, and anomaly detection.
• Collaborate with product managers, developers, and external agency partners, including DMV and GAS integrations, to validate data flows, system interoperability, and high-stakes data migrations.
• Mentor QA and software engineers, foster quality-first practices, and establish automated quality metrics and testing standards across the engineering organization.
• Oversee pre-production testing readiness, validation protocols, and regression testing for critical public infrastructure rollouts, including mobile app launches and interoperability programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior