Senior Release QA Analyst

Level • Austin, TX

3d

About The Position

Level is seeking a Senior Release QA Analyst to own release quality and provide clear, evidence-based recommendations on whether builds are ready to ship. The role runs release-readiness and regression testing, drives defects to resolution, and helps make releases safer and faster in partnership with Engineering, Product, and Support.

This is a senior-level individual contributor position on a small, fast-moving team. The analyst is expected to determine what needs testing and how to test it, resolve issues independently, and take steps to prevent problems from recurring.

Requirements

• Several years of QA experience, with a track record of owning release or regression testing for a production product.
• Strong test design skills, including creating risk-based test plans for loosely defined releases without a specification for every case.
• Hands-on experience with test automation and CI/CD pipelines, such as Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium and GitHub Actions or similar tools.
• Fluency with defect-tracking and test-management tools, as well as API testing.
• Clear written and verbal communication, including the ability to explain technical problems to non-technical audiences.
• A proactive, self-driven approach, including asking for help early and taking initiative on improvements.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a SaaS or ed tech environment.
• Accessibility testing experience.
• Experience mentoring junior QA staff.

Responsibilities

• Own release-readiness testing end to end, including test planning, regression testing, smoke testing, and post-deploy verification.
• Run go/no-go checks and provide release owners with clear, evidence-based quality recommendations.
• Resolve release issues independently and prevent recurrence through root-cause analysis and expanded test coverage.
• Report on release quality using defect escape rate, regression pass rate, and release cycle time.
• Lead small projects, such as automating a regression suite or improving the release checklist, including running meetings and communicating with relevant parties.
• Proactively identify and address problems slowing the team down, and prioritize competing releases and tasks.
• Build consensus and resolve conflicts concerning release timing, defect severity, and testing scope.
• Partner with Engineering, Product, Support, and other cross-functional teams to deliver releases.
• Contribute to recruiting, onboarding, and mentoring, including interviewing junior- to mid-level QA candidates and providing specific hire/no-hire feedback.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed