Staff Quality Engineer | Remote | LATAM

Job Description This is a remote position. LATAM | Contractor | 100% Remote We’re looking for a Staff/Principal Quality Engineering Lead to join a growing U.S.-based healthcare technology company building large-scale operational platforms that support critical service coordination across multiple business lines. This is not a traditional QA role. We’re looking for someone who thinks like an engineer, operates like a systems owner, and can build a modern quality engineering function from the ground up inside a highly collaborative, fast-moving environment. You’ll partner closely with engineering leadership to define how quality is built, measured, and scaled across a distributed platform that supports real-world operational workflows. This is a high-impact role with strong visibility and the opportunity to shape engineering standards across the organization. The environment is highly technical, but the real challenge is strategic: creating scalable quality practices that enable teams to move fast while maintaining reliability, confidence, and operational excellence. What You’ll Be Doing Defining and leading the overall Quality Engineering strategy Building scalable automated testing practices across multiple teams and services Driving end-to-end quality initiatives for complex operational workflows Establishing modern CI/CD quality standards and release confidence practices Partnering with engineers and architects to improve system reliability and testability Leading quality initiatives around observability, automation, and process improvement Creating documentation, training, and enablement programs for engineering teams Mentoring and growing a small QE team Acting as a quality advocate across Core Engineering What we are looking for: Strong experience leading Quality Engineering or Test Automation initiatives in modern software environments Hands-on experience working within .NET / C# ecosystems Strong understanding of automated testing frameworks and strategies, including integration, API, contract, and end-to-end testing Experience working in distributed, event-driven, or microservices-based architectures Familiarity with tools and frameworks such as xUnit, Playwright, Testcontainers, Pact, or similar technologies Experience testing asynchronous workflows and messaging systems such as Kafka or RabbitMQ Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, automation-first environments, and release quality practices Experience validating database integrations and complex backend workflows Ability to influence engineering culture and drive quality best practices across teams Comfortable operating in highly collaborative, fast-paced engineering organizations Strong communication and leadership skills Experience in healthcare or regulated environments is a plus Why this role stands out: Foundational leadership opportunity with significant ownership Greenfield platform using modern engineering practices Direct impact on engineering quality standards across the organization Highly collaborative and engineering-driven culture Long-term growth potential and strategic visibility Fully remote opportunity for LATAM-based professionals If you enjoy building systems, influencing engineering culture, and creating scalable quality practices in complex environments, this role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact from day one.