Lead Quality Engineer SDET

Exceptional Hospitality Starts with You
This role is based at one of our corporate offices in McLean, VA; Dallas, TX; or Memphis, TN
This is your chance to be a part of an in-house Technology team that's creating consumer-facing, cutting-edge technologies revolutionizing the hospitality industry around the world! As a Lead Quality Engineer SDET, you will bring your technical skills to a hospitality company with an award-winning culture. On the Quality Engineering team reporting to the Director of Quality Engineering, you will support assigned projects including:
Work within an Agile team alongside UI developers analyzing the application architecture and delivering quality automation via Unit, Component, Cross Browser, Visual Regression, and End-to-end tests
Work with Git, Nx, Next, React, Tailwind, Vitest, Cypress or Playwright, and GraphQL
Influence the inclusion of testability during development phases
Participate in code reviews
What you'll do during a typical day:
Evaluate automation strategies to identify areas for improvement and increase testing efficiency
Be the critical link between software development engineers and quality engineering by combining coding expertise with testing strategies
Ensure compliance of quality processes and standards
Influence testability during development phases
Participate in Agile ceremonies, and functioning processes and testing of products
Design and write automated scripts that run tests on new and/or existing software/ apps in an Agile environment
Leverage modern AI-assisted developer productivity tools to accelerate test creation, improve code quality, and enhance automation efficiency across the SDLC.
Apply AI-enabled quality engineering techniques to support debugging, test case generation, and risk analysis, helping advance Hilton's AI-enhanced engineering pipeline.
Configure and experiment with lightweight AI agents to automate portions of testing workflows, including prompt-driven test generation and automated analysis of test results.
How you'll collaborate with others:
Work multi-functionally to help discover and eliminate issues through testing end-user workflows
Collaborate with Software Engineers to achieve expected quality levels in products
Collaborate with UI Software Engineers in projects by advising and implementing quality automation standards
Mentor and lead others as assigned
Deliverables you'll take ownership of:
Assigned Automation
Compliance of quality processes and standards
Assist with automation guidelines, processes, and tools selection
What It Takes to Make the Stay
You have these minimum qualifications:
Five (5) years of professional work experience in Technology or related field
Five (5) years of experience in web application development and/or testing
Proficiency with JavaScript or TypeScript
Proficiency in the Cypress or Playwright testing frameworks
This is a hybrid role and would require to be near our McLean, Dallas, or Memphis office location
Travel up to 5%

Work arrangement
Hybrid