Software Quality Assurance Team Lead

Antidote Health is a startup on a mission to create a smart, digital, and affordable HMO in the US. We’re building comprehensive health solutions that combine medical services and health insurance, with a strong emphasis on reducing healthcare costs through proactive member health management. Our platform empowers members to manage their health through video consultations, prescriptions, lab referrals, and real-time tracking, all from a single app.

We are seeking a QA Team Lead to lead and scale our quality efforts across automation and manual testing. This role is hands-on and leadership-focused, responsible for test strategy, automation frameworks, and ensuring high product quality across web, backend, and mobile applications.

Responsibilities

· Lead the QA team in designing and delivering high-quality testing solutions and reliable releases.

· Collaborate with product managers, development teams, and stakeholders to translate business needs into quality and test strategies, while understanding the system architecture and end-to-end flows.

· Oversee test quality through automation frameworks, manual testing processes, and QA best practices.

· Define QA metrics, track test coverage, and monitor release quality.

· Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to ensure rapid and reliable releases.

· Mentor team members, foster a culture of collaboration, and support professional growth.

· Ensure high quality, reliability, and stability across the platform. · Contribute hands-on to both automated and manual testing.

· Continuously improve QA reliability and adopt new tools to enhance workflow and accelerate delivery.

Qualifications

· 7+ years of experience in software quality assurance, including manual and automated testing.

· 2+ years of proven leadership experience in managing and mentoring QA teams.

· Track record of leading end-to-end QA efforts and achieving fast, reliable outcomes under tight timelines. · Experience with software quality best practices: test automation, exploratory testing, defect management, and clean processes.

· Experience with automation frameworks and tools, preferably Playwright, Selenium, or Appium, using Java or Python.

· Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

· Understanding of modern AI trends, with a willingness to apply AI-based approaches to improve efficiency and quality.

· Experience in the US healthcare industry – Advantage