QA Lead
Company websitegiga.ai (Giga, opens in new tab)
Base salary $160K to $230K
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in San Francisco, CA
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- LocationSan Francisco, CA
- WorkplaceOn-site
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (3 h ago) · observed since
About this job
About Giga
Giga has recently raised a $61M Series A and has several paying customers, including DoorDash. We’re building the next generation of customer experience — real-time AI agents that can understand emotion, resolve issues instantly, and scale across the world’s largest enterprises.
It’s an exciting inflection point for the company. While we have been successful, we have larger ambitions. Our goal is to become the go-to AI platform for all enterprise automation, powered by our voice superintelligence. To achieve this, we need more great engineers.
The work affects millions of people every day and our engineers have autonomy and make true impact. This opportunity is unique because we have brilliant founders, have found commercial success, and see a clear path to becoming a generational company. Some further info about us:
Voice AI startup Giga raises $61M Series A
DoorDash and Giga Partnership
Giga builds AI agents trusted by the largest B2C companies in the world. Industry leaders like DoorDash trust Giga with their most complex support and operations workflows across voice, chat, and email. If being a part of this resonates with you, please apply!
The Role
We're looking for a QA lead to own quality across our AI agent platform and run a distributed testing team. You'll define what "ready to ship" looks like, build the test strategies and processes from the ground up, and be the person in SF who keeps quality on track as the team scales.
This is a hands-on QA role. You'll write test plans, execute testing, and manage a team of offshore QA testers. You'll work closely with engineering and product to understand what's being built, identify where things can break, and make sure nothing ships until it's been thoroughly validated. If you've run QA for a fast-moving product team and know how to keep quality high without slowing everything down, this is your role.
What You'll Work On
A few examples of what this role looks like day-to-day:
Test strategy and planning: Defining test plans, acceptance criteria, and coverage matrices for new features across our voice, chat, and email AI agents
AI agent validation: Testing agent conversations for accuracy, tone, hallucinations, and edge cases — figuring out how to systematically QA outputs that are different every time
Release management: Owning the QA gate for releases, coordinating test cycles, managing regression suites, and signing off on production readiness
Team management: Running a distributed QA team across SF and offshore locations — assigning work, reviewing results, setting standards, and keeping the team aligned across time zones
Bug triage and reporting: Classifying, prioritizing, and clearly documenting defects so engineering can reproduce and fix issues efficiently
Process design: Building the QA processes, workflows, and documentation that let us scale testing as the product and team grow
As a senior QA lead, you'll be the core owner of ensuring quality releases in the company. You'll have real influence over release cadence, quality standards, and how QA fits into the development lifecycle.
You Might Be a Fit If You
Have 7+ years of experience in QA or quality assurance, with a track record of leading test efforts for complex products
Have managed or led distributed QA teams, ideally across time zones, and know how to keep offshore testers productive, motivated, and aligned with the SF engineering team
Are excellent at test planning — you can look at a feature, think through the edge cases, and build a test strategy that catches the things engineers miss
Have experience testing conversational AI, voice systems, chatbots, or other non-deterministic products where "correct" isn't always a single answer
Are a clear, organized communicator — your bug reports are detailed, your test plans are thorough, and your status updates give leadership confidence
Can push back on engineering when something isn't ready to ship, but also know when good enough is good enough for the stage the company is at
Are comfortable being the person who builds the QA function from scratch — defining the processes, picking the tools, and setting the bar for quality
Are excited about AI and want to figure out what quality assurance looks like for products that didn't exist five years ago
Perks & Benefits
Catered lunch daily
Dinner stipend
$150/month wellness benefit (gym, fitness classes, mental health)
401(k) plan
Commuter benefits
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Giga is an equal opportunity employer. We're committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Source: Giga on Ashby · View original posting (opens in new tab)
This listingQA Lead$160K to $230K
Software Engineer I / II$160K to $250K
Software Engineer I / II$160K to $250K
Senior / Staff Forward Deployed Engineer$180K to $400K
Senior Backend Engineer$200K to $350K
Staff Backend Engineer$200K to $400K
Senior Backend Engineer$200K to $350K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| QA Lead (this listing) | $160K - $230K |
| Software Engineer I / II | $160K - $250K |
| Software Engineer I / II | $160K - $250K |
| Senior / Staff Forward Deployed Engineer | $180K - $400K |
| Senior Backend Engineer | $200K - $350K |
| Staff Backend Engineer | $200K - $400K |
| Senior Backend Engineer | $200K - $350K |
Observed changes
- First observed on the employer's board
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-02-20
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: San Francisco
USD 160,000 – 230,000 · 1 YEAR · Salary
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