QA Lead Engineer

QA Lead Engineer

Overview

Are you an experienced quality engineer interested in helping to build and scale a modern software engineering organization at Hershey? We are looking for a QA Lead Engineer to define and drive quality practices across our development teams as we build new systems from the ground up. This is a high-impact technical leadership role requiring strong expertise in test automation, quality engineering, and software delivery practices, along with the ability to operate in ambiguous environments. You will play a key role in ensuring that quality is built into our systems from the start—not added at the end. Our teams build software across multiple domains at Hershey, including supply chain, marketing, and consumer insights. In this role, you will work closely with software engineers, product managers, and platform teams to ensure scalable, reliable, and high-quality software delivery.

Responsibilities Define and Drive Quality Strategy

You own and drive the overall quality engineering approach for your team or product area. This includes defining test strategies, identifying risk areas, and ensuring the right balance of automation and manual testing to support reliable releases. You promote a quality-first mindset and ensure testing is integrated early into the development lifecycle.

Lead Test Automation and Quality Engineering Practices

You design and guide the implementation of scalable test automation frameworks across UI, API, and backend systems. You ensure that automated testing is integrated into CI/CD pipelines and continuously improved to increase coverage, speed, and reliability of releases.

Partner with Engineering and Product Teams

You work closely with software engineers, product managers, and designers to understand requirements, define acceptance criteria, and ensure systems are built for testability. You help translate business requirements into testable criteria and ensure quality is embedded throughout the software development lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in quality engineering or test automation
• Proven track record in building and leading QA teams
• Strong expertise in automated testing across UI, API, and backend systems
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills

Benefits

• Competitive compensation

• Opportunity to work on high-impact systems across multiple Hershey domains

• Collaborative, inclusive work environment

• About Hershey

• The Hershey Company is a global leader in the confectionery industry with a focus on quality and continuous improvement. We are excited to grow our software engineering organization and build products that delight our customers.