Quality Assurance Engineer

Aldea

  • Miami, FL
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 2 months ago
  • Apply easily
Job Title: Quality Assurance EngineerLocation: Miami, FL (Hybrid, Remote Considered)About AldeaAldea is a next-generation AI company focused on voice-based clinical and expert applications. Our flagship product, Advisor, uses proprietary AI to scale the impact of world-class minds across personal development, finance, parenting, relationships, and more. We’re on a mission to bring the best expert guidance in the world to people navigating real-life challenges — whether that’s parenting, relationships, health, or personal growth. Our consumer products are voice-first, AI-native, and designed to meet people where they are.As a multidisciplinary team of builders, researchers, and product thinkers, we value clear thinking, sharp writing, and strong user-first intuition.This is a rare opportunity to join an early-stage startup that will help define a new category.The Role
We’re hiring a Quality Assurance Engineer to join our Engineering team. This is a new role, created to enhance the reliability and performance of our AI infrastructure. You’ll be instrumental in building and maintaining a high-quality test suite that supports Aldea’s speech-related APIs and broader platform development.This role is critical to our technical success, with a focus on test development and quality assurance. You’ll be responsible for creating and maintaining unit, integration, and end-to-end tests across backend systems, starting with our text-to-speech and speech-to-speech APIs. In your first 90 days, success means implementing robust test coverage for these core systems.We’re looking for someone with at least 5 years of experience in software quality assurance or backend test engineering. This is a highly cross-functional role: you’ll collaborate with engineers, product managers, and infrastructure leads to ensure we ship scalable, reliable, and high-performing systems.What you’ll do
  • Design, develop, and maintain automated unit, integration, and end-to-end tests
  • Lead QA strategy for backend systems, starting with speech-related APIs
  • Work closely with backend engineers to integrate testing into the development lifecycle
  • Identify and document bugs, edge cases, and test coverage gaps
  • Contribute to CI/CD workflows to ensure smooth deployments
  • Help define and track KPIs for quality and performance over time
Requirements
  • 5+ years of experience in QA engineering or backend test development (non-negotiable)
  • Experience with GitOps, AI, and Python
  • Expertise in automated testing frameworks and QA best practices
  • Experience writing tests for APIs and distributed backend systems
  • Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment
  • Excellent communication and documentation skills
Nice-to-Have
  • Experience with speech processing technologies
  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, etc.)
  • Background in performance and load testing for API systems
This is a role for a systems-minded engineer who wants to drive quality across a growing platform. You’ll play a foundational role in ensuring our technology scales smoothly—while enabling innovative AI products to reach the world faster, more reliably, and with greater impact.BenefitsWe are a well-funded, Seed-stage company preparing for launch. We offer:
  • Competitive base salary
  • Performance-based bonus based on achieving goals
  • Equity participation
  • Comprehensive benefits, including health, dental, vision, and paid time off
  • Flexible work environment—based in Miami, hybrid OK. Remote considered.
  • Option to start on a contract basis with potential for full-time hire

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