Sr QA Software Engineer- Remote in Irvine

About AbbVie: AbbVie is the parent company for Allergan Aesthetics. Our aesthetics portfolio includes facial injectables, body contouring, plastics, skin care, and more. Our goal is to provide customers with innovation, education, exceptional service, and a commitment to excellence, all with a personal touch.

Overview: We are looking for a Software Quality Engineer who is passionate about engineering teams owning quality. In this role, you will sit in an independent Quality organization but work directly with product engineering squads to embed quality into how they design, build, test, and ship software.

Role: You will act as a quality enabler and coach, not a post-release gatekeeper. Your focus is on helping developers build reliable, secure, and performant systems by defining standards, building test automation for features, and shaping data-driven feedback loops. You will partner with engineering, product, and DevOps to make quality an integral part of the SDLC from planning through production.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead testing efforts and best practices for your feature areas, pushing ownership of unit, component, and service-level tests into engineering teams while you focus on high-risk end-to-end automation.
• Evolve, maintain automation and integrate these into CI/CD so every change gets fast, reliable quality feedback.
• Enable engineers with quality-focused test design, and shifting-left practices through pairing, reviews, and hands-on workshops.
• Translate business and technical risks into clear test strategies, acceptance criteria, and living documentation that teams own and maintain.
• Define and refine quality standards, policies, and risk-based testing guidelines that align with product and compliance needs.
• Use metrics such as defect trends, coverage, and flakiness to highlight systemic issues and drive continuous improvement across teams.
• Collaborate with engineering and product leadership to communicate quality posture, surface risks, and support informed tradeoffs without acting as a release bottleneck.
• Mentor junior QA and engineers on modern testing techniques, observability-driven validation, and emerging practices like AI-assisted and autonomous testing.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree is required.
• 5+ years of experience in Software Quality Engineering, SDET, or a similar role with a strong focus on test automation and enabling engineering teams.
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g., TypeScript, JavaScript, or Python) and experience with contemporary test frameworks (e.g., WebdriverIO, Playwright, Cypress, Appium, API/contract testing tools).
• Hands-on experience integrating automated tests and quality gates into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar).
• Strong understanding of shift-left and DevOps practices, including developer-owned testing, trunk-based development, and continuous delivery.
• Comfort working in an independent Quality function while building strong, collaborative relationships with engineering teams.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills; able to influence without authority, lead discussions, and drive alignment around quality goals.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with observability tools and using production signals to inform testing strategy.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted testing tools or LLM-based capabilities for test generation, analysis, or automation.
• Background in regulated or high-compliance environments where risk management and traceability are important.

Additional Information: The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees. This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.