QA Lead, Snorkel AI
1-2 days a week in office (Redwood City, CA)
The AI data research lab
Job no longer available
The AI data research lab
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
1-2 days a week in office (Redwood City, CA)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower everyone to solve their most impactful problems through data-centric AI.
Role
Who you are
- BA/BS degree or above with 5+ years of experience planning, designing and executing testing frameworks for enterprise services
- Hands-on experience in design, implementation and maintenance of high quality UI, API and platform automation suites
- Experience in software development with Selenium, Python, JavaScript, Java, or other object-oriented programming languages
- Ability to thrive in an autonomous, fast-paced startup environment, where your innovative thinking and proactive approach will drive positive change
- Some experience developing and adapting testing frameworks for product that run in various deployments such as cloud-based (AWS, GCP, Azure) and on-premises
Desirable
- Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and Git or other version control software
- Experience with project management tools (eg Jira)
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Lead QA Engineer for Snorkel Flow, our end-to-end, data first development platform for enterprise AI
- As the Lead QA Engineer, you will play a key role in owning the testing process, building robust automated testing frameworks, and developing comprehensive automated test cases
- This highly visible position will allow you to interact with co-founders, principal engineers, product managers, and field representatives, presenting a unique opportunity to define this role from the ground up and execute successfully in a dynamic startup environment
- Define the test strategy and create test plans that represent real customer workloads. As a self-driven QA lead, you will have the freedom to shape the QA processes, optimizing and scaling testing for our AI platform
- Collaborate with engineers to design and implement automation frameworks. Your expertise will be critical in ensuring the high quality of Snorkel Flow's features and functionalities
- Utilize your experience in testing UI-focused applications to ensure the seamless functionality, responsiveness, and visual appeal of Snorkel Flow. Lead the QA efforts specifically targeted at UI components, guaranteeing an exceptional user experience for our enterprise AI development platform
- Lead the establishment and implementation of testing methodologies, tooling, and best practices to cover testing and quality needs effectively. Your contributions will have a direct impact on the overall product quality
- Be a strong proponent of product quality, conducting root cause analysis for defects in the product, and presenting valuable insights to the team for continuous improvement
- Work closely with customer-facing field teams, product managers, and engineering to incorporate feedback, ensuring that test processes for new features are seamlessly integrated into the product development process
- Have on call responsibilities in rotation with the engineering team
- Work a hybrid schedule with one or two days per week in our Redwood City HQ and work remotely with "No Meeting" Tuesdays and Thursdays
Our take
Demand for AI is increasing in almost every industry, but the machine learning that fuels it is tedious to set up. In order to train machine learning algorithms, training data must be labelled manually, and this contributes to expenses in time, money and resources when integrating AI within a business.
Snorkel AI develops programmatic approaches to data labelling in order to automate the setup process of machine learning and decrease the required timeframe for a business to begin providing AI services. In addition to these automated data categorization services, the company also integrates data training, management, and analysis into a unified AI-deployment platform.
The complex computer science behind AI setup has resulted in many businesses without computer science backgrounds being left behind, and Snorkel AI has set this as their target audience. And recently, the company raised some serious funding which it plans to use to expand the company;'s engineering, research, and go-to-market efforts.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
May 2025
$100m
SERIES D
Aug 2021
$85m
SERIES C
Total funding: $235m
Company benefits
- Health: Snorkelers and their dependents are covered by comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Wellness: All Snorkelers get a yearly wellness stipend to use on anything related to health and well-being.
- PTO and rest days: We provide unlimited personal time off so you can find your work-life balance. Plus, two company-wide rest days per quarter in addition to company holidays.
- One global team: From our headquarters in Redwood City, CA, to regional offices in San Francisco and New York, we work together as one global team.
- Events: Get to know your fellow Snorkelers outside of work! We host regular events and learning opportunities for our teams across our offices and virtually to connect, have fun, and grow.
- Family leave: Snorkel offers generous parental leave for both birthing and non-birthing parents based on eligibility.
Company HQ
Centennial, Redwood City, CA
Leadership
Alex Ratner
(Co-Founder & CEO)Studied at Harvard and received a PhD from Stanford. They are also an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington.
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