QA Engineer IV AIPowered

About Planet DDS

We’re on a mission to fix dental software - and we’re not playing small. Our platform replaces clunky, outdated systems with modern, cloud-based, AI-powered technology built to actually work m practice management to imaging to revenue cycle automation, we’re tearing down the old infrastructure and rebuilding the future of dentistry. Planet DDS is the fastest-growing provider of dental practice management solutions and the #1 cloud platform for DSOs and multi-location groups.

Here, you won’t just join a team - you’ll join a movement. We want bold thinkers who are ambitious enough to push limits, empathetic enough to work as one, and accountable enough to own big outcomes. Trust is our currency, collaboration is our edge, and impact is our fuel. If you’re ready to grow fast, challenge the status quo, and help reinvent an entire industry, Planet DDS is where you belong.

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Planet DDS.

This is a hybrid position in our Irvine, CA office (2-3 days per week).

Overview

The AI-Powered QA Engineer IV is a senior technical leadership role on Team Artemis responsible for setting the direction of quality engineering at Planet DDS. This individual contributor will own the QA strategy across automated, AI-assisted, and exploratory testing — and will lead the existing outsourced QA team toward a modern, AI-native testing model. The ideal candidate is either a Level II AI Software engineer who wants to step into senior QA leadership, or a Software Engineer III who is ready to own quality and leverage Claude Code and AI tooling to transform how testing is done.

Domain knowledge in healthcare or dental software is a strong plus. To succeed, this person must be a flexible, decisive leader who can set standards, build trust with a distributed team, and drive measurable quality outcomes across a fast-moving SaaS platform.

• Define and own the QA strategy and roadmap for Team Artemis, setting direction across automated testing, AI-assisted testing, and quality standards for the department
• Design, implement and maintain the automated testing framework for SaaS products.
• Mentor and train other team members on automation, quality practices and principles.
• Contribute to code reviews, design reviews, effort estimates, task breakdowns, and other team discussions.
• Assess and raise risks across the Planet DDS solution.
• Work with the engineering team continuously improving the performance, scalability, and reliability of Planet DDS products.
• Collaborate with the product and engineering teams to design and deploy new features.
• Learn about the latest tools and patterns consistent with your role.
• Lead, manage, and grow the outsourced QA team within Team Artemis, establishing clear standards, accountability, and a culture of quality across the extended team
• Architect and implement end-to-end test automation solutions using Playwright and Claude Code, covering smoke tests, regression suites, and full E2E workflows across Planet DDS SaaS products
• Drive adoption of AI-native testing practices across the engineering organization, including agentic test generation, AI-assisted defect triage, and Claude Code-based test automation workflows
• Serve as the subject matter expert for Claude Code-based test automation, programming and maintaining AI agents for test execution, coverage analysis, and quality reporting
• Collaborate across large, distributed engineering teams to ensure comprehensive end-to-end coverage of complex SaaS product workflows, from API layer through UI and integrations
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills and Qualifications

• 8-11 years of experience in software engineering development, test, and/or QA role
• Track record using AI-powered software testing tools like Applitools, Testim, Mabl, Test Rigor, Test Complete, UI-TARS, Midscene, and Puppeteer; strong hands-on Playwright experience for browser automation at scale is required
• Experience in automation testing and building automation frameworks from the ground up
• Experience in programming (ideally JavaScript/Type Script and/or C#)
• Experience with:
  Test case management techniques, technologies, and approaches.
• Experience with Jira & Zephyr Scale would…