Senior Ai Quality Engineer

It's a new day with a new opportunity at 8am!  About the role: We are looking for a Senior Ai Quality Engineer to help ensure the reliability, correctness, and scalability of the systems behind our platform. Depending on the team, this may include AI-powered services, onboarding and activation flows, payments and external integrations, CRM and workflow systems, or secure document and client collaboration tools. In this role, you’ll work closely with engineers, product managers, and designers to test complex workflows, validate data integrity, and improve quality across the software development lifecycle. You’ll also help shape test strategy, mentor other engineers, and raise the bar for quality across the organization. At 8am, quality is not a phase — it’s a mindset embedded in every conversation, decision, and line of code. If you enjoy testing complex systems, collaborating closely with engineering teams, and solving challenging problems in modern SaaS environments, you’ll thrive in this role. About us: At 8am, our vision is to power a world where professionals thrive. We start every day on a mission to empower professionals with the most trusted, innovative technology to deliver world-class outcomes for their clients and exceptional financial results for their business. They count on our purpose-built solutions to simplify operations, ensure compliance, and fuel profitable growth, so they can focus on their clients and do more of the work that matters. Founded in 2005, 8am™ (formerly AffiniPay) is the professional business platform built to help legal, accounting, and other client-focused professionals run stronger, more profitable businesses. Today, more than 250,000 professionals across the U.S. trust 8am to help them work smarter, serve clients better, and unlock their full potential. We have been recognized as one of Inc 5000’s fastest growing companies in the U.S. for 13 years in a row, and as a result, our teams continue to grow as well! What you'll do: Champion Product Quality Advocate for the customer experience throughout the development lifecycle Design comprehensive test strategies for complex product features and platform services Identify risks early and raise quality concerns before issues reach production Write and maintain high-quality test cases covering real-world usage scenarios Perform root cause analysis and clearly communicate the impact of defects Test Complex Systems Validate APIs, integrations, and distributed services Test data pipelines, system workflows, and multi-step product flows Ensure correctness of integrations with third-party systems and internal services Validate data integrity across relational systems and application workflows Test security-sensitive functionality such as permissions, access control, and document sharing Evaluate system performance, reliability, and edge-case behavior Drive Quality Improvements Help define and improve quality engineering standards and processes Collaborate with developers and automation engineers to identify high-value automation opportunities Contribute to test automation strategies across smoke, regression, and release validation Track and report on quality metrics and help reduce production defects Provide Technical Leadership Mentor and support junior quality engineers Participate in design discussions to improve testability and reliability Serve as a subject matter expert in quality practices for complex SaaS systems Contribute to continuous improvement across the engineering organization About you: 3–7 years of experience in software quality engineering Experience testing complex SaaS applications or distributed systems Strong experience with API testing (REST, webhooks, or similar) Strong SQL skills for validating data and system state Experience testing integrations, workflows, or data pipelines Experience working in cloud environments (AWS or similar) Proficiency with Linux and command-line tools for debugging and log analysis Familiarity with Python, Shell, or similar scripting languages Experience with test management tools (TestRail, Qase, or similar) Experience working in Agile development environments Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams Nice to have:  Experience testing AI or machine learning systems Experience testing payment platforms or financial integrations Experience with CRM or workflow-driven SaaS applications Experience with microservices architectures Familiarity with containerization or Kubernetes Experience testing systems that handle sensitive or regulated data Experience working with observability tools (Datadog, Grafana, etc.) Why join our new 8am Brno hub? Founding Team Impact: Be a founding engineer of our new Brno R&D hub. After a brief 1-6 month integration with U.S. based teams, you will help form fully autonomous, locally-led squads with clear paths to Staff and leadership roles with the exciting opportunity to collaborate face-to-face with your team in our upcoming Brno office. Drive our "AI-First" Transformation: We are building a secure, massive-scale "Unified AI Platform". Depending on your squad, you will either help architect this core infrastructure (LLM routing, RAG, agent orchestration) or build directly on top of it. Build the Next Generation of Our Platform: Help shape the systems powering products used by more than 250,000 professionals. You’ll work on complex platform capabilities across payments, workflow automation, and AI-powered features as we expand into new professional service markets. Benefits and Perks We offer a competitive, locally relevant benefits package designed to support your life in the Czech Republic while giving you access to global opportunities: Flexible Time Off (FTO) and 13 paid public holidays aligned with the