Quality Engineer IV, Software

If you are looking for a career at a dynamic company with a people-first mindset and a deep culture of growth and autonomy, ACV is the right place for you Competitive compensation packages and learning and development opportunities, ACV has what you need to advance to the next level in your career. We will continue to raise the bar every day by investing in our people and technology to help our customers succeed. We hire people who share our passion, bring innovative ideas to the table, and enjoy a collaborative atmosphere. 

Who we are:   
 
ACV is a technology company that has revolutionized how dealers buy and sell cars online. We are transforming the automotive industry. ACV Auctions Inc. (ACV), has applied innovation and user-designed, data driven applications and solutions. We are building the most trusted and efficient digital marketplace with data solutions for sourcing, selling and managing used vehicles with transparency and comprehensive insights that were once unimaginable. We are disruptors of the industry and we want you to join us on our journey. Our network of brands include ACV Auctions, ACV Transportation, ClearCar, MAX Digital and ACV Capital within its Marketplace Products, as well as, True360 and Data Services.
 
ACV Auctions in Chennai, India are looking for talented individuals to join our team. As we expand our platform, we're offering a wide range of exciting opportunities across various roles in corporate, operations, and product and technology. Our global product and technology organization spans product management, engineering, data science, machine learning, DevOps and program leadership. What unites us is a deep sense of customer centricity, calm persistence in solving hard problems, and a shared passion for innovation. If you're looking to grow, lead, and contribute to something larger than yourself, we'd love to have you on this journey. Let's build something extraordinary together. Join us in shaping the future of automotive
 
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Who we are looking for

Drive Inc, part of the ACV Auctions Group, is looking for a hands-on, proactive Engineer IV, Software - Test to elevate quality across our growing engineering organization.

We currently have two agile product teams building the future of our automotive marketplace platform — and we're now forming a third to accelerate delivery. With this expansion, we're creating a new Engineer IV, Software - Test role to take ownership for quality across all teams.

This is both a strategic and practical role. You'll provide leadership, coordination, and mentorship to our Quality Engineers, ensuring we strike the right balance of test coverage, automation, and release confidence across varying priorities and release schedules. You'll also take responsibility for production quality and service reliability, helping our teams support users effectively when issues arise in live environments.

We're looking for someone who's equally comfortable defining strategy and diving into the details — a strong individual contributor who can influence across teams, build better systems, and champion a culture of quality from idea to production.

What you will do

• Lead quality across all Drive Inc engineering teams, aligning QA focus with team priorities, release cycles, and business objectives.
• Develop and implement a unified quality strategy that embeds testing, validation, and monitoring into every stage of our development lifecycle.
• Be hands-on when needed — designing, writing, and executing functional, integration, and regression tests to reinforce best practices by example.
• Take ownership for quality in production, coordinating post-release checks, triaging live issues, overseeing our support desk, and driving continuous improvement through data and feedback.
• Mentor and support the Quality Engineers across teams, ensuring consistent standards, tooling, and knowledge sharing.
• Promote test automation frameworks and CI/CD validation gates, balancing speed and confidence in every release.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering Leads to identify quality risks, ensure readiness for release, and improve test coverage where it matters most.
• Build a feedback loop from production to product, working with Support and Ops to translate live issues into actionable improvements.
• Measure and communicate quality performance, helping teams and stakeholders understand risk, coverage, and impact.
• Drive continuous learning — fostering a culture where quality is a shared responsibility and live issues lead to better systems, not blame.

What you will need

• 5+ years' experience in QA roles, with at least 2 years in a lead or senior capacity in a fast-moving agile environment.
• Strong hands-on testing skills across functional, integration, and regression layers.
• Experience coordinating QA work across multiple squads or product areas.
• Good knowledge of automation tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium, or
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, quality gates, and automated test integration.
• Good SQL and API testing skills; confident diagnosing issues from logs or data.
• Experience leading post-release validation or live quality monitoring.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills — able to translate technical quality risks into clear business impacts.
• Passion for mentoring others, improving processes, and making quality measurable and actionable.
• A pragmatic mindset: you care about shipping great software, not just writing test scripts.

Bonus points

• Familiarity with AWS-based architectures and cloud-native application testing.
• Experience with observability and incident management tools (CloudWatch, Sentry, Datadog, etc.).
• Exposure to marketplace or transactional platform environments.
• Experience with BDD, Gherkin, and facilitating UAT or sprint demos.
• Background in service delivery, SRE, or production operations.

Why this role matters

Drive Inc is scaling fast within the ACV Auctions Group, building the technology that powers our next-generation automotive marketplace across Europe and beyond. As our Quality Lead, you'll ensure that speed never comes at the cost of reliability. You'll shape how our teams think about testing, empower QAs to do their best work, and ensure our users get the quality experience they expect — both before and after every release.

If you're passionate about building a quality culture, improving systems, and making a tangible impact on product reliability, this is your opportunity to lead quality for one of the fastest-moving teams in the ACV Auctions Group.

Our Values 

Trust & Transparency | People First | Positive Experiences | Calm Persistence | Never Settling

At ACV, we are committed to an inclusive culture in which every individual is welcomed and empowered to celebrate their true selves. We achieve this by fostering a work environment of acceptance and understanding that is free from discrimination. ACV is committed to being an equal opportunity employer regardless of sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires reasonable accommodation, please let us know.

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