Plaud Inc.

AI

QualityAssuranceEngineer

San Francisco, California, United States; New York, New York, United States; Irvine, California, United States; Los Angeles, California, United States; Seattle, Washington, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Quality Assurance Engineer at Plaud Inc.. Skills: Quality Assurance, program management, cross-functional programs, Scrum, technical fluency. Drive cross-functional programs from scoping to launch. Define milestones, manage timelines, track dependencies”

What You'll Achieve.

elevate productivity and performance; amplify human intelligence; velocity and delivery commitments

Industry & Context.

AI
Problems you'll solve

Unblock teams; escalate risks proactively; Understand technical trade-offs; mitigate schedule, scope, and technical risks early; drive them to resolution

Eligibility Requirements

Based in the US — real-time collaboration with US Product, Engineering, Sales, and Legal is required

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

technical fluency — must be able to engage with engineers, read architecture proposals, and contribute meaningfully to scope and tradeoff discussions, Experience managing multi-team, cross-functional programs in B2B SaaS or enterprise software environments, Proven ability to coordinate distributed teams across time zones, Scrum practitioner — must be able to run sprints end-to-end (sprint planning, backlog grooming, story pointing, standups, retros) and hold engineering teams accountable to velocity and delivery commitments

Nice to Have

Bilingual (English/Chinese) preferred

What You'll Do.

Drive cross-functional programs from scoping to launch

Unblock teams and escalate risks proactively

Translate between engineering and business stakeholders

Own technical roadmaps and release plans

Run planning ceremonies (kickoffs

Maintain status updates and program documentation

Ensure alignment across eng

Identify and mitigate schedule

and technical risks early

Track open issues and drive them to resolution

Be the single point of contact for program-level questions

Communicate upward to leadership on health/status

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Drive cross-functional programs; coordinate distributed teams across time zones; Translate between engineering and business stakeholders; Ensure alignment across eng, product, design, and leadership; real-time collaboration with US Product, Engineering, Sales, and Legal is required

Communication Scope

Translate between engineering and business stakeholders; Communicate upward to leadership on health/status

Process & Methodology

program management, scoping to launch, manage timelines, track dependencies, technical roadmaps, release plans, planning ceremonies, risk management, stakeholder management

Full Job Description

About Plaud Inc. Plaud is building the world's most trusted AI work companion for professionals to elevate productivity and performance through note-taking solutions, loved by over 1,500,000 users worldwide since 2023. With a mission to amplify human intelligence, Plaud is building the next-generation intelligence infrastructure and interfaces to capture, extract, and utilize what you say, hear, see, and think. Plaud Inc. is a Delaware-incorporated, San Francisco-based company pushing the boundary of human–AI intelligence through a hardware–software combination. With ISO 27001, ISO 27701, GDPR, SOC 2, HIPAA, and EN 18031 compliance, Plaud is committed to the highest standards of data security and privacy protection. To learn more about Plaud, please visit https://www.plaud.ai and follow along on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/plaud_official/, X https://twitter.com/PLAUDAI, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/plaudai, Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/plaudai/?viewAsMember=true, and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@PLAUDAI   Why You Should Join Us Plaud is building the next generation intelligence infrastructure and interfaces to capture, extract, and utilize intelligence from what people say, hear, see, and think. - Plaud is a bootstrapped, skyrocketing, profitable company with a $250M revenue run rate achieved in just three years. - Define the next-gen paradigm for human-AI interaction. - Gain exposure to cutting-edge AI for Pro tools and play a direct role in our global expansion. - Work with passionate teammates who value innovation, collaboration, and customer success. - Grow your career in a culture that champions continuous learning and fast career development. - Market-competitive compensation, global exposure, and a vibrant, creativity-fueled work atmosphere. What you will do - Execution & Delivery - Drive cross-functional programs from scoping to launch - Define milestones, manage timelines, track dependencies - Unblock teams and escalate risks p

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