Tools for Humanity

Technology

TechLead,DeviceAutomation&QA

$217–260k San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Tech Lead, Device Automation & QA at Tools for Humanity. Skills: Device automation, QA strategy, Test infrastructure. Own automation and QA strategy. Serve as independent verification”

What You'll Achieve.

Faster development cycles; Higher release confidence; Fewer issues reaching field

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Debugging; Troubleshooting; Root cause analysis

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Deeply hands-on with software and hardware, Comfortable debugging real devices, Comfortable debugging test rigs, Comfortable debugging electrical signals, Designed automation systems at scale, Owned automation systems at scale, Wrote high-quality test code, Reviewed high-quality test code, Built reusable test frameworks, Built maintainable test frameworks, Built reusable test libraries, Built maintainable test libraries, Read production firmware code, Read production software code, Comfortable setting direction with ambiguity, Do not require detailed test instructions

Nice to Have

Experience with fleets of test devices

What You'll Do.

Own automation and QA strategy

Serve as independent verification

Serve as final release gate

Recruit and hire QA talent

Act as build and release manager

Conduct readiness reviews

Design automated test fleet

Implement automated test fleet

Evolve automated test fleet

Architect test infrastructure

Operate test infrastructure

Design regression test workflows

Automate regression test workflows

Design smoke test workflows

Automate smoke test workflows

Design nightly test workflows

Automate nightly test workflows

Define quality benchmarks

Define test strategies

Enable scalable fleet operations

Automate test deployment

Automate test updates

Execute CI-triggered tests

Monitor test failures

Troubleshoot test failures

Investigate field issues

Reproduce field issues

Improve test coverage

Improve test execution speed

Improve system reliability

Perform negative testing

Perform fault-injection testing

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Product development teams

Process & Methodology

Release scheduling, Readiness reviews

Full Job Description

About the Company: Tools for Humanity (TFH) designs and builds technology behind World. World is building a real human network designed to accelerate people in the age of AI. As bots and autonomous agents reshape the internet, people, institutions, and applications need a trusted way to confirm who is a real human while preserving privacy. The TFH and World tech stacks make this possible: the Orb verifies real, unique people, World ID proves it privately, and World App puts these capabilities, and more, in people’s hands. Together, they add a human layer to an AI-driven internet. World is already running at a global scale. More than 17 million people across 160 countries have verified with World ID, and more new Orb verifications take place each week. World App is already among the most used wallets globally. Developers are integrating World ID to build safer online experiences and create spaces where real people can participate, earn, and be recognized in ways AI simply can’t replicate. Founded in 2019, TFH has more than 400 people across hardware, software, AI, cryptography, mobile engineering, and global operations. Our teams come from OpenAI, Tesla, SpaceX, Apple, Google, Stripe, Meta, Coinbase, Palantir and MIT Media Lab. We’re backed by leading investors, including a16z, Khosla Ventures, Bain Capital Crypto, Blockchain Capital, Variant, Tiger Global, and Coinbase Ventures, as well as prominent operators and founders across fintech and AI. TFH and World have been featured on the cover of TIME Magazine https://time.com/7288387/sam-altman-orb-tools-for-humanity/, highlighted in Fast Company’s https://www.fastcompany.com/91411606/fintech-blockchain-next-big-things-in-tech-2025 Next 5 in Fintech, and explored in a Bloomberg deep dive https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-08-12/how-worldcoin-is-building-digital-ids-to-combat-the-ai-apocalypse. The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/technology/world-eye-scanning-crypto-orbs-launch-in-us.html, Ba

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