Rachel Kibler: Engineering hope

Talk Description

In this episode of Leading With Quality, Rosie Sherry chats with Rachel Kibler, Senior Quality Engineer at SeekWell, where she’s seen quality evolve across seven teams over five years. Together, they explore what it means to lead with quality in a company that’s shifting how it thinks about testing, team roles, and continuous improvement.

Rachel shares how SeekWell has moved from traditional QA to quality engineering, how she’s learning to code with support from her team (and ChatGPT), and how quality is becoming everyone's responsibility. They also talk about how structure, autonomy, and a willingness to experiment can open up space for change.

You’ll hear about:

• The shift from QA to quality engineering, and what that means day to day
• How Rachel is building coding confidence and exploring automation
• What quality coaching looks like across different types of teams
• How SeekWell’s structure supports shared ownership of quality
• Ways community, side projects, and self-driven learning shape career growth
• How quality connects to business impact
• Examples of how AI tools like Copilot and Cursor are supporting learning and everyday work

If you're navigating change in your quality role, this conversation will give you a sense of hope. You'll hear how support, clarity, and space to grow can help you build confidence, expand your influence, and shape the future of your work.

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Rosie Sherry

CEO & Founder at Ministry of Testing

She/Her

I've been working in the software testing and quality engineering space since the year 2000 whilst also combining it with my love for education and community building.

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Rachel Kibler

Senior Quality Engineer

I energize people to do awesome things well. I can think both creatively and analytically, identifying areas of risk and potential weaknesses quickly. I am great at software testing and also building community. I sing and knit and play board games!