This role presents a significant opportunity to play a pivotal part in the success and growth of our Quality Engineers, while also enhancing the overall Quality Engineering function
We are actively seeking a change agent who can help steer us towards an automation-centric mindset across our entire engineering landscape
In this position, you will assume a hands-on technical managerial role, providing guidance and direction to the Quality Engineers under your supervision
You will collaborate closely with senior technical leaders to craft an automation strategy, establish testing best practices, define standard processes, and ensure progress is tracked through meaningful metrics
You will partner with Engineering Managers to balance priorities and maintain scrum team cohesion
We are operating at startup scale and speed and as a manager, you will help guide the way
What you will be doing:
Engineering and people management for 10-12 Quality Engineers embedded on scrum feature teams
Engineering and people management for 2-3 Quality Engineers on a central tooling and enablement team
Responsible for hiring, on-boarding and mentoring a diverse team of high potential team members
Collaborate actively with the engineering leadership team, partnering with peers and cross-functional teams to build, lead, and inspire a world-class engineering organization.
Lead the Quality Engineering teams to define and implement automated testing frameworks for web applications, devices and mobile applications
Refine standard processes for quality assurance, test case management, and quality reporting, ensuring consistency and efficiency of delivery in the PDLC.
Implement mechanisms to track and report on the progress of quality engineering efforts, providing visibility into quality-related metrics and KPIs.
Drive the evolution of the Quality Engineering function through technical leadership, process enhancements, and measurement.
We re looking for:
A track record of 5+ years of successful leadership in quality engineering.
5+ years of experience in Enterprise Quality automation and testing
Hands-on technical expertise with a minimum of 5 years in quality engineering practices, encompassing test automation (unit, API testing, acceptance testing, performance testing), and support for continuous releases.
Experience and proficiency with technologies and tools such as Pytest, Cypress, Selenium, Gherkin/Cucumber, Postman, Jira, TestRail, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, Sonarqube, Circle CI, Github Actions (GHA), JMeter
Proficient in programming and scripting languages such as Python, JavaScript, JS, Node.
Expertise in manual and automated test planning and execution while building modern test frameworks and infrastructure iteratively.
Technical background in quality engineering tools and processes supporting SaaS based products and DevOps culture
Strong analytical, interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
Experience working in security-focused environments
Proven ability to thrive in a fast-moving, results-oriented, collaborative environment