General Information:
- Job Title: Director, Software Quality Engineering
- Location: Westminster
- Status: Direct Hire
- Start Date: 3/2014
- Pay Rate: $90 – 120k
- Overview
- Expert level experience working with complex software systems in a Unix/Linux environment
- Experience with LAMP stack, automated testing frameworks, testing tools
- Seeking a highly talented Director of Software Quality Engineering to oversee the final integration and deployment of our code to production.
- Quality Engineering team has end-to-end responsibility for the video platform
- this position will be responsible for ensuring that the product quality engineers have the tools, services and environments they need to verify software and application.
- In addition, this candidate will plan, develop and execute the overall quality engineering strategy.
- This position is located in Westminster, CO and you must be authorized to work in the US to be considered.
- You will be working in a fast-paced but casual environment with highly talented peers.
- The major areas of focus for this team include:
- Building of testing tools to support our platform
- Assistance with Continuous deployment tools and systems
- Pushing development teams to meet a standard of quality before gaining access to production
- In this role, you will also require liaising with Developers, System Administrators and Product Owners to flesh out new requirements along with providing meaningful inputs to improve the overall software quality of our products.
- You will be working with a small team to deliver software in accordance with the timelines with highest possible quality.
Responsibilities:
- Provide feedback on the process to ensure continual improvement of the process
- Create automated acceptance tests for stories as required
- Create necessary automated testing frameworks, tools and services as required
- Communicate effectively in daily standup meetings, weekly planning meetings, and in cross departmental stakeholder meetings
- Be passionate about the software quality engineering
- Share experience and knowledge with colleagues, enabling others to learn and grow
- Have an inquisitive and quality-centric nature, and be willing to stand up and ask questions as required
- Be approachable and willing to collaborate with others where necessary
- Embrace change and responsibility
Required:
- Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science or related discipline
- 3 to 5 years of practical experience as a Software Quality Engineer on software development teams
- Expert level experience working with complex software systems in a Unix/Linux environment
- Experience with LAMP stack, automated testing frameworks, testing tools
- Good understanding of agile software development
- Solid QA/Testing experience in highly available systems
- Proficient in working with databases such as MySQL and ability to write basic to complex SQL queries
- Understanding of Git, SVN, or other modern source control system
- Proponent of TDD and continuous integration
- Experience with SaaS and software at scale
Apply and more information
- Send Resume and Cover Letter to Jeff Himebaugh email: jhimebaugh@snitechnology.com
- with subject “Director Software Quality Engineering, Westminster, CO”
