Engineering Manager, Quality Assurance

We are seeking an experienced and visionary Engineering Manager to lead our Quality Assurance team. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for defining and executing our QA strategy, fostering a culture of quality, and guiding a team of talented QA engineers to ensure the delivery of high-quality, reliable, and performant software. This is an exciting opportunity to build and scale a QA function that directly contributes to the success of our groundbreaking healthcare platform.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership: Define and implement the overall QA strategy, roadmap, and best practices across the engineering organization, aligning with product goals and business objectives.
• Team Management & Growth: Lead, mentor, and grow a team of QA engineers, fostering a collaborative, high-performing, and continuously learning environment. Conduct performance reviews, identify growth opportunities, and support career development.
• Process & Automation Excellence: Drive the adoption of advanced automated testing methodologies and tools, ensuring comprehensive test coverage for backend, frontend, and mobile applications. Develop and maintain scalable test automation frameworks.
• Quality Advocacy: Champion a culture of quality throughout the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC), collaborating closely with product, engineering, and SRE teams to integrate quality early and often.
• Test Planning & Execution: Oversee the planning, design, and execution of various testing types, including functional, integration, regression, performance, security, and user acceptance testing.
• Release Management: Drive the release planning and gating for our core product suite.
• Reporting & Metrics: Establish and monitor key quality metrics and KPIs, providing regular reports on product quality, test progress, and team performance to stakeholders.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify areas for process improvement within the QA function and across engineering, implementing solutions to enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and product quality.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner effectively with engineering managers, product managers, and other stakeholders to ensure a shared understanding of quality requirements and successful product delivery.

Key Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of experience in Quality Assurance or Software Development, with at least 3+ years in a leadership or management role.
• Proven track record of building, leading, and scaling high-performing QA teams.
• Deep expertise in automated testing methodologies, tools, and frameworks for various layers (UI, API, database, mobile).
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycles (SDLC) and agile methodologies.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into continuous delivery workflows.
• Solid technical background with an understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, and cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Exceptional communication, interpersonal, and leadership abilities, with a talent for inspiring and motivating teams.
• Experience with performance testing, security testing, and accessibility testing concepts.

Nice-to-have: 

• Experience working in the healthcare technology domain, with an understanding of relevant regulations (e.g., HIPAA).
• Hands-on experience with specific programming languages used in testing (e.g., Python, Go, Java, JavaScript).
• Familiarity with observability tools and SRE principles.
• Contributions to the QA community or open-source projects.

Why Join Us?

• Be at the forefront of healthcare innovation, making a real impact on patient care.
• Lead a talented and growing team in a collaborative and supportive environment.
• Opportunity for significant professional growth and career advancement.
• Work on challenging and rewarding projects that push the boundaries of technology.
• Competitive salary, equity, and comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits:

• Stock Options
• Unlimited PTO
• Medical, dental, vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Maternity and Paternity Leave
• 401K matching
• Apple equipment
• Sponsorship for conferences, continuing education, etc
• Dynamic engineering role–technological innovation is at the core of our business
• Growth and learning opportunities from a startup environment include working closely with an international team of scientists, engineers, platform architects, programmers and professionals
• Do something morally benevolent!

The annual US base salary range for this full-time position is $135,000-$150,000 + equity + benefits. Pay scale is flexible depending on experience. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, competencies, experience, relevant education and training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.