Engineering Manager | QA / SDET

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The core purpose of the Engineering Manager role is to develop an engineering team to an autonomous, high performing stage:Delivery and Excellence:

Collaborate with stakeholders, representing the team''s quality perspective on new or existing services and products, focusing on testability and automation potential. Align roadmaps with priorities, ensure new features enable timely delivery with integrated testing, and establish high-level engineering excellence metrics for automated quality. Provide strong technical oversight by resolving complex automation challenges, participating in test framework design, and driving robust test automation strategies. Drive continuous improvement of DeepL, practices, and technology, emphasizing increased test automation coverage and efficiency for high-pace, high-quality delivery.People Leadership:

Inspire, develop, recruit, and motivate a cross-functional quality engineering and automation team. Conduct regular 1:1s with team members, set individual development or improvement plans, and foster a healthy, non-retaliatory feedback culture within the team.Team Management:

As a collaborative partner with other engineering leads, jointly oversee the team’s strategy, quarterly goals, and business-technical metrics. Ensure the team\''s development process methodology is optimal, actively participate in building and maintaining the technical roadmap, and take ownership of technical incident management. Dedicate time and resources to quality efforts, maintain a current knowledge base and documentation for the team\''s services and artifacts, and coordinate resource planning in collaboration with the DevEx track lead and track Leads as needed.Manage growth:

You derive satisfaction from navigating change and collaboratively discovering innovative solutions with your team and various stakeholders within a dynamic and evolving environment.Strategic Leadership:

Responsibility includes guiding the strategic direction of the team\''s engagements and collaborating with stakeholders on the overall DeepL testing strategy. Not directly hands-on in delivering, the role necessitates an understanding and ability to translate business needs into clear, actionable testing requirements for engineers. A profound understanding of technical architecture, potential challenges, and aligning the team\''s work with broader organizational goals.A day in the life

As an Engineering Manager for the QA Developer Experience team, shaping the overall testing strategy and driving a significant shift towards automation. Your mornings will involve collaborating with product and engineering leaders to define comprehensive testing strategies and roadmaps, ensuring alignment with organizational goals for quality and speed. You\''ll oversee the ownership, development, and evolution of our core testing frameworks and tooling, identifying opportunities to enhance developer experience and maximize automation.Throughout the day, you\''ll engage with your team and product engineers to review technical designs, provide guidance on complex automation challenges, and champion best practices for testing. A key focus will be identifying areas where manual testing can be reduced or eliminated, leveraging innovative solutions and fostering a culture of automated quality. You will be instrumental in enabling engineering teams to deliver high-quality products faster through robust and efficient testing solutions.Qualities we look for

High level of hands-on technical experience in software development and architectureProven track record of leading and scaling QA or software development teams in a business-facing roleExtensive industry experience as a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) or Software Development Engineer (SDE)Strong programming skills with modern programming languages (we use C#, C++, Python, Typescript and Go) with proven expertise in architecting and implementing enterprise-level test automation frameworksStrong understanding of software development principles, design patterns, and architectural conceptsAbility to balance developer experience with product needsAbility to adapt easily to new environments and technologies in a scaling and rapidly changing environmentExcellent communication skills in English with a strong sense of empathy and a solutions-oriented mindsetPreferred Qualities

Advanced experience in building and maintaining automated testing infrastructureStrong expertise in developing custom test frameworks and testing tools from scratchStrong understanding of cloud architecture patterns and testing strategiesProven track record of improving test coverage and testing efficiency through automationExperience in architecting next-generation test infrastructure that combines traditional CI/CD pipelines with AI-driven decision-making for optimized test selection, parallel execution, and automated result analysisExperience with innovative quality practices that leverage AI for automated analysis and predictive system reliability testingExperience with self-healing test systems that use machine learning to adapt to application changes, automatically maintain test suites, and provide AI-driven insights into test coverageSeniority level

Mid-Senior levelEmployment type

Full-timeJob function

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