Manager - Quality Assurance - SDET

MindGen Solutions is a recruitment firm and specializes in hiring managerial and leadership talents across technologies and domains.

We have an opportunity for an SDET Manager for one of our client, which is an American international electronic commerce company and the worlds' largest online retailer.

Job Description:

- The successful Quality Assurance Manager will be obsessed with quality improvement, experienced and highly committed to creating world class automation for regression and feature testing, able to develop and drive a high-level test strategy, as well as take a hands-on approach to implementing that strategy.

In this role, you will:

- Work with business and development teams to understand product vision and requirements

- Understanding how all elements of the system software ecosystem work together and developing QA approaches that fit the overall strategy

- Be responsible for development of test strategies and creation of appropriate test harnesses

- Oversee the development and execution of test plans and monitoring and reporting on test execution

- Work with a team of quality engineering professionals to ensure the highest quality product delivery

- Manage a team of SDET's (Software Development Engineer-Test) and QAE's.

- 10+ years of experience with at least 3 years in a QA Manager role

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent combination of technical education and experience.

- Strong QA background with experience in identifying and reviewing test plans, test cases and testing results.

- Proven track record in identifying and implementing automated testing tools and frameworks.

- Solid track record for delivery of high quality products.

Primary Skills: Coding/Scripting (Perl/Python), Problem Solving and Debugging, Test Case Enumeration, Automation framework design & development, QA Metrics, People Management - Managing good performers & low performers.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Strong people management skills with a proven track record in hiring, developing and retaining high performing talent.

- Strong project management skills, preferably with experience in an agile development environment and continuous integration.

- Experience in testing web technologies, services, and physical devices. Understanding of Java technologies, XML, JS, CSS, and HTML.

- Experience in preparing quality metrics and effectively engaging with stake holders to set and drive quality goals.

- Experience with a product organization is a must