Senior Engineering Manager, Core AI Platform
Dropbox
Head of Engineering – Quality as a Service
Equinix
full-time
Posted on:
Location: 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $202,000 - $304,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
CloudCypressJestJUnitSDLC
About the role
- Lead the engineering organization responsible for QaaS platforms, test automation tooling, CI/CD quality gates, and quality observability
- Define and execute a strategic roadmap to deliver scalable, developer-friendly quality services that support unit, integration, performance, and end-to-end testing
- Champion "quality as code" and "testability as a feature" principles across engineering
- Build platform capabilities such as test orchestration, test data management, synthetic monitoring, and fault injection
- Drive initiatives that provide engineering teams with visibility into quality metrics (e.g., flakiness, coverage, pass rates) and integrate them into daily workflows
- Partner with product, developer experience, SRE, and platform teams to shift quality left, reduce release risk, and accelerate delivery
- Partner with engineering leadership to define quality SLAs and automate enforcement through CI/CD
- Cultivate a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement around product quality
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience in software engineering or quality engineering, with 7+ years in technical leadership or platform engineering roles
- Proven experience building internal tools or platforms focused on test automation, quality engineering, or developer enablement
- Deep understanding of CI/CD systems, test frameworks (e.g., Jest, JUnit, Cypress, Playwright), and modern SDLC practices
- Strong background in observability, metrics, and feedback loops related to test health and software reliability
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence quality strategy across product and engineering
- A mindset that balances technical rigor with pragmatism, enabling teams to move fast without sacrificing stability
