Onboarding Manager
Skai
Manager, Quality Engineering
Willowtree, LLC
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Columbus • North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $116,800 - $146,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Direct management of a Quality Engineering team (test engineering, QA, SDET) as a player-coach
- Design and implement a new testing strategy with a particular focus on leveraging AI for automation
- Interact with peer engineering managers to ensure buy-in for evolving testing practices
- Guide the evolution of the Quality Engineering team and support hiring or promotion of roles
- Build reports and analyze metrics; be accountable for QA KPIs (test coverage; % automation; release-failure rates; time-to-recover; deployment frequency; telemetry coverage including AI usage)
- Drive a shift-left quality vision with emphasis on observability and rethinking tooling and processes
- Be reasonably hands-on and influence project outcomes and team happiness
- Maintain a hybrid in-office presence (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays) in Columbus, OH; Charlottesville, VA; or Durham, NC
Requirements
- Manage a Quality Engineering team (test engineering, QA, SDET)
- Expertise in testing frameworks and methodology
- Strong understanding of the role of developers in the testing process
- Passion for AI tooling, including vibe coding
- Familiarity with Playwright
- Ability to design and implement testing strategy and leverage AI for automation
- Strong collaboration and influencing skills ("play well with others")
- Comfortable working in a data-driven environment; building reports and analyzing metrics
- Interest in SRE overlap and observability
- Ability to guide team evolution and mentor across levels
- Experience not strictly defined; ability to evolve practices and lead through influence
Benefits
- Healthcare benefits - Medical, Vision, Dental
- 401K matching
- Employee Share Purchase Plan
- Competitive PTO Policy
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Life & Disability Insurance
- Annual performance bonus eligibility
- Opportunities for growth and development
- And more!
ATS Keywords
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Hard skills
Quality Engineeringtest engineeringQASDETtesting frameworkstesting methodologyAI automationdata analysismetrics analysisobservability
Soft skills
collaborationinfluencingmentoringteam leadershipcommunicationadaptabilityproblem-solvingaccountabilityteam happinessguidance
