Refine existing practices and implement new quality assurance practices across the organization to ensure the highest quality deliverables reach our consumers.
Lead, mentor, and grow a team of onshore and nearshore quality engineers.
Define and track key KPIs and quality metrics to evaluate system health, test coverage, and automation ROI.
Drive root cause analysis of production issues using observability tools such as DataDog, ensuring continuous system stability.
Guide the implementation and evolution of test automation frameworks for API, Web, and Mobile platforms.
Collaborate with development and DevOps teams to optimize performance and quality in a cloud-native infrastructure.
Maintain a strong partnership with product and engineering leadership to align quality efforts with business goals.
Stay current on emerging technologies and industry best practices in quality engineering, DevOps, and cloud architecture.

Requirements

8+ years of proven experience leading distributed quality engineering teams, with a focus on strong focus on test automation.
At minimum bachelor’s in CS, CIS, engineering, or equivalent experience
Strong Computer Science fundamental knowledge including data structure and algorithms, system design.
Experience with NodeJS, Typescript, and Golang preferred.
Deep technical knowledge of code first test automation tools (e.g., Playwright, Appium, WebdriverIO, BrowserStack)
Extensive hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and Kubernetes, including monitoring, scaling, and troubleshooting.
Excellent grasp of CI/CD pipelines, with the ability to integrate automated testing into deployment workflows.
Experience with observability, monitoring, and logging best practices in distributed systems.
Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.

Benefits

Employees (and their eligible family members) may enroll in the following types of insurance coverage: medical, dental, vision, legal, and accidental death and dismemberment, as well as FSA/HSA (depending on enrolled medical plan).
Yum! also provides short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.
Employees may enroll in our 401(k) plan.
Yum! provides 4 weeks of vacation, paid sick leave, 10 paid holidays, a floating day off and 2 paid days for volunteer time each calendar year.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

test automationdata structurealgorithmssystem designNodeJSTypescriptGolangCI/CD pipelinesobservabilitymonitoring

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationstakeholder managementmentoring

Certifications

bachelor's in CSbachelor's in CISbachelor's in engineering