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Associate Director – Quality Assurance
| Company | SS&C |
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| Location | San Francisco, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $160139 – $240000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field plus 5 years of relevant experience in software engineering
- Alternatively, will accept a Master’s degree or equivalent in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field plus 3 years of relevant experience in software engineering
- Demonstrated experience managing direct reports with various experience levels in a Quality organization
- 3 years of experience in software development with deep understanding of programming languages such as Python, Java, Java Script, SQL
- 3 years of experience working in a rapid-pace, CI/CD environment
- 3 years of experience with implementing cloud testing strategies and quality gates
- 3 years of experience defining and implementing standards for integration, performance, regression, and/or acceptance testing and early adopter programs based on industry best practices and quality objectives
- 3 years of experience with GIT and source control
- 3 years of experience in data pipeline testing such as ETL tests, data warehouse tests, etc.
- 3 years of experience in BDD, Playwright, Locust and other testing platforms
- Strong written and verbal skills
- Great collaboration skills with engineering and product leadership
- Current understanding of best practices regarding system security measures
- Proficient in CI/CD pipeline development
Responsibilities
- Leading a global SDET/QA team with objectives and key results, responsible for their career development
- Architecting, designing, and leading automating testing infrastructure and testing strategy to support cloud continuous integration and continuous delivery
- Revolutionizing test infrastructure and continually evaluate toolsets and methodologies to support CI/CD
- Collaborating with other senior leaders or executives to establish and ensure the achievement of strategic plans and objectives
- Focusing more on designing and developing scalable end to end testing frameworks for data stores, data pipelines, services, and web front-end; doing data validation automation, perform API load testing, system security and data security testing
- Using Engineering skill sets to solve testing problems with high performance and scalability
- Researching and prototyping new tools to drive architectural decisions
- Assessing and understanding the flow of code and its interaction with various processes to optimize the automation framework
- Implementing processes for software development, code reviews, continuous integration, testing and deployment to ensure high code quality and system stability
- Evaluating existing automation frameworks and define clear steps and processes to improve testing procedures
- Recommending and executing on continuous improvement of the requirements definition, development, and quality assurance processes
Preferred Qualifications
No preferred qualifications provided.
