UI - Quality Engineering Manager - Remote Opportunity at KinderCare Education LLC in Portland, Oregon

Job Description:

Description

Futures start here. Where first steps, new friendships, and confident learners are born. At KinderCare Learning Companies, the first and only early childhood education provider recognized with the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, we offer a variety of early education and child care options for families. We pave the way for their lifelong learning journey ahead. And we want you to join us in shaping a future we can all be proud to share-in neighborhoods, at work, and in schools nationwide.

At KinderCare Learning Companies, you'll use your skills and expertise to support the work (and fun) that happens in our sites and centers every day. From marketers and strategists to financial analysts and data engineers, and so much more, we're all passionate about crafting a world where children, families, and organizations can thrive.

As Quality Engineering Manager at KinderCare leads the testing team and drives QE strategy across various product implementations. You'll develop, implement, and maintain a system of quality and reliability testing for KinderCare's products and development processes.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead and mentor a team, providing guidance, support, and professional development opportunities, ensure to create a fallback plan, succession planning and ranking of team members


• Strategically prioritize test coverage for areas of product based on criticality, usage, and risk


• Collaborate with IT and Business partners to deliver outstanding results by defining testing strategies aligning with product roadmap, business objectives and remediate product quality issues


• Implement methodologies and tools to stream line testing processes, optimize testing workflows, maintain quality testing standards & procedures, and improve team collaboration and efficiency


• Establish, monitor, and report QE metrics & performance indicators to measure testing speed, coverage, and quality; adjust strategy and execution to achieve goals


• Work closely with engineering leadership to build a multi-layer testing strategy that integrates in the overall software development lifecycle and is optimized for the right balance of speed for test coverage and quality of output, including mapping out needs for unit, functional, integration, and end-to-end testing


• Lead continuous improvement and team optimization


• Own technical roadmap of the automation suites that cover our products/ user journeys; Implement an automation and performance testing strategy, execute and review results with various product, IT and Business partners


• Develop, implement, and maintain a planning model to estimate, track, and report return on investment for test automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, statistics, or related field; or equivalent work experience


• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to empower and inspire cross-functional teams


• 5 years of proven QA experience of UI testing (both manual & automation)- includes browsers and mobile apps


• 2 years of experience managing teams and resources, with the ability to lead and influence within a matrixed environment with sense of business acumen


• 1 years of experience supporting UAT Testing or acting as UAT coordinator


• Ability and appetite to lead and engage diverse and equitable teams


• Demonstrate deep understanding and practical experience with cloud-based architectures and infrastructure, in context of software testing and quality engineering


• Self-starter who can navigate and resolve time & resource constraints, complexity of applications, changing technology landscape, team management & motivation, balancing quality with business needs


• Experience of creating automation and performance strategy, implementing, and executing for delivery excellence


• SAFe or Agile certification, preferred


• Experience using cloud-based solutions for web & mobile testing - ex Browser stack, Perfecto etc., preferred


• Experience using low code tools like Katalon, AccelQ, etc., preferred


• Ability and appetite to lead and engage diverse and equitable teams

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Basic skills in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript


• Familiarity with leading tools such as Maven, Jenkins, Bitbucket/Git Repos.


• Proven ability to build automation testing frameworks from scratch using tools like Karate, Selenium, Cucumber, Rest Assured, etc.


• Solid understanding of good software engineering practices including CI/CD and automated testing.

Our benefits meet you where you are. We're here to help our employees navigate the integration of work and life:

• Know your whole family is supported with discounted child care benefits.
  


• Breathe easy with medical, dental, and vision benefits for your family (and pets, too!).


• Feel supported in your mental health and personal growth with employee assistance programs.
  


• Feel great and thrive with access to health and wellness programs, unlimited paid time off and discounts for work necessities, such as cell phones.


• ... and much more.

We operate research-backed, accredited, and customizable programs in more than 2,000 sites and centers across 40 states and the District of Columbia. As we expand, we're matching the needs of more and more families, dynamic work environments, and diverse communities from coast to coast. Because we believe every family deserves access to high-quality child care, no matter who they are or where they live. Every day, you'll help bring this mission to life by building community and delivering exceptional experiences. And if you're anything like us, you'll come for the work, and stay for the people.

KinderCare Learning Companies is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law.

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