Your Role:
Xamarin is looking for a passionate leader for the quality team who is experienced and highly committed to delivering results in an fast-paced environment. Design, develop, drive and deliver test strategies and methodologies, and take a hands-on approach to see that they are implemented timely and efficiently.
The Director of QA Engineering will be focused on ensuring the quality of our platform product, which lives in a world where both of the platforms that we target (Android, Mac and iOS) are in constant evolution as well the development environments that our users use (Windows and Mac).
The ideal candidate is a hands-on, articulate, and focused leader by example, who can own the testing process, mentor others, collaborate across teams and help foster a culture of quality in the company. They will be responsible for ensuring all product components conform to the established technical and performance requirements and for creating a collaborative work environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Oversee and drive all QA responsibilities for the Xamarin Platform. This may include creation and maintenance of automated test strategies, creating and overseeing manual testing plans, test new features for existing and preview products, scheduling QA resources against development needs as far in advance as possible, and clearly communicating the output of QA’s efforts to the development team at regular intervals.
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Partner with development teams to ensure proper test coverage and test automation is delivered with each release as well as helping to improve the engineering processes to deliver a quality product.
Manage QA team (QA Engineers in-office and manual off-shore team) on projects, including coordinating team efforts and mentoring team members.
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Continuously assess and improve existing testing methodologies and processes, with a focus on how those processes can better serve the product health and development team bandwidth.
Work directly with the Project and Product Managers as needed to coordinate release schedules, and come up with flexible solutions that maintain quality and target ship dates under potentially evolving timelines.
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Make sure QA testing timelines and process are visible and understood by other product leads, setting clear expectations for both the input needs and targeted output of the QA department’s work.
Be an arbiter for the highest possible product quality, and work with the developers and managers to find creative solutions towards maintaining and improving quality, while also allowing for the flexibility necessary in a fast paced development environment.
What We Are Looking For:
Demonstrated experience managing a QA engineering team
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Software programming experience
Experience working closely and collaborating with development teams on projects of varied timeframes and scales
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Strong communication, leadership, interpersonal and team building skills
Success in communicating cross-functionally and across management levels in formal and informal settings
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Strong people management skills, with proven ability to hire and grow talented teams
