Full-Time Software Developer in Test (SDET) Manager

Job Summary

We are seeking a motivated, energized and hands-on leader for this position. Our quality team is a pivotal piece of the Filevine product and has grown substantially. This role will require a passion for leading and elevating your team members, a knack for being hands-on and a well-rounded knowledge of best practices in the SDET environment. 

Responsibilities

Provide leadership to a software quality assurance team specializing in test automation and responsible for one or more projects

Manage and mentor QA team members:

Provide hands-on leadership to drive innovation

Hold regular 1:1s with each team member

Perform quarterly reviews with each team member

Perform an annual review with each team member and make recommendations for compensation adjustments

Assess and advocate potential career advancement opportunities for team members

Communicate and direct any necessary corrective actions

Provide test reports to management

Lead continuing improvements in processes and practices that:

Reduce the number of production defects

Establish workflows that integrate into our development cycles

Identify risks by working with the appropriate product development owners to ensure critical and high-risk items are prevented prior to release

Lead by example

Contribute to the design and coding of key projects and tooling

Help drive meaningful work across the finish line

Communicate product and company vision to team members

Work closely with Product partners to prioritize and scope work

Work closely with Support partners to triage and assign incoming issues

Contribute to onboarding practices and documentation, and lead the onboarding effort for new team members

Participate in hiring and interviewing process for potential candidates joining your team

Perform other duties as assigned by Director of Quality

Qualifications

5+ years of experience managing a quality assurance team

Extensive familiarity with quality assurance processes and procedures, and the ability to devise methods to enforce quality standards and best practices

Experience planning and executing end to end testing of integrated systems including validation of the integration layer

Experience working with SDLC and Agile/Scrum methodologies

Expertise in performing different types of Testing: Black box, GUI, Integration, Regression, Backend, System, End-to-End and User Acceptance Testing

Demonstrated leader in the coordination of cross-functional teams and champion of consistency and task completion

Familiar with automation frameworks (Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, etc.)

7+ years of experience writing automation using with OOP languages (C#, Java, Python, etc.)

Shows mastery with source control systems and CI/CD Pipelines

Education

B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in computer science, information systems, a related field; comparable certifications; or equivalent direct work experience