Manager, Quality Engineering

ABOUT THIS POSITION

As our Manager, Quality Engineering, you will oversee the Quality Assurance (QA) Team, ensuring effective test planning, test execution, and review of key deliverables. You will collaborate with product, development, customer experience, and marketing teams. You will be responsible for setting goals for team members; providing support, guidance, and mentorship; and holding them accountable to those goals. You will also plan, write, and guide the QA Team in developing, deploying, and maintaining quality processes, making quality a team-wide discipline while also leading the maintenance of all testing and quality tools.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Manage, coach, and mentor a distributed team of skilled Quality Assurance Engineers in an Empowered SCRUM methodology, helping them to grow their careers and achieve maximum potential
• Develop, implement, and maintain best practices and processes for Quality Engineering and Automation including methodologies, measurements, and reporting
• Act as a liaison between stakeholders, Product Management, Quality Engineering, and the Engineering organization to address consumer needs and meet business goals
• Create and foster an environment of teamwork, open communication, ownership, and accountability managing multiple engineering projects
• Set team and individual goals, align those to business goals, and ensure that they are executed to completion on time and with high quality
• Provide routine reporting to relevant stakeholders on the performance and costs of the Automation Team
• Define, track, and act on health metrics and roll those up to the corporate scorecard to ensure visibility and ongoing improvement
• Make key technical decisions on quality tools and processes and provide guidance on key platform decisions, including procurement of third party solutions or proposal of development of in-house solutions
• Be proficient and capable of supporting the teams in a hands-on capacity, develop test plans, and facilitate the speedy and stable deployment of our products at high quality

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• 5+ years experience as an Quality Assurance Engineer
• 4+ years of experience leading a team in an Agile/SCRUM framework
• 2+ years managing a Quality Assurance / Quality Engineering team or large-scale projects
• Knowledge of and ability to effectively use:
• Effective communication and documentation skills
• Experience growing and mentoring others

 BONUS POINTS

• Knowledge and experience testing native mobile apps built on Java / Kotlin / Swift, web apps, APIs, and custom built internal tools.
• Knowledge and experience implementing testing strategy, test planning, internal testing tools development, and quality solutions within e-commerce tech stacks.

ABOUT ACEABLE

Aceable is a mobile education platform designed to create affordable, engaging, and convenient online courses available across mobile devices. Built by former teachers, NASA engineers, and those passionate about education, our team is obsessed with helping people reach their life goals and milestones through online certification. 

After launching our first mobile app to provide accredited driver's ed courses, Aceable expanded into real estate education and most recently entered into healthcare education. Aceable serves hundreds of thousands of students per month, but we need your help to tackle our vision of serving millions of students per month! 

Aceable has been awarded as one of the Best Places to Work in Austin for multiple years running by numerous entities, such as the Austin Business Journal, BuiltInAustin, and EqualOcean. We actively work to foster a creative, collaborative, and diverse culture whose overall mission is to impact as many student-lives as possible. 

ABOUT THE ENGINEERING TEAM

The Aceable Engineering Team cares heavily about the welfare of our peers, the quality of our product, and our student’s experience. We come from a variety of backgrounds, thrive on collaboration and respect, and work with each other daily to do our best work. We ask the same of any new hire and are excited to see what creative ideas, viewpoints, and processes each new engineer brings to the team.

ACEABLE PERKS 

• Join one of Austin's Best Places to Work in 2024 & 2025
• Competitive total rewards (base salary + bonus/stock options, if applicable)
• 401k match
• Robust medical, dental, and vision benefits 
• Generous paid time off programs + 19 paid holidays per year
• Flexible work schedule
• Wellness programs
• Our own space on the top floor of a downtown Austin building with free parking
• Weekly lunch, a fully stocked fridge, and plentiful snacks
• Company events and activities (holiday events, happy hours, volunteering)
• #PursueGrowth Reimbursement ($600 per year for full-time employees)
• Free Roadside Assistance subscription
• Passionate teammates excited to help you succeed and learn
• NOTE: Our team is currently working in a hybrid work environment with flexibility to work in office or remote based on role/department and location*

At Aceable we celebrate and support all differences. Aceable is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital, disability, and veteran status. Even if you don't think you meet every qualification listed, we'd love to review your application!

*Remote Hires I Aceable is only able to hire employees in the following locations: California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York (excluding Boroughs), North Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Washington. 

Compensation: $120,000 - $160,000