Sr. Manager, Quality Engineering

Be essential at Cars Commerce

At Cars Commerce, we’re fanatical about simplifying everything about car buying and selling. We do right by our customers and consumers to better connect the industry with simplified and tierless technology to enhance, measure and drive local automotive retail. Whether through our No.1 most recognized marketplace, Cars.com, our industry-leading digital experience, Dealer Inspire, our trade and appraisal technology, AccuTrade, or our new Cars Commerce Media Network, Cars Commerce is essential for success in the automotive industry.  

No one ever travels alone here: at its core, Cars Commerce is collaboration. In fact, it’s built into the very fabric of our shared values. We like to say we Rise Together – putting people at the center of what we do, from consumer to customer to community. Life at Cars Commerce makes it easy when we share the ethos to be Open to All, encouraging open-minded communication because we know diverse thinking yields better outcomes. But critical to our success is Caring to Challenge and Taking Ownership, fueling a competitive spirit in a respectful environment where we think about tomorrow but act today. At our foundation, we have integrity, Doing the Right Thing, even when it’s hard. It’s our shared commitment to these values that makes Cars Commerce a place where growth becomes not only possible, but downright unavoidable.

But don’t take our word for it. As a U.S. News & World Report Best Company to Work For in 2024, we're obsessive about the employee experience. We are among the top 20% being declared “Best” of our industry based on six critical factors that are important to employee wellbeing, like quality of pay, benefits, work life balance and more.

About the Role

Cars Commerce builds solutions for automotive dealerships, manufacturers, and consumers. Our driving force is to deliver one platform to simplify everything about buying and selling cars.  Our platform enables dealerships and OEMs with innovative technical solutions and data-driven intelligence to better reach and influence ready-to-buy shoppers, increase inventory turn and gain market share. 

To support the growth and tighter integration of our existing brands like Cars.com, Dealer Inspire, and Accu-Trade we are seeking a Leader for our growing Quality engineering initiatives.

Quality Engineering increases the performance of software engineering teams through the use of qualitative & quantitative analytical methods, continuous process improvement, and automation throughout the software development lifecycle. We’re looking for an experienced senior leader for our first Quality Engineering team.  This role is pivotal to leading a key part of the broader Platform strategy, providing guidance and best practices to Product and Platform Engineering teams. 

Success in this role requires exceptional leadership, communication, and project management skills. You should have hands-on leadership experience in the software quality space, and a strong belief in transparency and accountability.  You have hands-on experience that has fueled your knowledge and experience on your journey into leadership. You have experience hiring and developing the skills and talents of others. Ownership is a key characteristic you inspire your teams to ingrain in their culture. 

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience leading implementation and configuration of automation tooling (e.g. CI/CD integration, Cucumber, Postman, SonarQube, Selenium, etc)
• Experience leading test automation projects from assessment and planning to successful delivery
• Extensive experience managing change management practices, policies, and procedures
• Ability to author documentation for all levels of stakeholders
• Experience implementing software delivery process such as Agile
• Hands-on experience with modern programming languages
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, related degree, or equivalent practical experience
• 4+ years of progressive people management experience
• Strong track record of delivering results and are able to effectively prioritize and manage multiple competing priorities with various business stakeholders
• Ability and willingness to manage ambiguity i.e., help shape solutions and prioritize deliverables to align with the Company’s vision

Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive experience using modern monitoring tools (Cloudwatch, DataDog, etc) and establishing metrics, monitoring, alarming, and dashboards 
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, DevOps, SRE concepts and best practices
• Experience managing and establishing automated controls f