Manager, Quality Engineering - TrainingPeaks

Are you ready to work on a product impacting millions of people? At TrainingPeaks our user base of athletes and coaches is growing rapidly. To meet their demands TrainingPeaks needs innovators, collaborators, and excellent engineers like you. Together we’re building the world’s best training platform. Join TrainingPeaks today.

You may know us as TrainingPeaks, MakeMusic, TrainHeroic and Alfred Music. All these brands are under the Peaksware umbrella. TrainingPeaks develops software for coaches and athletes to track, analyze and plan endurance training. TrainHeroic develops software solutions for the strength and conditioning needs of coaches and athletes. MakeMusic develops software to transform how music is composed, taught, learned and performed. Alfred Music creates and publishes educational music to help teachers, students, professionals and hobbyists experience the joy of making music.

We would love to have you join our ever-growing team! All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of gender, race, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical disability, religion, or length of time spent unemployed.

General Summary

We are looking for a skilled Quality Engineering Manager who will take ownership of the quality engineering  process for our software products. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of leading QE teams, implementing best practices, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality software. The Quality Engineering Manager will play a crucial role in driving quality throughout the software development lifecycle, collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and address issues, and continuously improving our processes in both manual and automated testing.

You will sit directly with the Quality Engineering Team, work in close collaboration with the  Product, Design, and Customer Support teams, and report to the Sr. Director of Engineering.

Core Functions: 

• Lead and manage a small team of QE professionals, fostering a culture of collaboration, rigor, and continuous improvement. This role combines individual contributions (test development and execution), process and procedure management, and people management.
• Develop and implement QE strategies to ensure the delivery of high-quality software products.
• Define and implement metrics and KPIs to monitor and report on the performance of QE processes.
• Participate in Agile product development, including requirements analysis, requirements-based test planning, and test development
• Collaborate with product managers, developers, and other stakeholders to ensure comprehensive test coverage and influence improvements across the organization.
• Conduct thorough software and systems testing; including functional, integration, regression, performance, data, and automated testing to reduce software release risks.
• Create and execute test plans that encompass the various layers involved in our applications, including UI, API, and database layers.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

The work characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

Requirements

• 5+ years of Quality Engineering experience, including:

• Agile Software Development
• Test Automation experience
• Software build/release procedures
• Defect root cause analysis

• Demonstrated ability to mentor and lead in a Quality Engineering context

• Detail-oriented with a commitment to delivering high-quality software.
• Strategic thinking and ability to align QE goals with overall business objectives.
• Experience with automated testing tools such as Selenium, Cucumber, Cyprus, Appium.
• Experience testing mobile applications and web applications across multiple operating systems and browsers.
• Familiarity with Agile or Kanban software development methodology.

Degrees are not required and we value all forms of continued education including traditional four-year degrees, post-graduate degrees, associate degrees, bootcamps, online training, professional certifications, self-teaching, and more.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with implementing or enhancing test automation strategies and measures of success.
• Experience leading and driving quality project timelines and scope.
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally to improve processes for software development and testing.
• In-depth knowledge of QE methodologies, tools, best practices, and emerging