The QA Architect will have the following qualities

• A solid understanding of technologies and a proven track record of developing QA automation  frameworks and tools that enable high quality Machine Learning as well as UI Applications to be built and deployed in the Cloud.
• Understand common Quality standards/processes/tools and the ability to leverage them where possible.
• Effective at reaching out in real-time to overcome roadblocks.
• Excellent in verbal and written communication and able to convey dissenting opinions in a constructive manner, particularly written communications.
• Focus on “what” is being done and equally “how.”
• Will have a passion to learn the world of Network Security and the requirements imposed by a predominantly ML ecosystem.

 
Duties & Responsibilities

• Create an overall architecture and framework for testing and verification of ML modules and cloud platform modules
• Lead Quality initiatives to lead multiple Agile teams to high levels of performance and implement effective and efficient Quality management processes.
• Bring an organized Quality conscious mind-set within engineering teams.
• Help analyze the cost of Quality for important product roadmap decisions.
• Participate in strategic planning and design sessions with product management, engineering management and architects.
• Participate in Production troubleshooting sessions to not only identify problems but also figure out ways to improve Quality processes and test cases to avoid these issues in the future

 
Skills and Experience
We seek a top performing leader with the passion, experience and gravitas to effectively create a Quality function within the organization. The ideal candidate will be a high energy, team oriented, customer driven problem solver with prior experience in improving Quality metrics for complex, highly scalable and easy to use applications.

• Deep knowledge of testing styles including BDD, TDD and others.
• Strong leadership skills and a proven track record of building high performing teams.
• Management style that is aligned with the philosophy and evolving culture of the company – a style that encourages team involvement in decision making, accountability, and pragmatism.
• Experience testing scalable cloud application frameworks.
• Experience with Agile Software Development methodologies.
• Experience using build and deployment tools like Jenkins, Kubernetes etc.
• Experience using QA automation tools and frameworks
• 12+ years of experience in QA organizations
• Exceptionally strong written and verbal communications skills, as well as good interpersonal and organizational skills.

 
 Education

• Bachelor’s  Degree in Computer Science or equivalent