Senior Engineering Manager - QA

Senior Engineering Manager - QASenior Quality Assurance Engineering Manager

With over 140 million users, Junglee Games is a leader in the online skill gaming space. Founded in San Francisco in 2012 and part of the Flutter Entertainment Group, we are revolutionizing how people play games. Our notable games include Howzat, Junglee Rummy, and Junglee Poker.

Our team comprises over 900 talented individuals who have worked on internationally acclaimed AAA titles like Transformers and Star Wars: The Old Republic and contributed to Hollywood hits such as Avatar. Junglee’s mission is to build entertainment for millions of people around the world and connect them through games.

Junglee Games is not just a gaming company but a blend of innovation, data science, cutting-edge tech, and, most importantly, a values-driven culture that is creating the next set of conscious leaders.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure products are well tested in different environments using available methodologies and practices before they are signed off for release.
• Utilize test automation capabilities by identifying use cases to automate, create action plans, drive technology choices and implementation, build and manage test automation framework, and provide visibility to test automation results across the organization.
• Provide guidance and best practices on load testing, benchmarking, and performance testing across products.
• Recommend and utilize tools, frameworks, methodologies, and practices to improve all aspects of testing.
• Drive improvements in testing processes. Document and review processes and train the team to ensure a superior Quality process.
• Lead and grow the Quality Assurance team into an effective and respected division with both manual and automation engineers, identify new talent, and manage and retain talent.
• Lead QA organization and drive a culture of technical perfection.
• Set and manage stakeholder expectations. Communicate and execute goals within timelines.
• Translate the company’s overall vision into a series of objectives, laying down the roadmap to achieve the objectives and executing the resulting plan in a structured and time-bound manner.
• Institute best QA practices to deliver successful, innovative products.
• Work closely with the Engineering, Product, and other teams, and be involved in conceptualizing and building new products from scratch.
• To play a crucial role in the engineering leadership of the company.
• A key member of the company’s senior management team, the AVP - QA will participate in the company’s governance and policy formulation initiatives.
• To build and lead a team of brilliant and inspired technologists, and work tirelessly to promote and foster the company ethos in the technology team.
• Own the QA budget of the company. Provide upfront estimates of costs under various heads and keep track of spending so as to ensure the best ROI for the company on its technology investment.

Requirements :-

• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Overall 10+ years’ relevant experience, out of which at least 5+ years experience in consumer-facing software products with high levels of concurrency in gaming, real-time banking, or e-commerce.
• Experience working in hyper-growth environments and scaling operations.
• Extensive experience testing non-functional requirements such as security, reliability, performance, maintainability, and scalability.
• Good knowledge of and experience in QA automation and building and maintaining automation frameworks.
• Experience in load and performance testing software systems and products with high concurrency.
• Familiarity with microservice architecture, containers, and related technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS). Should be comfortable working with Linux as an application server.
• Expertise in any database (e.g Oracle, MySql, SQL Server, No-SQL databases).
• Background in high-volume web applications, data mining, and multi-tiered transactional systems.
• Proven leadership and managerial skills to manage QA teams, and the ability to lead, inspire and improve team members.
• Experience in implementing agile, kanban, or a similar software development methodology.
• Experience in supporting live production, cloud-based infrastructure, and the ability to help put out fires under pressure.

• Value Customers & Data - Prioritize customers, use data-driven decisions, master KPIs, and leverage ideation and A/B testing to drive impactful outcomes.

• Inspire Extreme Ownership - We embrace ownership, collaborate effectively, and take pride in every detail to ensure every game becomes a smashing success.

• Lead with Love - We reject micromanagement and fear, fostering open dialogue, mutual growth, and a fearless yet responsible work ethic.

• Embrace change - Change drives progress and our strength lies in adapting swiftly and recognizing when to evolve to stay ahead.

• Play the Big Game - We think big, challenge norms, and innovate boldly, driving impactful results through fresh ideas and inventive problem-solving.

• Avail a comprehensive benefits package that includes paid gift coupons, fitness plans, gadget allowances, fuel costs, family healthcare, and much more.

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