Head of Quality Engineering

Summary

Join Zyte, a globally distributed team building powerful data extraction tools, as the Head of Quality Engineering. This strategic leadership role involves defining and driving Zyte's quality vision, overseeing a QA team, setting quality standards, and ensuring seamless automated testing integration within CI/CD pipelines. The position demands hands-on involvement with code and automation alongside management responsibilities, focusing on resource allocation, cross-team alignment, and continuous improvement. You will lead and mentor a team, collaborate with stakeholders, and implement automated testing strategies. This role requires a strong development background, experience with various testing tools and methodologies, and expertise in test data management. Zyte offers a competitive salary and benefits package, a remote-friendly work culture, and professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in software quality assurance, with at least 4 years in a leadership role
• Proven hands-on experience with test automation tooling (e.g. Selenium, Playwright)
• Strong development background and coding skills in a Tier1 programming language and experience implementing automated testing solutions
• Experience in implementing full stack automated testing solutions
• Deep knowledge of API testing tools and methodologies
• Experience with building and maintaining scalable test environments
• Experience with designing CI/CD workflows
• Demonstrated expertise in test data management
• Strong understanding of load and performance testing methodologies
• Experience with bug tracking and issue reporting systems (Jira, Linear, Sentry)
• Proven ability to build and lead high-performing, cross-functional QE teams
• Excellent understanding of web technologies, APIs, and data extraction systems

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of QA engineers, focusing on resource allocation, cross-team alignment, and fostering professional growth
• Define implement and adjust Zyte's quality vision in collaboration with senior management and key stakeholders
• Design and implement automated API testing and regression testing strategies for product releases
• Develop and manage test data solutions to support comprehensive and scalable automated testing
• Establish and refine QE best practices, metrics, and test case management methodologies
• Drive the evaluation, selection, and implementation of quality engineering technologies and tools
• Ensure seamless integration of automated testing within CI/CD pipelines
• Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to align quality strategies with business goals

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of security and vulnerability scanning tools
• Experience with static code analysis tools and methodologies
• Familiarity with mobile app testing tools and frameworks
• Experience with visual regression testing tools
• Experience with cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

Benefits

• Opportunity to shape the automation strategy for a leading data extraction company
• Collaborative and innovative work environment
• Professional development and growth opportunities
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Remote-friendly work culture with flexible scheduling options