Senior Manager of Engineering Quality, Posit
Plus annual profit-sharing bonus
Open source and enterprise ready tools
Open for applications
Open source and enterprise ready tools
201-500 employees
Open for applications
Plus annual profit-sharing bonus
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create free and open-source software for data science, scientific research, and technical communication.
Role
Who you are
- Posit is seeking an experienced manager to drive software product quality and customer value, and to coach the talented, dedicated Quality Assurance engineers working on several on-premises products, including Posit Connect and an extension for Positron
- We are looking for a product-minded leader with an excellent understanding of good software quality methodology, and the ability to put it into practice in a fast-paced environment
- This role requires Python or data science fluency, as well as experience with front-end testing, building test automation frameworks, technical leadership, and team management
- What you will teach us
- Good mechanisms for instilling high-quality, user-centric mentality and method in our product teams
- New quality philosophies, testing techniques, product management patterns, or tools. We are a team that likes to learn, and would love to hear about your areas of expertise
What the job involves
- You will lead both people and process from this position, and you will have a direct impact on the planning, design, execution, and overall quality of one of Posit’s most powerful product suites
- Enabling the QA engineers to define, direct, and assess the quality standards and testing strategy on their product teams,
- Building confidence in quality at speed via increased test automation,
- Challenging the entire product team to focus on customer value, and
- Reinforcing and sustaining a culture that focuses on usability, supportability, and scalability in our software
- Define and continuously improve the quality standards for our products, in collaboration with QA engineers, developers, product managers, designers, and leaders
- Measure, analyze, and report on product quality to identify areas for improvement and enhancement
- Guide the strategic direction and career development of the QA engineers on your team. Hire, onboard, train, and coach new QA engineers
- Engage with test automation code alongside the QA engineers (review, mentor, contribute)
- Identify ways to make the user experience with our product smoother and more valuable
- Set clear standards, strategies, and expectations for the quality of the software being built
- Partner with Engineering and Product Management leaders to provide both high-level and day-to-day product team guidance, work prioritization, and release management
- Work with other QA managers and the VP of Product Quality to direct Posit’s overall quality approach
- Actively inspire user-centric, holistic, cross-product thinking across the entire engineering organization
- What you will learn
- A deeper understanding of cloud infrastructure and DevOps techniques to effectively deploy and test our software
- An appreciation for data science workflows and some of the tools and approaches used by data scientists
- The Posit products and how they empower our customers to do effective data science through code
- Within one month, you will…
- Get to know everyone on the product team, and get familiar with our current software development and testing strategies and processes
- Learn our company and quality goals, and become familiar with our test planning, procedures, and frameworks
- Start building relationships with your direct reports, to understand their goals and how they align to the team’s objectives
- Understand the architecture of our test automation suites, and start contributing as a reviewer, coach, and creator (in Go, Python, and JavaScript, including Cypress)
- Within three months, you will…
- Have a general understanding of our users’ objectives and how Posit Connect and the rest of our product suite helps them achieve those goals
- Actively participate in product and feature planning with other team leaders, and provide feedback on value, quality, and product direction based on user expectations
- Understand the design of our test plans, cases, and coverage, and guide the team to look for opportunities to continuously improve them
- Coach the team to evolve our test strategies and coverage, and contribute meaningfully to the design and content of our automation suites
- Think critically about our product quality standards, strategy, and measurement procedures, and working with the team to grow and improve them
- Start working with other product teams on the design, coordination, and execution of shared projects
- Establish trust with your direct reports, be familiar with their individual growth plans, and start looking for opportunities to enable their ongoing career development
- Engage with other leaders in Product Quality/QA to manage cross-functional projects geared toward continuous improvement in the value and quality of our software
- Within six months, you will…
- Empower and enable QA engineers to ask the best questions and make the best decisions possible in the service of producing valuable, high-quality software
- Augment or start building tools to measure the level of product quality we have achieved, and analyze the outcomes to identify areas for improvement
- Work with leaders across the engineering organization to enhance our approach to product value and quality, focusing on holistic user experience as the driving force for positive change
- Within a year, you will…
- Formulate strategies to ensure high-quality professional testing of our software products
- Work with product managers and engineering leaders to prioritize quality enhancements in both our products and processes
- Provide career development resources; grow leadership and enable technical achievement across the team
Our take
In a data-driven world, having reliable and accessible software is key to optimizing functionality. Posit provides R and Python-based tools to help improve the speed and quality of analysis, created "for data scientists by data scientists", with uses in data science, scientific research, and technical communication.
Posit's unique approach to creating universal data processing capabilities is helping to create new pathways in the digital age. It uses a unique blend of social and commercial endeavours to satisfy the demand for comprehensive data processing, and many of the company's products, including Posit Team for enterprises, are open sourced and accessible to all. Those looking for more advanced products can access programs such as Posit Server Pro and Shiny Server Pro for workspace management.
Given its unique approach to data management, entities from Liberty Mutual to Walmart and NASA have been incorporating Posit's technology. The company has received considerable amounts of funding, which has been used to expand its services, and as the demand for open source services continues to grow, Posit's effort to create data management services for all should continue to capture market share.
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Company
Funding (1 round)
May 2021
$161.3m
LATE VC
Total funding: $161.3m
Company benefits
- 100% remote (or come in to one of our offices in Seattle or Boston)
- Pick your hardware — we want to equip you with what you need to do your best work
- All our full time employees are given an allowance to outfit their home office
- We have a flexible environment with a “take what you need” vacation policy
- Positive, passionate culture working with a world-class team committed to data science and the R language
Company values
- Open - We aim for transparency in the way we make and share tools—and the way we manage our company. We believe that great ideas come from anywhere—and that we’re better together.
- Resourceful - Intelligence is more than ‘book smart’ or ‘tech smart.’ It’s a mindset. To better serve everyone in our community we value continuous learning, curiosity, and emotional intelligence.
- Generous - We collaborate with our customers, the community, and each other with open hearts and minds. And we believe the effort, capital, and care we put out into the world benefits everyone in the end.
- Lasting - We want to remain an independent company for the long term. We make investments with this goal in mind, starting with our people. Our benefits programs are designed to ensure the long-term wellbeing of our teams.
Company HQ
South Boston Waterfront, Boston, MA
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Leadership
JJ Allaire
(CEO)Founded Allaire, where they served as CEO and then Chairman. JJ also founded Onfolio, which was acquired by Microsoft. They founded FitNow in 2008 before starting RStudio in January 2010.
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