Software Engineering Manager - In Test at IOHK

Job Description:

Your mission:

• Be a leader. You will set the team objectives and make sure that the team is clear on what the objectives are – and, more importantly, why
• Be a mentor. You will work with engineers on their growth and development, making sure that everyone receives timely feedback and has a clear growth plan
• Be a force multiplier. You will continuously remove blockers and obstacles, both internal and cross-team, so that everyone can do their best work
• Define and refine software quality strategies and processes for the engineering teams
• Be a catalyst to promote a ‘Quality First’ mindset throughout the cross-functional organization
• Develop, implement, and manage processes to ensure that products meet required specifications for quality, function, and reliability before delivery
• Drive adoption of best practices in code health, testing, testability, and maintainability (such as clean code and the test pyramid)
• Recommend improvements into overall best practices, design, testability, quality, and productivity
• Track test gaps, quality, and productivity metrics
• Work with other engineering teams to improve gaps from this data
• Identify and analyze issues, bugs, defects, and other problems, particularly when problems recur in multiple products; recommend and facilitate solutions to these issues
• Drive improvements to test framework architecture and test coverage
• Champion agile software development practices
• Work with DevOps/DevX teams to drive testing infrastructure
• Work with different development teams to improve the testability of our applications/deliverables
• Work with product managers, delivery team, and tech leadership on common goals
• Mentor and develop engineering staff in your areas of expertise, including developing and delivering training, undertaking knowledge-sharing activities, and supporting succession planning
• Cultivate employee growth and serve as their advocate
• Work with team members to ensure long-term career goals are being maintained and proactively led
• Recruit and retain top talent
• Ensure employee skills expand to meet changing business priorities and shifts in industry best-practices
• Eliminate roadblocks that inhibit individual progress.

Requirements

Your expertise:

• The ideal candidate for this role should be able to lead and mentor senior software engineers
• 5+ years in Software Development Engineering in Test
• 3+ years in Team Management
• 5+ years of practicing agile methodologies
• Experience with modern testing frameworks
• Ideally, you have been working as an SDET automation engineer previously and have experience with all areas of technical testing (Unit, Integration, Functional, E2E, Performance, Load, Security)
• Experience in test automation for front-end/back-end and end-to-end systems
• Experience working with Git, SDLC, and different CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Buildkite) Strong passion for blockchain, DeFi, and the overall future of Web3 – it will be hard to be successful in this role if you don't understand what we are doing and why
• Impeccable verbal and written communication
• Exceptional leadership and track record of delivery
• Open-minded and horizontal team management
• Ability to define, negotiate, and execute on a roadmap
• Ability to design highly effective processes and animate a team of experts
• Highly autonomous and self-driven
• Disciplined remote worker
• Experience managing remote teams; our team is fully remote and highly distributed geographically, and so are our stakeholders

Location IOG is a fully distributed organization and therefore this is a remote position. Due to team distribution we are ideally searching for someone in an European timezone.

Company Benefits

All Colleagues:

• Flexible schedule
• Remote work - ability to work anywhere
• Laptop reimbursement
• New starter package to buy hardware essentials (headphones, monitor, etc.)
• Learning & Development opportunities
• Competitive PTO and Sick Leave plan

US Employees:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits coverage through Anthem with 100% premium cost covered by IO Global for the employee and dependents
• Health Savings Account
• Life Insurance

UK Employees:

• Monthly Health Stipend to use towards any wellness or medical coverage/service Pension

Interview Process

• Director of SE
• QA Team
• COO
• Offer