Lead Quality Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><p>StackAdapt is the leading technology company that empowers marketers to reach, engage, and convert audiences with precision. With 465 billion automated optimizations per second, the AI-powered StackAdapt Marketing Platform seamlessly connects brand and performance marketing to drive measurable results across the entire customer journey. The most forward-thinking marketers choose StackAdapt to orchestrate high-impact campaigns across programmatic advertising and marketing channels.</p></div><div class="section page-centered"> <div class="section page-centered"> <div class="section page-centered"> <div> <p>StackAdapt is seeking a talented <strong>Lead Quality Engineer</strong> who is passionate about software quality and test automation to be part of a highly impactful team that will directly affect the success of product releases in a cross-functional agile environment. In addition, you will be responsible for implementing reliable and scalable automation test cases and integrating them into our CI/CD pipeline. These initiatives will serve to enhance our software quality, accelerate our defect detection and prevention capabilities, as well as transform our software development process.&nbsp;</p> </div> <div>Learn more about our engineering culture here: <a class="postings-link" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXM2NrkhKZc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXM2NrkhKZc</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>StackAdapt is a remote-first company; we are open to candidates located anywhere in Canada for this position.</div> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="section page-centered" data-qa="preview-list-item-0"> <h3 data-qa="preview-list-item-0-text">What you'll be doing:</h3> <ul> <li>Lead and mentor a team of 3-5 talented quality engineers within platform engineering</li> <li>Act as a hands-on lead and participate in test strategy and test automation</li> <li>Promote QE best practices and drive process improvements&nbsp;</li> <li>Develop E2E integrated test plan and identify optimization opportunities</li> <li>Develop and implement test scripts and automation tools to address issues and deliver high impact quality improvements</li> <li>Work closely with Engineering Managers, Product Managers and Designers to ensure requirements and priorities align</li> <li>Utilize metrics to help improve process and drive team’s performance</li> <li>Measure appropriate&nbsp; product quality metrics to make informed decisions that enhance overall product quality&nbsp;</li> <li>Conduct interviews to attract and identify potential high performing candidates</li> <li>Balance and prioritize projects to maximize efficiency and ensure company objectives are achieved</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section page-centered" data-qa="preview-list-item-1"> <h3 data-qa="preview-list-item-1-text">What you bring the to the table:</h3> <ul> <li>Proven track record of delivering results and leading growing, high-impact teams</li> <li>At least 5+ years of testing experience including test automation</li> <li>Experience with at least 3 direct reports in a leadership role</li> <li>In-depth experience with API &amp; UI test automation frameworks such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, Mocha, Jest or Junit</li> <li>Fluency in at least one of Javascript, Typescript, Python, or Java is a plus</li> <li>Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Github Actions, CircleCI</li> <li>Strong understanding of scalable system design for web-based APIs and backend processing systems</li> <li>In-depth understanding of QA methodologies in a software company with short release cycles</li> <li>Experience working with cross-functional teams and coaching them on testing plans and strategies, and guiding them through the&nbsp; execution</li> <li>Passion to build a positive and fun engineering culture</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div><div class="content-conclusion"><div class="section page-centered"> <h3>StackAdapter's Enjoy:</h3> <ul> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Highly competitive salary</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Retirement/ 401K/ Pension Savings globally</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Competitive Paid time off packages including birthday's off!</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Access to a comprehensive mental health care program</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Health benefits from day one of employment</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Work from home reimbursements</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Optional global WeWork membership for those who want a change from their home office and hubs in London and Toronto</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Robust training and onboarding program</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Coverage and support of personal development initiatives (conferences, courses, books etc)</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Access to StackAdapt programmatic courses and certifications to support continuous learning</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">An awesome parental leave program</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">A friendly, welcoming, and supportive culture</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Our social and team events!</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section page-centered" data-qa="closing-description"> <div><em>StackAdapt is a diverse and inclusive team of collaborative, hardworking individuals trying to make a dent in the universe. No matter who you are, where you are from, who you love, follow in faith, disability (or superpower) status, ethnicity, or the gender you identify with (if you’re comfortable, let us know your pronouns), you are welcome at StackAdapt. If you have any requests or requirements to support you throughout any part of the interview process, please let our Talent team know.</em></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><em data-stringify-type="italic">We use artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline the resume reviews of candidates and assess their fit based on the criteria outlined in the job posting. We do not use AI to make any final hiring or interview decisions.</em></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>About StackAdapt</strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>We've been recognized for our diverse and supportive workplace, high performing campaigns, award-winning customer service, and innovation. We've been awarded:</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a class="postings-link" href="https://blog.stackadapt.com/stackadapt-named-ad-ages-best-place-to-work-2024?utm_source=linkedin&amp;utm_medium=organic_social&amp;utm_campaign=ad-ages-best-place-to-work-2024&amp;utm_content=blog">Ad Age Best Places to Work 2024</a></div> <div><a class="postings-link" href="https://blog.stackadapt.com/g2-2024-best-software-awards">G2 Top Software and Top Marketing and Advertising Product for 2024</a></div> <div><a class="postings-link" href="https://blog.stackadapt.com/2023-best-places-to-work-uk">Campaign’s Best Places to Work 2023 for the UK</a></div> <div><a class="postings-link" href="https://blog.stackadapt.com/best-workplaces-for-women-list">2024 Best Workplaces for Women</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a class="postings-link" href="https://blog.stackadapt.com/2023-best-workplaces-in-canada-list">in Canada</a>&nbsp;by Great Place to Work®</div> <div><a class="postings-link" href="https://www.g2.com/products/stackadapt/reviews">#1 DSP on G2 and leader in a number of categories including Cross-Channel Advertising</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>To learn more about our privacy practices, please see our <a href="https://www.stackadapt.com/legal-document-centre/website-and-platform-user-privacy-policy">Privacy Policy</a>.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><span style="color: rgb(243, 243, 244);">#LI-REMOTE</span></div> </div></div>