Test Engineering Manager Details

EQUINOX - New York, NY

Employment Type : Full-Time

Test Engineering Manager

Overview

It is an exciting yet critical time at Equinox Media and we're looking for an eCommerce Product Engineer who has a strong technical background to help build a commerce and web platform that powers our member acquisition and sales funnels. This is a unique role that will help our teams invent new ways of connecting people to the communities and fitness that they love. Our teams embrace a true entrepreneurial spirit; operating with humility, perseverance, and care for one another. We strive to continuously deliver the best results and focus on how every action helps push our mission forward of helping our members pursue Fitness everyday. If you're the type of leader who likes to be hands-on, has experience building web and ecommerce applications that integrate with many other systems, and a track record of delivering high-quality software, then this is the right role for you.

Job Description


Are you a leader that has a passion for testing and quality? A Test Manager is a test professional with a deep knowledge in testing and test strategy. To be successful as a Test Manager, you should have excellent time management and organizational skills as well as strong communication skills. You should have a passion for designing, development, and testing and the ability to upgrade your technical skills within the constantly changing technology sector. As a manager, you should have a passion for helping others grow their skills and providing guidance to a team.

What You will do:

  • Advocate for quality and testing

  • Evaluate, explore and model the product and features.

  • Proactively learn and apply test design principles.

  • Communicate your findings from testing in a meaningful way and productive way.

  • Mentor developers and other testers on good testing practices and techniques.

  • Participate in design meetings with Business Analysts, UX designers, Support and Developers and share perspectives on ensuring testability.

  • Participate in design reviews and provide input on requirements, product design, and potential problems.

  • Participate in the constant improvement of our testing practices.

  • Lead and guide critical initiatives that often require complex technical and domain knowledge.

  • Assist with troubleshooting escalations and critical issues; take ownership until the issue is resolved.

  • Determine and assess need for additional staff and/or consultants and make the appropriate recruitments if necessary during project cycle.

  • Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.

  • Able to set medium to long-term strategic direction for testing, able to look ahead 12-36 months and identify the areas of greatest need and create plans to improve them.

Qualifications


  • 8 or more years’ experience as a software tester.
  • 3 or more years’ experience testing mobile applications

  • 3 or more years’ experience with test automation

  • A logical and critical thinker. You can quickly get up to speed and understand complex domain knowledge.

  • Experienced communicator who can work with cross-functional teams to create and execute plans.

  • Passionate about process and structure. You can prioritize what is most important and create repeatable processes to improve common workflows.

  • Focused on the problem. You can go heads down to understand the root cause of a bug.

  • Thrives in a dynamic and fast paced environment.You have experience balancing multiple projects and priorities.

  • Passionate about testing. You have lots of ideas, yet you are happy to shift directions when a better path emerges.

  • Engaging beyond tests. You understand that empathizing with our customers, building relationships with your co-workers, and going deep on the product makes you a better teammate and a better engineer.

  • Working knowledge of testing techniques/methodologies and how to apply them (white box, equivalence class partitioning, pairwise, state transition, boundary value, decision table)

  • Commitment to ongoing professional development through self-learning, professional training, participation in open source projects, attending conferences etc.

  • Ability to understand and execute Context Driven, Risk Based, and Session Based testing.

Additional Information


At Equinox Media, we believe that a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace makes us a more resilient company. We celebrate unique points of view and experiences across age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability and ethnicity in building the future of our digital business. We aren't just a company; we're a community vested in each other's successes. We value humility and a team approach at every level of the company. We want to inspire a workplace where individuals embrace their differences and similarities, where we are building products and experiences that inspire and improve people's lives.

Check out more about what we're building on Instagram and EquinoxPlus.com

Posted on : 3 years ago