Head of Software Quality - remote

Posted 2 years ago  • Mountain View, CA
Stack Overflow

We are building 3D web &mobile apps for millions of users, in partnership with IKEA. Our pioneering apps allow customers to scan photorealistic models of their spaces, then reimagine their spaces in like-like 3D, from anywhere, changing home e-commerce.

We are looking for a hands-on software quality professional to lead a roadmap of software quality strategies from the ground up, including manual functional testing &test automation and tracking of quality metrics.

In this role, you'll be responsible for ensuring quality of our web &mobile applications, and our 3D content. You will be a close partner with our product design &engineering teams, where you will advocate for areas of product improvement and test development. You will be a hands-on leader.

This is a ground floor opportunity to approach software quality from the start, in a small, fast-moving team, developing a highly-visible product, in the important emerging market of 3D mixed reality.


Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

  • Become expert in our web &mobile 3D applications &technologies.
  • Define &execute strategies for quality, which maximize quality return on investment.
  • Own key quality business metrics - Measure and report key quality metrics &analytics.
  • Guide the development &execution of effective &efficient software test plans.
  • Repeatedly run 3D content QA to ensure visual quality of 3D models &renders.
  • Manage bug lifecycles in Jira, from first-find, prioritization, fix, and verification.
  • Understand customer difficulties and be a strong advocate for customer success.
  • Partner with platform engineering to improve our SDLC to improve quality &velocity.
  • Drive selective &successful investments in test automation.
  • Build &manage a small but high-impact team of external &in-house QA staff.

Benefits


  • Join a mission-driven R&D lab, developing compelling, highly-visible 3D experiences for millions of users around the globe.
  • Build expertise in important fields of mixed reality/AR/VR, 3D, AI.
  • Excellent health &retirement benefits.
  • Headquartered in Mountain View, California, in the heart of the Castro Street downtown --- an easy walk from restaurants, coffee shops, the Stevens Creek Trail, and Caltrain commuter rail.
  • Location is flexible - experienced candidates may work from any location in USA. But bonus points for candidates who can work from our Mountain View headquarters 3 days a week, when public health situation permits.