QA M3

Who We Are

Solera is a global leader in data and software services that strives to transform every touchpoint of the vehicle lifecycle into a connected digital experience. In addition, we provide products and services to protect life’s other most important assets: our homes and digital identities. Today, Solera processes over 300 million digital transactions annually for approximately 235,000 partners and customers in more than 90 countries. Our 6,500 team members foster an uncommon, innovative culture and are dedicated to successfully bringing the future to bear today through cognitive answers, insights,algorithms,and automation.For more information, please visit solera.com.

The Role

We are looking fora seasoned QA engineering managerto join ourEngineeringteam, leadinga team of talented QA engineers inthe design, development, and delivery of our high-performance analytics engines (computer vision, machine learning, sensor fusion, running in vehicle and in the cloud), high throughput and high accuracy vehicle event analysis engines (in vehicle and in the cloud), and robust and flexible coaching workflow, reporting, and alert management engines.

WhatYou’llDo

• Interact with customers to gather insights and translate technical concepts

• Bring high energy, effectiveness at managing relationships (up, down, across), and ability toroll-uptheir sleeves to get the job done

• Serve as a SQA lead and work with theleadsof other disciplines to increase the SQA impact on theend product

• Mitigate risk and escalate to technology leadership as appropriate

• Develop and increase team performance and collaboration across organization

• Design, implement, and document procedures for process control, process improvement,testing,and CI/CD.

• Establish and implement metrics tomonitorsystem effectiveness andenablesound product quality decisions.

• Oversee and direct the development of new test frameworks and applications to ensure the implementation of manual and automated test solutions

• Think strategically to help drive features and services for short and long-term growth

• Provide team oversight during the full software development life cycle, from conception, design, implementation and testing to documentation,deliveryand maintenance

• Provide time estimates, technical recommendations, and proposed test solutions based on technical and business requirements

• Create testing and automation strategies and approaches in alignment with overall organizational goals

• Work collaboratively with development and the QA team toidentifytest cases andsuitesbest suited for automation Have an ability to influence across boundaries and at all levels of the organization

• Create a fun, fast paced, motivating and rewarding environment for their teams and the organization

• Attract,buildandretaina highly engaged and capable quality assuranceteamsthat can deliver on our technology and business strategies

WhatYou’llBring

• BS/MS in Computer Science/Computer Engineering or related technical degree; or equivalent amount of professional development

• Havean intense passion for technology and solutions design

• Have1+yearsofprofessional experience as a quality assurance manager in an agileenvironment,including working with enterprise customers on large scale projects.

• More than 10 years of career experience in the QA field

• Have proventrack recordin leading the architecture, design, development and operations of enterprise scale testing frameworks, processes, methodologies for diverse environments, solutions, and products

• Experience with AI/ML-driven testing platforms and predictive analytics.

• Proficiencyin QA methodologies, software testing principles, concepts, verification/ validation techniques, and test management

• Excellent analytical, research, documentation, projectplanningand implementation skills

• Skills to communicate effectively cross-functionally across various teams,organizationsand internal and external stakeholders to drive engineering effort

• Are self-motivated and excellentproblems-solvers

• Ability to adapt and willingness to learnnew technologiesand techniques

• Effectively lead and manage change within their area of responsibility as well as across the business

• Working knowledge of Selenium and TestNG

• Working knowledge of API and load testing tools

• Experience using various bug tracking tools such as Rally, and test management tools such asqTest

• Experience working in a CI/CD environment preferably with a modern build release tool such as Jenkins

• An unwavering passion for managing the dynamics of a fast-paced environment

• Experience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

• Experience with Test Driven Development

• Hunger to learn new concepts,new technologies, and be exposed to/adoptnew ideas

• Kept your coding skills sharp and care deeply about writing solid code

• Are driven to improve, personally and professionally

• Mentor and inspire others to raise the bar for everyone around them

• Love to collaborate with their peers, designing pragmatic solutions

• Have a cooperative, collaborative, open and flexible mindset

Personal and Professional Attributes

• Empathy - Understands the team and stakeholders and their motivations. Works actively to makeeveryone theyinteract with successful.

• Pragmatic - Knows when to trade off short and long-term gains and can help guide stakeholders through these decisions while coaching them on the implications.

• Learning Oriented - Strives to learn more about the people he or she is working with, about the business, the business environment, technology and its application and the process being followed.

• Technical Debt Savvy - Becomes a driving force for addressing technical debt by guiding and coaching delivery teams on both avoiding new debt and removing old debt. Works with business leaders to understand the implications of technical debt and helps guide them in supporting the delivery teams to address it.

• Customer focus (internally/externally) - Capacity toanticipatecustomers’ needs and place customers at the center ofownthinking and actions.

• Coaching skills - Knows how to provide constructive feedback,guidanceand support.

• Continuous Improvement - Use of a systematic approach for evaluating current processes andidentifyingoptions to streamline them.

• Strategic Thinking & Vision - Able to see the bigger picture and have a long-term vision.

• Team Building - Understands the principlesto unitea group into an effective team.

• Problem Solving - Troubleshootsquickly butalsoknowsthe right times to ask for help.

It is impossible to list every requirement for, or responsibilityof, any position. Similarly, we cannotidentifyall the skills a position may require since job responsibilities and the Company’s needs may change over time. Therefore, the above job description is not comprehensive or exhaustive. The Company reserves the right to adjust, addtooreliminateany aspect of the above description. The Company alsoretainsthe right to require all employees to undertakeadditionalor different job responsibilities when necessary to meet business needs.