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Grow your career, access top-tier health and wellness benefits, build lasting connections with your team and our customers, and travel the world using our extensive route network.Come join us to create what’s next. Let’s define tomorrow, together.\nDescription\nUnited's Digital Technology team is comprised of many talented individuals all working together with cutting-edge technology to build the best airline in the history of aviation. Our team designs, develops and maintains massively scaling technology solutions brought to life with innovative architectures, data analytics, and digital solutions.\nJob overview and responsibilities\nAs a Quality Engineering Manager of Information Technology at United, you will be responsible for the delivery of excellence through strategic resource planning and automation focused quality initiatives. You’ll lead and mentor both onsite and offshore Quality Engineering teams, ensuring they take full ownership of deliverables and uphold the highest standards.\nIn this role, you will be accountable for governing quality efforts across multiple projects and/or large programs with several quality engineering & testing workstreams. You’ll collaborate closely with application teams and organizational leadership to influence best in class quality practices and advance TMMi test maturity across the enterprise.\nGovern functional and non-functional testing that includes agile, integration, end to end, performance, stress and endurance test with application development and non-functional teams\nOffer creative solutions to solve complex problems such as technical limitations for test automation, late delivery of QA builds, scope creep, emergency changes, shifting priorities, etc.\nDrive innovations and efficiencies with GenAI capabilities from proof of concept to implementation across Digital Technology\nDevelop and implement strategies to improve Quality Engineering practices from pre to post deployment (i.e. gating criteria, in sprint test automation, tooling)\nPartner with application DevOps teams and build CICD pipeline for the sanity, integration and regression tests in QA and Production environments\nAccountable for overseeing quality efforts on multiple projects and/or a large program that consists of multiple testing tracks and applications, using test automation principles and AI-first approach\nResearch and resolve people and project issues; provide recommendations; escalate to senior management as needed\nQualifications\nWhat’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):\nBachelor's degree in Computer science, Information technology or similar \n3+ years of Quality Engineering experience with managing large enterprise programs \n3+ years of hands-on experience implementing Test Automation framework \n3+ years of hands-on experience in automation scripting with Selenium or Playwright.\n3+ years of experience in supporting release automation (CICD) and application performance testing \n1+ years of experience in using GenAI & Agents to expedite functional and non-functional validation \nWilling and able to travel domestic/internationally (up to 10%) \nListening, communication, partnership and negotiation skills \nMust be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship\nSuccessful completion of interview required to meet job qualification\nReliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position\nWhat will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):\nPrevious airline experience \nUnderstanding of GenAI testing technologies \nCSTE or any other Test Automation related certifications \nTest Management Tools: Jira, Zephyr, Microsoft Test Management (ADO) \nAutomation: Hands-on exposure to Playwright/Selenium, Ready API/Rest Assured, Postman, SeeTest, or any others to automate API's, UI and Mobile applications\nContinuous Integration and Deployment: Harness/Github Actions or any other tools \nUnderstanding of cloud, distributed, microservice, mainframe and desk top based technology (AWS Preferred) \nThe base pay range for this role is $102,220.00 to $133,194.00.\nThe base salary range/hourly rate listed is dependent on job-related, factors such as experience, education, and skills. This position is also eligible for bonus and/or long-term incentive compensation awards.\nYou may be eligible for the following competitive benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, accident & disability, parental leave, employee assistance program, commuter, paid holidays, paid time off, 401(k) and flight privileges.\nUnited Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable law. We provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. 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