Manager, Quality Engineering
Description
Do you dream about creating a more sustainable future? At Uplight, we are motivating energy users and providers to accelerate the clean energy ecosystem. Working with over 90 of the world’s leading electric and gas utilities, Uplight provides an end-to-end customer energy experience. Uplight delivers personalized experiences that customers have now come to expect–improving satisfaction, increasing revenue, reducing the cost to serve and contributing to carbon reduction goals. We are B Corp certified, enabling us to put our values into action by not only making decisions for the benefit of our shareholders, but also for our customers, environment, employees and community.
We are seeking a Manager, Quality Engineering to join our team in India and help us achieve our ambitious goals for our business and the planet.
What you get to do:
The Manager of Quality Engineering at Uplight India will lead the QA efforts across multiple software product offerings and engineering teams and report to a Director of Engineering. This role demands a people manager with a deep understanding of QA methodologies and practices, leadership skills and the ability to collaborate with stakeholders. The ideal candidate will be adept at working across multiple products, implementing QE strategy in collaboration with Quality Engineers, Product and Engineering leadership to deliver highest standards of quality for Uplight’s customers. Driving test automation and leveraging tools for driving efficiencies will be a key expectation.
What you will Contribute:
- Implement QE strategy tailored to needs across different products and offerings that align with the company's goals and objectives on Quality in line with the overall Quality Engineering organization.
- Lead and mentor a team of QE professionals (SDETs and QA Engineers) , fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including development, product management, and operations to ensure cohesive and efficient QE processes.
- Oversee the QE practice and activities across multiple product offerings, ensuring thorough testing and quality standards are met.
- Maintain Quality metrics, analyzing data to drive improvement in product quality in conjunction with North American QE.
- Implement and maintain automated testing frameworks and tools to enhance testing efficiency and coverage.
- Continuously evaluate and improve QE processes to enhance efficiency, effectiveness and scalability.
- Advocate for and implement best practices in QE methodologies, tools and frameworks.
- Lead initiatives for root cause analysis and corrective as well as preventive actions for defects and issues.
- Identify, assess and mitigate risks related to software quality and delivery.
What you bring to Uplight:
- The ideal candidate should have overall 10-15 years of strong experience in software quality assurance with 2-5 years of experience in a leadership position in a Software Product engineering company.
- Industry knowledge in the field of Energy and Cleantech will be an advantage.
- Strong people management, mentoring and coaching skills. Hiring, mentoring and motivating highly skilled Quality Engineers.
- Strong leadership skills, with the ability to motivate individuals and teams, drive accountability, and foster collaboration.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women, marginalized genders and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Uplight we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
What makes working at Uplight amazing:
In addition to all the standard medical benefits that kick in Day 1, we are:
- Proud to be over 500+ world-wide purpose-driven individuals helping to create a more sustainable planet.
- Committed to the environment, our employees and our communities.
- Focused on career growth by following defined career ladders.
- Committed to taking our work and mission seriously and….we love to laugh!
- We are a remote-friendly company, but we believe in-person collaboration is essential for fostering innovation. Therefore, we create opportunities for team members to come together and encourage working from our beautiful, well-equipped new office in Pune.
We also provide:
- Medical insurance
- Peer to peer recognition program
- Management by objectives bonus plan
- Innovative flexible time-off policy
- Exceptionally collaborative
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field.
Uplight provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race (including hair texture and hairstyles), color, religion (including head coverings), age, sex, national origin, caste, disability status, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.