Director of Quality Engineering

At Qualia, we've built the leading B2B real estate technology that transforms the home buying and selling experience into a simple, secure, and enjoyable process. Our SMB and Enterprise products bring together users from across the real estate ecosystem---homebuyers and sellers, lenders, title and escrow agents, and real estate agents---onto a single shared digital closing platform, providing greater clarity and transparency to real estate transactions. Today, through our business customers across the country, millions of consumers use Qualia to close on homes every year.

WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON

We are hiring a Director of Quality Engineering interested in being a part of our rapidly growing engineering team. Our engineering team releases new software every week, moves at a fast pace, and works directly with our design and customer-facing teams to imagine and build the new experiences our customers love. We have an expansive software suite that supports all of our customers’ mission-critical workflows. Because of that, you’ll get a rewarding variety of projects to work on.

RESPONSIBILITIES

As the Director of Quality Engineering, you have been in the industry for a while and have a proven track record of success. You will lead our quality engineering organization, which is key to Qualia’s continued growth.

• Strategy & Leadership: Define the long-term vision for quality at Qualia, using a combination of traditional testing and automation to create a comprehensive quality engineering approach
• Architecture & Research: Take full responsibility for complex, high-liability quality initiatives. You have experience making key architectural decisions regarding test automation frameworks and performing the research to back up those decisions
• Operational Excellence: Establish robust feedback loops and post-incident processes to ensure the organization learns from technical mistakes, proactively addressing architectural weaknesses to prevent future regressions
• Mentorship: You enjoy mentoring and providing support for both QA Analysts and SDETs. You realize that each team is unique and can thrive in different environments
• Cross-functional Collaboration: You’ll work directly with product, engineering, and design teams to ensure new experiences meet our high standards

YOUR BACKGROUND THAT LIKELY MAKES YOU A MATCH

• Experience: 8+ years of experience in quality engineering or software quality assurance, with at least 3+ years in a senior leadership role managing multiple teams or a large organization
• Technical Depth: Strong hands-on technical leadership in building automated testing suites for full-stack, customer-facing products
• Architectural Mastery: Proven ability to make key architectural decisions for large-scale test infrastructure and diverse software integrations
• Product Sense: Keen product sense and a passion for the impact of the software you build; you understand that quality is a feature
• Industry Context: A background in enterprise software and fintech is preferred

Our company structure empowers engineers to make product decisions, and we maintain a collaborative culture where team members mentor each other.

While this role is based in Austin, Texas, we're open to exploring remote possibilities for qualified candidates.

WHY QUALIA

Qualia is made up of incredibly bright, mission-driven coworkers who are passionate about using technology to solve real-world problems---and we're growing quickly. In order to continue building an engaging and dynamic organization, we're committed to giving everyone the support they need to do great work.

Our benefits package is designed to allow our team members to be their best selves, both in and out of the workplace. In addition to comprehensive health plans, a 401k program, and commuter benefits, we prioritize family and personal well-being through professional development, parental leave, and a flexible time off policy. Qualia offers a robust online onboarding program to train new hires, biweekly all hands meetings, and a variety of internal virtual events to keep employees connected.

We believe diverse perspectives and backgrounds are critical to building great technology, and our goal is to cultivate an environment where people feel equally valued and respected. Qualia is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, citizenship, socioeconomic status, disability, or veteran status.

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