Synack · 2 months ago
Manager, QA
San Mateo, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$165K/yr - $195K/yr
5+ years expSynack is a cybersecurity company dedicated to enhancing security through their Penetration Testing as a Service platform. They are seeking a Manager, QA Engineering to lead Agile Quality Assurance and Test Automation efforts, focusing on building a talented team, optimizing QA processes, and driving automation to ensure high-quality software solutions for their customers.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cyber SecurityNetwork SecuritySecurity
Responsibilities
Lead, mentor, and develop a team of QA engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and collaboration
Conduct performance reviews, provide regular feedback, and support career growth for team members
Recruit, onboard, and retain top talent to scale the QA team as needed
Foster strong working relationships with development, infrastructure, product management, and other cross-functional teams
Define, implement, and continuously improve QA strategies, methodologies, and best practices across the software development lifecycle
Establish and maintain clear QA metrics and reporting to track progress, identify areas for improvement, and communicate quality status
Champion a "shift-left" approach to quality, integrating testing activities earlier into the development process, where manual testing is an exception
Ensuring QA engineers are leading automation efforts, stories have well-conceived acceptance criteria, and developers and QA engineers are collaborating to write test automation to a high standard
Ensure the appropriate level of functional, performance, security, and regression testing is applied
Ensure adherence to quality standards and regulatory requirements
Evaluate, select, and implement appropriate QA tools and technologies to support testing efforts, including test management systems, automation frameworks, and performance testing tools
Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines for automated testing, ensuring efficient and rapid feedback loops
Learn new technologies as needed to build tools and improve efficiency and productivity
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; Master's degree, or equivalent experience
5+ years of experience in SDET, with at least 2+ years in a leadership or management role
Proven experience in managing and developing QA teams
Strong understanding of software development life cycles (SDLC) and QA methodologies (Agile/Scrum experience highly desirable)
Demonstrated expertise in test automation, including experience with various automation frameworks and tools - Playwright preferred, Cypress, Selenium Webdriver, TestCafe
Experience with BDD tools like cucumber with the automation framework
Proficiency writing code in at least one of Python, Golang, JavaScript or Typescript
Experience with CI/CD tools and practices (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins)
Solid understanding of cybersecurity concepts and experience testing security-related products is a significant advantage
Excellent communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Experience developing internal tools, and GenAI coding tools such as Cursor, Github Pilot to improve developer experience and productivity
You have excellent debugging skills in diagnosing issues in a multi-tier web architecture
Comfort with writing and reading code, and a basic understanding of data structures
Hands on experience with automation framework design and development from scratch
when/where/why/how to test (we use git)
Understanding of virtualization and containerization technologies
Understanding of Cloud technologies, like AWS, GCP, Azure
Experience analyzing logs using GCP, Splunk, or ELK
Preferred
Experience testing GenAI and Agentic systems
Experience with testing cloud based products/applications
Knowledge and understanding of different kinds of VPNs
Experience with load and performance testing
Benefits
Equity
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Company
Synack
Synack is a crowdsourced security platform that utilizes augmented intelligence to discover and secure vulnerable applications.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$107.57MKey Investors
M12 - Microsoft's Venture FundKleiner PerkinsTechstars
2020-10-13Secondary Market
2020-05-28Series D· $52M
2017-04-11Series C· $21.25M
Leadership Team
Jay Kaplan
CEO and Co-Founder
Jeff Barker
Vice President Product Marketing
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