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Magnet Forensics · 2 hours ago

Director, Quality Engineering

United States

Full-time

Remote

Director/Executive

$172K/yr - $294K/yr

10+ years exp

Magnet Forensics is a global leader in the development of digital investigative software. The Director, Quality Engineering will lead the quality strategy for the organization, ensuring that every product and release reflects the highest standards of reliability, performance, and user trust while driving the adoption of quality practices across SaaS development.

Cyber SecurityInformation TechnologyLaw EnforcementProductivity ToolsSoftware

Responsibilities

Establish a clear, actionable definition of software quality that aligns with Magnet Forensics’ mission, customer needs, and engineering practices

Translate quality into measurable metrics, standards, and processes applicable across all teams and products

Define and formalize a “Definition of Done” that encapsulates code, testing, documentation, deployment, and observability requirements

Lead the implementation of SaaS-oriented testing practices, including continuous integration testing, automated regression, load testing, and production monitoring

Partner with platform and DevOps teams to refine deployment environments and methods that ensure accountability and repeatability in releases

Drive the adoption of shift-left practices and ensure quality validation happens throughout the development process

Lead the selection and rollout of tools and frameworks for test automation, performance validation, and quality reporting

Define and monitor organization-wide quality KPIs (e.g., defect escape rate, test coverage, release confidence metrics, MTTR, deployment success rate)

Establish dashboards and feedback loops to give leadership and teams visibility into quality and release readiness

Build, mentor, and lead a distributed team of quality engineers who are embedded in feature squads but aligned through a centralized vision and standards

Foster a culture of quality and accountability across all engineering disciplines, encouraging teams to view quality as a shared responsibility, not a gatekeeping function

Partner with Engineering Directors, Product Management, and SREs to continuously improve delivery maturity

Qualification

Quality Engineering LeadershipSaaS Quality StrategyTest Automation FrameworksCI/CD PracticesQuality Metrics DefinitionCloud Platforms FamiliarityCross-Functional AlignmentCommunicationLeadership Skills

Required

10+ years of experience in software quality, test engineering, or software development roles, with at least 3 years leading a quality or test organization

Proven success establishing or scaling quality programs in SaaS or cloud-native environments

Strong understanding of modern software delivery practices: CI/CD, automated testing, blue/green and canary deployments

Hands-on familiarity with test automation frameworks (e.g. Cypress, Playwright, and Selenium) and CI/CD toolchains (e.g. GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins)

Experience defining and operationalizing software quality metrics and translating them into business outcomes

Excellent communication and leadership skills; ability to influence and drive cross-functional alignment