Who We Are

Solera is a global leader in data and software services that strives to transform every touchpoint of the vehicle lifecycle into a connected digital experience. In addition, we provide products and services to protect life’s other most important assets: our homes and digital identities. Today, Solera processes over 300 million digital transactions annually for approximately 235,000 partners and customers in more than 90 countries. Our 6,500 team members foster an uncommon, innovative culture and are dedicated to successfully bringing the future to bear today through cognitive answers, insights, algorithms and automation.  For more information, please visit solera.com.

The Role

We are looking for a seasoned QA engineering manager to join our Engineering team, leading a team of talented QA engineers in the design, development, and delivery of our high-performance analytics engines (computer vision, machine learning, sensor fusion, running in vehicle and in the cloud), high throughput and high accuracy vehicle event analysis engines (in vehicle and in the cloud), and robust and flexible coaching workflow, reporting, and alert management engines.

What You’ll Do

Interact with customers to gather insights and translate technical conceptsBring high energy, effectiveness at managing relationships (up, down, across), and ability to roll-up their sleeves to get the job doneServe as a SQA lead and work with the leads of other disciplines to increase the SQA impact on the end productMitigate risk and escalate to technology leadership as appropriateDevelop and increase team performance and collaboration across organizationDesign, implement, and document procedures for process control, process improvement, testing and CI/CD.Establish and implement metrics to monitor system effectiveness and enable making sound product quality decisions.Oversee and direct the development of new test frameworks and applications to ensure the implementation of manual and automated test solutionsThink strategically to help drive features and services for short and long-term growthProvide team oversight during the full software development life cycle, from conception, design, implementation and testing to documentation, delivery and maintenanceProvide time estimates, technical recommendations, and proposed test solutions based on technical and business requirementsCreate testing and automation strategies and approaches in alignment with overall organizational goalsWork collaboratively with development and the QA team to identify test cases and suites best suited for automation Have an ability to influence across boundaries and at all levels of the organizationCreate a fun, fast paced, motivating and rewarding environment for their teams and the organizationAttract, build and retain a highly engaged and capable quality assurance teams that can deliver on our technology and business strategies

What You’ll Bring

BS/MS in Computer Science/Computer Engineering or related technical degree; or equivalent amount of professional developmentHave an intense passion for technology and solutions designHave 3-5 years professional experience as a quality assurance manager in an agile environment including working with enterprise customers on large scale projectsorhave 1+ years professional experience as a Senior SQA Manager in an agile environment.Have proven track record in leading the architecture, design, development and operations of enterprise scale testing frameworks, processes, methodologies for diverse environments, solutions, and productsProficiency in QA methodologies, software testing principles, concepts, verification/ validation techniques, and test management Excellent analytical, research, documentation, project planning and implementation skillsSkills to communicate effectively cross-functionally across various teams, organizations and internal and external stakeholders to drive engineering effortAre self-motivated and excellent problems-solversAbility to adapt and willingness to learn new technologies and techniquesEffectively lead and manage change within their area of responsibility as well as across the businessWorking knowledge of Selenium and TestNGWorking knowledge of API and load testing toolsExperience using various bug tracking tools such as Rally, and test management tools such as qTestExperience working in a CI/CD environment preferably with a modern build release tool such as JenkinsAn unwavering passion for managing the dynamics of a fast-paced environmentExperience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)Experience with Test Driven DevelopmentHunger to learn new concepts, new technologies, and be exposed to/adopt new ideasKept your coding skills sharp and care deeply about writing solid codeAre driven to improve, personally and professionallyMentor and inspire others to raise the bar for everyone around themLove to collaborate with their peers, designing pragmatic solutionsHave a cooperative, collaborative, open and flexible mindset