Director, Integration Test Engineering About Us Founded in 2012, Comfy | Enlighted is a Siemens-owned business on a mission to connect employees to the people, places, and things they need to do their best work. Our SaaS platform combines building intelligence, space analytics, and a consumer-grade mobile app technology to improve the workplace experience for Fortune 500 companies around the globe. Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, our fast-growing team balances the dynamic energy of a small company with the backing of a global powerhouse. Position Overview Efficient SaaS application testing entails not just functional qualification assurance but also other integration, workflow based and trap event tests, including and not limited to security, accessibility, framework/component load and stress, chaos and performance tests. As a recognized authority and leading contributor within Product Integration testing practices, this Director position owns and provides vital and innovative test solutions and quality gate automation leadership to BRI Engineering. The idea candidate will build and lead a team to exercise judgment and business acumen in selecting test methods and integration test techniques. The purpose is to assess dependability, versatility, accessibility and performance of BRI SaaS services on routine and non-routine use cases in production-like environments. From A/B exploration test to complex upgrade/update and unapproved hijack to the information inside a SaaS application, the successful candidate for this role will lead the investigation of the nuts and bolts associated with BRI products. The ideal candidate will also ensure that BRI SaaS applications perform proficiently independent of the traffic load. Gone are the days when software organizations employ a User Acceptance Test stage in their development to production journey. It is the charter of the Product Integration Test team to turn performance and other “additional” testing into practical and domineering parts of their ordinary routines, so to discover execution defects before our clients find it. Responsibilities Hire, onboard, train and manage a global team of test engineers and test leads focused on delivering the highest quality product in the fastest possible way. Drive test process change, innovation, engineering improvement and tools to enable rapid development with high quality. Advise Senior Management/Product Development staff on the quality and risk of features being released. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, Program Management, Development, Service Delivery/Operations, and Customer Service to coordinate and direct cross-project Test Engineering and Development initiatives. Demonstrate expertise in multiple test processes across multiple product families or ability to architect and design test solutions encompassing multiple services/products and report findings on impact across the stack. Define integration and performance testing strategies and detailed test plans for implementation projects. Manage all activities related to testing SaaS services from multiple product lines, client specific configurations, integrations, and client data. Lead automation efforts on integrated, system-level tests. Keep test environments and data available. Ensure adequate acceptance test coverage and central to obtaining and processing test automation requirements for CI/CD quality gates in order to transform application delivery for cloud in a continuous and agile fashion. Participate in development project planning and project status communications Review and sign off on testing scope and approach, and partners with cross-functional and business stakeholders to review and approve the overall testing approach. Address and delineate performance and end-to-end device to cloud testing through test-oriented stories, which are estimated, planned and tracked just like a product-oriented story. Oversee and address critical issues, dependencies, and risks related to testing. Ensure quality assurance projects are appropriately staffed, work plans are followed, and milestones are met. Manage the integration and performance test scenarios and ensures quality metrics are tracked across all testing phases (e.g., SIT, Performance, UAT, Automation, Production, Validation). Manage the review and validation of testable business processes, test data, and test environment requirements. Take on a cross-functional role, communicating and working alongside PM, Designer, DevOps and Developers while guiding individual product line test teams. Travel as needed Required Skills and Education Bachelor’s or master's degree in Computer Science or similar degree/experience. 5+ years of Test Management experience across all phases of testing (including automation) Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills Ability to understand & develop tests and work with PM, Designer, DevOps and developers Extensive Strategy and Planning skills Matrix management of distributed test team for cost effectiveness Test plans and test summary reports Thorough knowledge and experience in CI/CD Proven track record hiring, leading happy, productive teams to deliver high quality software in fast paced environments. Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to convey complex ideas in a simple, digestible manner. Preferred Skills and Education Knowledge and experience with Agile, Continuous integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), DevOps testing delivery at enterprise level will be highly regarded. Experience in SaaS architecture and Mobile test technologies Test and Behavior Driven Development (TDD/BDD) Excellent debugging skills, including experience with test automation tools and libraries such as Selenium, TestNG, Jest, JMeter, CodeMagic, TestFlight, etc Experience testing web applications constructed using modern web frameworks and tech stack such as Vue.js, Java, Python, Node.js, Dynamo DB, Aurora DB, GraphQL, AWS AppSync, Auth0, WebSocket, Redis, PostgreSQL, Cordova framework, etc. Familiar with the Cyber Security and Information Security frameworks and compliances like FERPA, CCPA, HIPAA, GDPR, SAS-70, SOC2 Type X, ISO27001, etc. Secure API testing experience Familiar with emerging web platform best-practices, including progressive web applications, service workers, network optimization, and performance optimization Where permitted by applicable law, Siemens may require employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 based on job requirements, and in accordance with an accommodation based on legally protected reasons. (Candidates hired to work in USA) Our Benefits Include Market-leading software application centered on improving the workplace experience :) Take-what-you-need vacation policy Competitive salaries Generous medical, dental and vision insurance Matching 401k policy Frequent team events Our Promise to You We believe your work is an extension of yourself. At Comfy | Enlighted, we hire many sorts of selves and that’s what makes us exceptional. We value diversity of thought, always asking tough questions, committing to solutions—and we do that best when we have and nurture every point of view. We value you, and we want to hear you, learn from you, and move forward together. #LI-DM4 #SI_RSS_BRI Organization: Smart Infrastructure Company: Building Robotics Inc. Experience Level: Experienced Professional Full / Part time: Full-time Equal Employment Opportunity Statement Siemens is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. 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