Senior Engineering Manager - Test Function
Core
Global leader for Quality Engineering, architecting an AI-driven, self-healing testing strategy for Kong's flagship runtime platforms (AI Gateway, API Gateway, Event Gateway, Mesh) using LLMs and autonomous agents.
Role type
Senior Engineering Manager (Quality Engineering / AI Testing Strategy)
Builds
Intelligent, agentic, self-healing test substrate and next-generation AI testing strategy for global runtime platforms
Domain
API & AI connectivity infrastructure, high-performance networking data planes
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Global team leadership, AI/LLM integration for testing, automated test case generation, smart failure triage, self-healing test scripts, dynamic edge-case synthesis, CI/CD pipeline architecture, shift-left quality governance, enterprise-grade metrics definition
Preferred skills
Testing high-performance networking data planes/proxies/API gateways, performance/chaos engineering, open-source quality frameworks
Technologies
LLMs, Generative AI, autonomous agent frameworks, Model Context Protocol, GitHub Actions, Docker, K8s, C/Lua/Rust
Responsibilities
Lead and mentor a distributed global SDET team, define and execute the roadmap for integrating AI/LLMs into the testing lifecycle, establish testing strategies for low-latency data planes, oversee architectural evolution of automation harnesses, drive quality ownership upstream with product/engineering teams, define and monitor QE health indicators
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities