CareerPlan

Quality Engineering Manager

San FranciscoFull-time$180k–$230k2026-10-30 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Lead the shift from centralized QA to end-to-end delivery team ownership by coaching embedded Quality Engineers, defining test strategies for AI-powered features, and establishing quality standards across the organization.

Role type

Senior Quality Engineering Manager (Player-Coach)

Builds

Shared automation frameworks, AI testing strategies, and quality scorecards for engineering leadership

Domain

Real estate technology / AI-powered SaaS

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Quality Engineering leadership, Test automation (Playwright/Cypress), TypeScript/Python/Go, AI tool fluency (Copilot/Cursor), Root cause analysis (5 Whys/Fishbone), Metrics-driven process improvement

Preferred skills

LLM evaluation (LangSmith/DeepEval), Observability (Sentry/Datadog), Performance/Security/Chaos engineering, Startup transformation experience

Technologies

Playwright, Cypress, TypeScript, Python, Go, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude, LangSmith, Braintrust, DeepEval, Sentry, Datadog, Pendo, Amplitude

Responsibilities

Define test strategy and release criteria for AI-powered features; Coach embedded Quality Engineers and run community of practice; Review test design/code and build shared automation frameworks; Analyze quality processes to identify gains and reduce escaped defects; Run blameless postmortems and publish quality scorecards; Partner with VP of Engineering on quality culture and strategy

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities