Lead Quality Assurance Engineer - Frontend Platform

Hudl

About The Position

At Hudl, we build great teams. We hire the best of the best to ensure you’re working with people you can constantly learn from. You’re trusted to get your work done your way while testing the limits of what’s possible and what’s next. We work hard to provide a culture where everyone feels supported, and our employees feel it—their votes helped us become one of Newsweek's Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces. We think of ourselves as the team behind the team, supporting the lifelong impact sports can have: the lessons in teamwork and dedication; the influence of inspiring coaches; and the opportunities to reach new heights. That’s why we help teams from all over the world see their game differently. Our products make it easier for coaches and athletes at any level to capture video, analyze data, share highlights and more. Ready to join us? Your Role As the Lead Quality Assurance Engineer on the Hudl-Frontends team, you will be a key leader in our mission to empower product squads to design and build modern, scalable, and accessible front-end apps. Your work will have a deep impact on how we operate in a key area of our business—front-end quality. You'll be given general problems and be left to your own devices to define and implement solutions. Your focus will be on the months and quarters ahead, and you'll have ownership over automation of the product and the technical solutions. You will have an in-depth understanding of the current state of automation, using data to measurably improve reliability and coverage. You will coach and guide product squads to find defects earlier, all while evangelizing your favored solutions and defending your approach to other leaders. You will not only be a technical expert but also a coach who fosters an environment where your teammates can grow and succeed. Your priorities will include: Communication and Team Alignment: You'll lead the charge in shifting testing left, using data to identify and solve defect trends in our front-end systems. This involves coaching squads on new automation approaches while confidently advocating for your quality vision among other leaders. Squad Quality: You will have full ownership over squad quality, using data to solve problems and reduce defect leakage into production. You'll proactively identify ways to prevent defects from ever reaching the codebase, focusing specifically on challenges within our monorepo structure. You will be given general quality problems and will have complete ownership to define "done" and implement a solution. Automation Leadership: You will have full ownership over the technical excellence and strategy of our automation, ensuring it keeps up with development speed. You'll proactively research and implement new technologies while coaching and leading your team on major automation initiatives. We'd like to hire someone for this role who lives in any Hudlie-based country since the squad is geographically dispersed.

Requirements

Coach: You know how to influence and coach teams even though they don't report to you. You are skilled at guiding developers to adopt best practices, like integrating components into Storybook and writing resilient tests.
Leader: You have experience leading complex, full-stack, and multi-platform quality initiatives. You can drive change and help squads transition from legacy projects to modern monorepo-based development. You have the ability to determine the strategy and/or technology solutions for specific areas of the product.
Technical: You have a deep understanding of your domain, and you're able to understand and navigate complex systems. You have knowledge and experience with full-stack testing and in-depth knowledge of automation on multiple platforms. You are also proactive in adopting new technologies and methodologies.
Skilled Investigator: You excel at understanding the root cause of problems, particularly those related to flaky tests and inconsistent user interfaces. You are able to back up your findings with data and measure the results of your actions.
Problem Solver: You are detail-driven and can identify, analyze, and solve challenging problems. You are given the general problem and are responsible for defining and implementing the solution.
Quality Focused: You have a clear understanding of what quality success looks like, not just at a project level, but at a platform level. You understand how our users define quality and know when that definition changes.
Risk-Averse: You can evaluate and design a testing approach to mitigate risk, especially when it comes to consolidating development and migrating legacy projects.

Nice To Haves

Playwright Expertise. If you’ve used Playwright to build automation test suites and have worked with mocking data, it is a plus.

Responsibilities

Communication and Team Alignment: You'll lead the charge in shifting testing left, using data to identify and solve defect trends in our front-end systems. This involves coaching squads on new automation approaches while confidently advocating for your quality vision among other leaders.
Squad Quality: You will have full ownership over squad quality, using data to solve problems and reduce defect leakage into production. You'll proactively identify ways to prevent defects from ever reaching the codebase, focusing specifically on challenges within our monorepo structure. You will be given general quality problems and will have complete ownership to define "done" and implement a solution.
Automation Leadership: You will have full ownership over the technical excellence and strategy of our automation, ensuring it keeps up with development speed. You'll proactively research and implement new technologies while coaching and leading your team on major automation initiatives.

Benefits

Champion work-life harmony. We’ll give you the flexibility you need in your work life (e.g., flexible vacation time above any required statutory leave, company-wide holidays and timeout (meeting-free) days, remote work options and more) so you can enjoy your personal life too.
Guarantee autonomy. We have an open, honest culture and we trust our people from day one. Your team will support you, but you’ll own your work and have the agency to try new ideas.
Encourage career growth. We’re lifelong learners who encourage professional development. We’ll give you tons of resources and opportunities to keep growing.
Provide an environment to help you succeed. We've invested in our offices, designing incredible spaces with our employees in mind. But whether you’re at the office or working remotely, we’ll provide you the tech you need to do your best work.
Support your wellbeing. Depending on location, we offer medical and retirement benefits for employees—but no matter where you’re located, we have resources like our Employee Assistance Program and employee resource groups to support your mental health.

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