Amazon Sr Manager - Software Quality Device OS 

United States, California, Sunnyvale 

602668759

Work hard. Have fun. Make history.As a Senior Manager, you will be responsible to innovate and drive new Quality initiatives, establish new test methodologies, frameworks and processes for testing new device and OS, find ways to leverage and scale to deliver without compromising quality and efficiency, establish quality metrics and best practices for the team. You will lead the team by example as a quality leader who is customer obsessed, thinks big and delivers result without compromising the quality. To do this, you will have the most advanced tools at your disposal; however, we expect you to bring new ideas and innovation to build/leverage as needed. You will be responsible for looking to the future and identifying what the team will need to test experiences that were not thought possible today. You will collaborate with team, own and drive the quality of new products and SW releases.Key job responsibilities
• Design and execute comprehensive quality strategies that align with the organization's goals.
• Champion and embed a quality-first culture across all levels of the organization.
• Manage, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of quality professionals.
• Establish key quality metrics and continuously monitor performance to drive improvement.
• Lead initiatives to enhance process efficiency, reduce defects, and improve product quality.
• Lead root cause analysis for quality issues and ensure effective corrective actions are implemented.
• Promote collaboration between quality, engineering, product management, and other teams to ensure integrated quality processes.
• Evaluate and implement quality tools and technologies to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in QA and testing, and apply this knowledge to continuously improve software quality.
A day in the life

- 6+ years of quality assurance engineering experience
- 4+ years of delivering test automation, test tools, leading the QA projects and initiatives experience
- Knowledge of QA methodology and tools, with demonstrated experience in an QAE role
- Experience in automation testing
- Experience in manual testing

- Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
- In-depth knowledge of OS architecture, kernel development, drivers, system calls, and security models.
- Strong coding skills in languages commonly used in OS development, such as C, C++, and assembly language. Proficiency in scripting languages like Python for test automation
- Knowledge of industry standards and methodologies, Agile/Scrum, as they apply to OS development
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, ensuring that quality is maintained at every stage of OS development
- Experience managing large teams
- Ability to effectively communicate complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical stakeholders