Quality Engineering Architect
Autodesk
Country: United States of America
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Time Type: Full time
Posted On: November 19, 2024
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Position Overview
Autodesk is seeking an experienced Quality Architect to join our AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) division. Our distributed team is dedicated to solving large-scale challenges in the construction industry. As a Quality Architect, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality software, addressing performance and resiliency challenges in our modern SaaS platform, and driving improvements across Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) products with higher quality standards. Great opportunity for someone passionate about quality assurance, with a knack for automation, and those who enjoy working in a collaborative environment. In this role, you will report to the Director, Quality Architecture.
Autodesk Construction Cloud is an enterprise SaaS application, used by the leading construction and engineering firms across the world to organize and deliver on large-scale projects. ACC connects teams and project data from design to done—reducing risk, protecting profits, and increasing predictability. To grow and deliver value to our customers, we need a focus on resilience, quality, scale, and enterprise controls.
Preference for candidates in the Bay Area, CA or West Coast, United States.
Responsibilities
Develop and implement a comprehensive quality and test automation strategy for all ACC products
Collaborate with engineering teams to assess and address performance, scalability, and resiliency challenges
Ensure consistent product delivery and drive continuous quality improvements across teams
Work closely with senior engineering leaders to shape AEC Constructions' overall software quality approach and process improvements
Review and gain a deep understanding of how our teams manage quality and test validation across various products and platforms, and as they evolve
Create and standardize a test automation strategy for mobile, web, and backend services
Own the quality program, defining and executing standardized process metrics to measure team performance on quality
Act as an expert and advocate for increased test automation using the latest industry tools and standards
Partner with the Quality Engineering team to address platform and tooling needs, prioritizing initiatives that enhance engineering efficiency and improve release confidence
Collaborate with engineering teams to monitor and optimize system performance, resiliency, and scalability
Stay current with industry best practices and emerging technologies to continuously enhance QA processes
Standardize tooling and evaluate testing tools (commercial, open-source, or proprietary) that can be leveraged across projects
Work closely with software engineers, product designers, and quality assurance engineers across global teams
Communicate effectively and responsibly within an Agile environment
Excellent problem solver, and team player
Minimum Qualifications
Experience in technically leading and influencing teams of SDETs (Software Development Engineer in Test) or SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) for a SaaS product or platform
Proven track record of delivering high-quality software built with microservices and distributed systems
Deep understanding of quality aspects in distributed systems, focusing on resiliency and performance optimization
Proficiency in test automation across various levels, including unit, component, contract/API, regression, performance/load, system/integration, and smoke/end-to-end testing
Strong programming skills in Node.js, Python, or a similar programming language
Experience with AWS services, including EKS, EC2, and Lambda, or similar public cloud platforms
Solid understanding of web services and serverless functions
Experience with CI/CD tools and processes (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI)
Familiarity with test automation frameworks and tools, such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or similar
Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases, with an understanding of scaling challenges related to database schema and query designs
Ability to work effectively in a cross-time zone environment
Excellent problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail
Strong communication and collaboration abilities
Ability to thrive in a dynamic, team-oriented environment
Passion for improving product quality
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation
Familiarity with additional programming languages (e.g., JavaScript, .Net) is a plus
Experience in service monitoring and alerting
Experience with mobile test automation on iOS or Android, with a good understanding of tools like Appium, Kotlin, or similar technologies
The Ideal Candidate
Very advanced expert roles that provide advice relevant to their subject matter expertise to senior leaders
Jobs at this level reflect sophisticated subject matter expertise and consultative capabilities
Development of novel, highly innovative solutions is often required
Recognized as experts within a discipline, and also apply working knowledge of the theories and concepts in other related disciplines
Lead the resolution of complex problems within own discipline, often with the need to integrate cross-functional processes and outcomes
Anticipate business challenges that could have significant impact on Autodesk's operational and financial success, and proactively develop solutions to address them
Provide input to functional strategies related to own discipline
Influence leaders within own function to adopt solutions, establish priorities, and allocate resources
May lead teams or projects with broad visibility
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