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We're hiring a Senior Engineering Manager for the QA Team.
About our team and what we'll build together
We're looking for a seasoned Sr. Manager, QA with a passion for team leadership and deep experience in test driven development to join our engineering organization. You and your team are responsible for designing, executing, and improving our testing strategy across our entire portfolio of consumer-facing products and the systems which drive those experiences.
You will manage, mentor, and guide our dedicated staff of QA engineers and testers. You are an inclusive leader who encourages divergent views and uses them to create discourse that leads to the best outcome. You prioritize curiosity, possess a drive for self-learning, and a desire to keep up to date in new technologies, services, industry trends, and methodologies. You will also contribute to building a positive culture on a lean, friendly, engineering team with that values constant improvement, collaboration, and constructive feedback.
You're always looking for a single point of failure. You're excited to work on internal tools that accelerate development, simplify operations, and enable all employees to contribute to our products. You enjoy being a hands-on contributor, creating tests, and pushing the bounds of what's possible through ethical and inspired technology.
How you'll contribute to our mission

• Hire, manage, motivate, and grow a team of QA professionals
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the Engineering organization to educate, evangelize and drive initiatives
• Design, implement, and constantly improve processes and systems which enable rapid test-driven development
• Define a vision and quarterly roadmaps for the team
• Work cross-functionally to harmonize the development, test, and release of new and existing products to effectively meet the needs of our business
• Lead your team to plan and execute delivery efforts, ensuring that teams have appropriate specifications, direction, and resources to deliver on time
• Systematically balance risk vs rigor to define the scope of testing and subsequent level of effort required for each release / delivery.
• Identify, mitigate, and communicate scope and resource changes that may impact deliverables
• Work closely with DevOps and Engineering to ensuring tight coupling between testing and our CI/CD pipelines
• Understand and identify the best partners in our space and work with cross-functional teams to connect our vision with those partners
• Ensure high level of excellence in the design, development, improvement, and execution of the testing processes
• Develop and mentor staff; provide regular feedback and constantly ensure improvement in professional skills and attainment of career development goals
• Develop proposals, RFPs, and presentations
• Create technical specifications and requirements
• Assist continuous professional plans of QA team members

You're ready for this! Here's a bit more about what we're looking for

• 6+ years of quality engineering experience with progressively increasing responsibilities
• 2+ years of leadership experience in an environment with robust technical products and constant innovation
• B.S. degree in a technical or engineering field - Computer Science/ Computer Engineering preferred.
• Minimum 3 year record of leading successful delivery of new products in a dynamic, multi-technology, cross-functional environment.
• Self-learning and desire to keep up-to-date in new technologies, services, industry trends and methodologies
• Strong experience in agile and test-driven methodologies
• Tactical problem-solving skills and the readiness to get in the weeds when necessary

Why we love working here
We are mission driven and values driven:
We are collectively building an impactful brand for millennial women by helping them maneuver through life's necessities. We are providing this community with information and resources so they have the ability, agency, and confidence to live their smartest lives. Every role has a purpose and allows us to equip and enable women to make their best decisions, feel more educated and have the right knowledge at the right time.
We are values driven at every point - how we work, the way we work and our culture come straight from our core values. Each of us supports this incredible brand and takes part in its continued growth, fulfilling the needs of our audience each and every day.
We put you and your personal lives first - we have a generous benefits policy that demonstrates we are listening to what our employees need:

• Unlimited vacation policy and generous holiday observances
• A hybrid working model with flexibility for remote work
• Comprehensive insurance plans and commuter benefits
• Auto-enrollment into a MassMutual 401(k) plan starting on your first day
• Access to family building and fertility benefits
• Rewards for every work anniversary
• One month paid sabbatical after your five year anniversary as a full-time employee

We support our parents at all points on their journey: 

• Generous paid parental leave
• Access to family building and fertility benefits
• Flexible and broad-scale child support program

Your well being is our priority: 

• We honor Sacred Time in our workplace
• We have aligned company "time off" during the summer to truly allow for us all to break from our work at the same time
• We offer fitness membership reimbursement
• One Medical Membership is included with our benefits

We have a vibrant, collaborative, and supportive culture (we celebrate and have fun!):

• Weekly company updates led by our co-founders/co-CEOs
• Weekly lunch stipend for HQ employees
• Two opportunities each year for our entire organization to come together IRL in NYC
• Employee awards ceremonies to celebrate individual accomplishments
• Clubs and activities designed to meet other employees like book clubs, new hire buddy programs, rooftop lunches, off-sites, and wellness focused classes
• Numerous culture events that enable our workforce, in the office and remote, to connect and have fun

Your career and development are a priority: 

• Annual learning and development stipend
• LEAD@theSkimm, our leadership development program
• DEI initiatives to ensure we are the best partners and colleagues to each other
• Career development guidance and planning

And more...

• Competitive salary and equity packages
• Complimentary access to theSkimm's suite of membership products and swag
• The opportunity to be part of a values-driven, hardworking, and diverse group of people building a media company that makes it easier to live smarter

Our story, Skimm'd
We're a mission-driven digital media company giving millennial women the information they need to live their smartest lives.
At our core, we are writers, editors, producers, designers, marketers, engineers, analysts, sellers, creatives, and strategists all working together to achieve this goal.
Since launching in 2012, we have become a trusted source for a community of millions of Skimm'rs by seamlessly integrating into their existing routines, fundamentally changing the way our audience consumes news and makes decisions. Our flagship product, the Daily Skimm , remains the fastest-growing newsletter on the market, and we continue to innovate, find new ways to Skimm everything from finance and careers to voting, wellness and downtime . Our product suite has expanded to include three top-rated podcasts, " Skimm This '', " Pop Cultured ", and " 9 to 5ish ," theSkimm mobile app , Skimm Money and Skimm Your Life newsletters, a new virtual course series called SkimmU , and Skimm Studios for innovative in-house video and audio content. Our first book, How to Skimm Your Life , was released in June 2019 and debuted at #1 on The New York Times Best Seller list.
And we're not done! We continue to grow the breadth of our offerings in life's necessary categories and by expanding our products across events, commerce, customized content, and audio, our ecosystem will become the go-to resource for this generation - and the ones that follow - in the most critical areas of their lives.
Come join us!
Learn more about us and our other opportunities here .
What about the office?
This is a full-time role with flexibility for remote work. At this time, our office remains closed but it is our goal to open as soon as it can be done safely. We are continuing to closely monitor the state of COVID-19 in NYC and will provide updates to our employees as soon as we have them available.
We will require COVID-19 vaccinations for anyone coming to our office. We are following CDC recommendations and will also require additional boosters, and will always follow CDC and NY state guidance on wearing masks in the office.