Quality Engineering Manager

Job Description

Responsibilities

We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Here you can be your authentic self. As a company uniquely positioned to educate, entertain and empower through our platforms, Comcast NBCUniversal stands for including everyone. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, coupled with our Corporate Social Responsibility work, is informed by our employees, audiences, park guests and the communities in which we live. We strive to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where our employees feel supported, embraced and heard. Together, we'll continue to create and deliver content that reflects the current and ever-changing face of the world.

NBC Sports Next is where sports and technology intersect. We're a subdivision of NBC Sports and home to all NBCUniversal digital applications in sports and technology.

At NBC Sports Next, we make playing sports better through innovative technology and immersive experiences for athletes, coaches, players and fans. We equip more than 30MM players, coaches, athletes, sports administrators and fans in 40 countries with dozens of sports solution products, including SportsEngine, the largest youth sports club, league and team management platform; GolfNow, the leading online tee time marketplace and provider of golf course operations technology; GolfPass the ultimate golf membership that connects golfers to exclusive content, tee time credits, and coaching, tips, and more.

At NBC Sports Next we're fueled by our mission to innovate, create larger-than-life events and connect with sports fans through technology that provides the ultimate in immersive experiences.

Come join us as we work together as one team to innovate and deliver what's Next.

Job Description

The NBC Sports Next Consumer Technology group is currently seeking a manager of quality assurance to help lead and coordinate the efforts of various teams in creating and maintaining reliable, efficient, and functional software to satisfy our business needs via the usage of test automation frameworks, automation scripts, as well as manual testing. In execution of the key responsibilities of the role, the manager will:

Job Duties
• Manage and lead a team of software engineers specializing in automation and testing
• Manage and lead a team of quality assurance engineers specializing in manual testing and validation
• Add and maintain test automation frameworks
• Add and maintain test automation coverage to improve test efficiency and quality.
• Incorporate and maintain tests and test frameworks in CI / CD pipeline.
• Mentor, lead and guide team members.
• Research and implement new practices, tools and technologies to increase efficiency.
• Manage and lead fulltime local and offshore employees including contractors.
• Inject themselves at any point within the SDLC process, as needed
• Work with product make sure the needs of the business are satisfied and executed as expected
• Work with other QA groups across the organization to share knowledge and best practices

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications
• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science or relevant discipline.
• 4+ years' experience building test automation scripts and frameworks to include strong knowledge and hands on experience in;
• Coding/scripting with languages like NodeJS, Python, Java, PHP, C#.
• Test automation frameworks like Selenium, Mocha, WebDriverIO.
• Engineering tools like GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, Octopus, Docker.
• Productivity tools and their APIs such as JIRA, Teams, Slack.
• Collaborating with local and offshore employees and contractors.
• Agile development methodologies.

Desired Qualifications
• Experienced in managing a team and/ or coaching and developing others.
• Passionate about technology trends and all things related to testing.
• Excited about automation and building tools to help do your job and help the rest of the team.
• A team player as well as a leader with strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Able to demonstrate a proven track record of delivering against set objectives and within set deadlines.
• Can take initiative to understand and solve issues

Fully Remote: This position has been designated as fully remote, meaning that the position is expected to contribute from a non-NBCUniversal worksite, most commonly an employee's residence.

Additional Information

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d2b7em-216-73-216-180-42 in your application.