Wikimedia Foundation
Software Quality Manager
Remote. The employer does not say where candidates may be based.
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Employer listed it 3 weeks ago · Added 5 days ago
Been open since 3 weeks ago, still being checked, but it has been live a while.
Salary
$129,193
Location
Location not stated
Timezone
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Contract
Full-time
Experience
Mid
Category
Software
Stated by the employer in the job description
Remote flexibility
Undisclosed
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- Countries you can work from: Not stated. The advert only gives "Remote", which names no country you must live in.
- Whether the work is remote: Confirmed by the employer: "working with a multicultural, remote and distributed high-performing team."
- Working hours: Not stated. No timezone overlap or set hours are mentioned, so assume nothing either way.
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About the role
Summary
The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) is looking for an experienced Software Quality Manager to lead two teams who are providing testing & documentation services to multiple WMF engineering teams while fostering a culture where Software Quality & Documentation is everyone’s responsibility.
This role supports geographically distributed teams of 5-10 Test Engineers & 3 Technical Writers who are providing services that improve the quality of our software. They engage with multiple WMF teams in high-impact initiatives to provide technical documentation, automated test suites, and manual testing for the software that runs Wikipedia and its sister projects. We’re committed to making knowledge available to everyone globally. This is an opportunity to do good while empowering the current and future generations of developers across the globe to build high-quality and well-documented software that scales with our mission.
Our team provides services that enable our staff & communities to achieve our Vision: a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.
The Wikimedia Foundation values diversity and recognizes that employees from a broad range of perspectives are essential to creating a knowledge source that benefits everyone. We are committed to inclusion, diversifying tech, and advocating for diversity in our employees, their experiences, and the people we serve.
You are responsible for:
Collaborating with multiple teams and cross-functional stakeholders to align on testing and documentation needs while balancing project goals with technical requirements and team skill sets.
Driving execution–ensuring SLAs are met, key performance metrics are being tracked, and work is being actively unblocked.
Expanding and refining automated processes and supporting teams in adopting best practices that improve software quality and technical documentation
Promoting a mindset of quality and documentation-first practices across the engineering teams.
Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of automated test suites, manual testing practices and technical documentation.
Ensuring both teams are engaged and productive, and understands the big picture of the different projects they contribute to and how their efforts contribute to it.
Coaching your team, conducting performance reviews, providing career guidance, and building a professional and inclusive work culture.
Skills and Experience:
Demonstrated engineering experience in a technical management or leadership role.
Strong hands-on experience developing, designing, and reviewing software applications using languages such as Go, Python, PHP, or other object-oriented programming languages.
Proven track record of managing a team that provides critical centralized services (such as quality assurance, technical documentation or technical program management) to various product teams.
Experience managing the expectations of diverse teams with varying goals, ensuring that your service team prioritizes tasks effectively and delivers value across the organization.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, with the ability to articulate complex technical topics and solutions clearly and concisely.
An established track record and prior success in working with a multicultural, remote and distributed high-performing team.
Qualities that are important to us:
Alignment with our mission and values.
Experience with open source development methodologies and open source community.
Technical background in either manual and automated testing or technical documentation writing
Requirements
- ·Demonstrated engineering experience in a technical management or leadership role.
- ·Strong hands-on experience developing, designing, and reviewing software applications using languages such as Go, Python, PHP, or other object-oriented programming languages.
- ·Proven track record of managing a team that provides critical centralized services (such as quality assurance, technical documentation or technical program management) to various product teams.
- ·Experience managing the expectations of diverse teams with varying goals, ensuring that your service team prioritizes tasks effectively and delivers value across the organization.
- ·Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, with the ability to articulate complex technical topics and solutions clearly and concisely.
Benefits
- ·Applicant Privacy Policy
- ·Wikimedia Foundation
- ·What does the Wikimedia Foundation do?
- ·What makes Wikipedia different from social media platforms?
- ·News from across the Wikimedia movement
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, undisclosed, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Wikimedia Foundation, mentioning your remote working experience.
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
Found 5d ago. Last checked 23 Sept. Always confirm the details on the original posting, salary and location can change after publication.
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