The Senior Manager - Software Quality Assurance is responsible for leading initiatives related to code quality, software craftsmanship, and technical experience across the development teams. The ideal candidate will possess a strong software engineering background, deep expertise in code quality, static analysis, security testing, and performance optimization, along with a passion for enforcing best coding practices. This role ensures that software meets high standards of reliability, maintainability, and efficiency throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
Location: Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Work Conditions: On-site, Full-time
Major Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement innovative QA strategies, frameworks, and best practices across SDLC.
- Implement static and dynamic code analysis tools (e.g., SonarCube, ESLint, Checkstyle, Coverity) to detect vulnerabilities, bugs, and code smells.
- Establish and oversee the code review process, ensuring adherence to clean code principles and best practices.
- Collaborate with development, DevOps, and security teams to integrate quality engineering into CI/CD pipelines.
- Design automated quality gates in the build and deployment process to prevent regression and enforce standards.
- Guide teams on technical debt reductions, refactoring strategies, and software maintainability.
- Optimize application performance, scalability, and security through rigorous analysis and testing.
- Promote the adoption of secure coding practices and compliance with industry standards (e.g., OWASP, ISO).
- Monitor and analyze key quality metrics to continuously improve software delivery.
- Provide technical mentorship to developers, QA engineers, and architects on best engineering practices.
- Develop an end-to-end test automation strategy (unit, API, integration, performance, security).
- Lead performance testing initiatives using tools such as JMeter, Gatling, K6, LoadRunner.
- Integrate quality gates into Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps, or similar.
- Define progressive deployment strategies (canary, blue-green, feature flags).
- Establish key quality KPIs (defect density, MTTD, MTTR, test coverage).
- Drive code and engineering innovations (automate code review adoption, technical debt reduction, code complexity index, defect prediction accuracy).
- Ensure software development and quality assurance policies align with regulatory standards (GDPR, ISO, PCI-DSS).
- Establish post-mortem analysis frameworks for root cause analysis and continuous improvements.
- Oversee audit readiness, documentation, and reporting processes to ensure policy compliance.
Qualification:
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
Experience:
- 15+ years of experience in software development, software quality engineering, or technical quality management, with a focus on test automation.
- Strong experience in software architecture, design patterns, and best coding practices.
- Hands-on experience with static and dynamic code analysis tools (e.g., SonarQube, PMD, FindBugs).
- Proficiency in programming languages (e.g., Java, Python, C#, JavaScript, Flutter, React, Go).
- Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and infrastructure as code.
- Knowledge of security testing and secure coding principles.
- Experience with performance profiling, load testing, and scalability improvements.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Certifications Preferred:
- Experience with AI-driven code analysis and automated refactoring tools.
- Knowledge of software craftsmanship principles (SOLID, DRY, Clean Code).
- Certification in Secure Coding (CSSLP), Agile (SAFe, Scrum), or DevOps.
- Experience with cloud-native architectures (AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Microservices).
- Certified Software Quality Manager (CSQM).
- Certified Agile Test Leader (CATL).
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer.
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).
- Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400).
Language Requirements:
Not specified.
