Senior QE Lead, Infrastructure
AirbnbAirbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.
The Community You Will Join:
- Nestled within Airbnb's Infrastructure Org, the Quality team is a team of ~150, spread across the globe in the USA, Canada, Brazil, Ireland, India, China and more. Through professional Software Quality Assurance expertise, we ensure the quality of the Airbnb software and support nearly every one of Airbnb's business teams. We enjoy partnering with business stakeholders in order to deliver the best experience to our community.
The Difference You Will Make
- As a Senior QE Lead, you are responsible for ensuring software product quality through the design, execution, and documentation of manual and automated tests. within the QE organization. You will work cross-functionally to improve the quality of our software, and do so with clear communication, efficient program planning, and deep focus on overall project execution. You'll play a critical role in ensuring that Airbnb delivers high quality products.
A Typical Day
- Be accountable for planning and execution of the QE team's priorities.
- Work with QE leadership to define, launch, and execute multiple strategic and operational initiatives in service of the above priorities.
- Ensure quality is consistent across all projects and is represented during project planning, development, and launches.
- Drive the adoption of automated testing as a key strategic lever for ensuring efficient and effective testing.
- Clearly communicate program status and progress to large groups of project stakeholders and senior leadership.
- Effectively manage change by influencing and communicating with key stakeholders. Anticipate risks associated with change management, and ensure creative and effective mitigations are available.
- In collaboration with Product teams, identify opportunities and advocate for product improvements and/or tools that support the team's strategy and the needs of the customer.
- Work to quickly become well-versed in the engineering team's product/domain space.
- Coordinate and collaborate with 3rd party vendors an
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