What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, Quality Engineering position at Genesis10?
Genesis10 is seeking a Quality Engineering Manage for our client in the in the Inventory Management industry. This Contract to Hire position is located in Plano, TX.
W2 Hourly Pay rate range: $62-$67/hr
W2 Status:
Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position. Candidates must not require sponsorship now or in the future.
Description:
We are seeking an experienced Manager, Quality Engineering to lead a specialized team of 8-12 engineers in transforming how we validate software. The ideal candidate will have a deep technical background in test architecture, AI-augmented validation, chaos engineering, and CI/CD integration, with a proven ability to manage teams, drive quality excellence, and embed validation as a core engineering discipline. This role will involve overseeing the end-to-end quality transformation, fostering collaboration across engineering, and aligning efforts with organizational reliability goals.
Responsibilities:
Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year-in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.
Benefits of Working with Genesis10:
Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran
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Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Minorities/Female/Disabled/Veteran
W2 Hourly Pay rate range: $62-$67/hr
W2 Status:
Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position. Candidates must not require sponsorship now or in the future.
Description:
We are seeking an experienced Manager, Quality Engineering to lead a specialized team of 8-12 engineers in transforming how we validate software. The ideal candidate will have a deep technical background in test architecture, AI-augmented validation, chaos engineering, and CI/CD integration, with a proven ability to manage teams, drive quality excellence, and embed validation as a core engineering discipline. This role will involve overseeing the end-to-end quality transformation, fostering collaboration across engineering, and aligning efforts with organizational reliability goals.
Responsibilities:
- Team Leadership & Mentorship: Manage, mentor, and grow a team of 8-12 quality engineers (SDETs, AI specialists, chaos engineers, tooling experts), fostering a culture of technical rigor, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Quality Strategy: Define and drive the technical roadmap for quality engineering, ensuring alignment with business objectives and reliability requirements.
- Validation Delivery: Oversee the design, development, and deployment of test architectures, AI agents, and chaos frameworks, ensuring fast, reliable validation at every layer.
- Test Architecture: Lead the evolution of dependency injection, contract testing, mocking, and testability across backend, frontend, and mobile tiers.
- Collaboration: Partner with platform, product, and infrastructure teams to embed "shift-left" quality into development workflows.
- Quality Systems & Best Practices: Promote best practices in TDD, test pyramid discipline, CI quality gates, and "quality as code" via code reviews, scaffolding, and dashboards.
- Performance Management: Set clear goals, provide regular feedback, and conduct performance evaluations to support team growth and accountability.
- Technology Advocacy: Stay current with industry trends in AI testing, chaos engineering, and resilience, and advocate for adoption of cutting-edge tools and processes.
- 8 years of software or test engineering experience, with at least 3 years in a technical leadership or management role.
- Proven expertise in building test architectures for distributed systems (microservices, event-driven, multi-tier apps).
- Hands-on experience designing and implementing AI-driven test generation, mutation testing, or property-based testing.
- Deep knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and quality gate integration (e.g., diff-aware regression, canary validation).
- Strong track record leading chaos engineering initiatives (fault injection, traffic replay, resilience experiments).
- Experience driving cultural shifts from manual testing to automated, code-first validation.
- Proficiency in dependency injection, mocking frameworks, and contract testing across .NET, Kotlin/Android, and full stack environments.
- Familiarity with AI/ML frameworks for testing (e.g., test case generation, flaky detection, risk prioritization).
- Expertise in chaos tools (e.g., Gremlin, Toxiproxy, Chaos Monkey) and observability.
- Working knowledge of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), infrastructure as code, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Strong ability to mentor and develop engineers at varying experience levels, from junior SDETs to staff-level specialists.
- Excellent communication skills to articulate quality strategy and technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
- Proven track record of delivering quality transformations on time with measurable impact (e.g., reduced regression, faster releases).
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- Experience integrating quality tools into polyglot environments (.NET Kotlin/Android React).
- Contributions to open-source testing, chaos, or AI validation projects.
- Background in SRE or platform engineering with a quality focus.
- Familiarity with property-based testing libraries (e.g., Hypothesis, FsCheck) or AI testing platforms.
Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year-in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.
Benefits of Working with Genesis10:
- Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20 years.
- The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
- Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
- Behavioral Health Platform
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Health Savings Account
- Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
- Voluntary Term Life Insurance
- 401K
- Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
- Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF & Illinois)
Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran
#DIG10-DA
Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Minorities/Female/Disabled/Veteran
Salary : $62 - $67