Manager, Test Engineering

Location: This is a hybrid role.

About our Company:

Medidata is powering smarter treatments and healthier people through digital solutions to support clinical trials. Celebrating over 25 years of ground-breaking technological innovation across more than 38,000 trials and 12 million patients, Medidata offers industry-leading expertise, analytics-powered insights, and one of the largest clinical trial data sets in the industry. More than 1 million registered users across approximately 2,300 customers trust Medidata's seamless, end-to-end platform to improve patient experiences, accelerate clinical breakthroughs, and bring therapies to market faster. A Dassault Systèmes brand (Euronext Paris: FR0014003TT8, DSY.PA), Medidata is headquartered in New York City and has been recognized as a Leader by Everest Group and IDC. Discover more at www.medidata.com. Listen to our latest podcast, from Dreamers to Disruptors, and follow us at @Medidata.

About the Team:

We know that creativity doesn't happen on-demand. Developing cutting-edge cloud technology takes great minds and talented people working together in a collaborative environment. That is why we are committed to fostering an innovative, agile company culture. We encourage our teams to come together and experiment with new concepts, research new approaches and test out new technologies. We believe that being part of our team will make a difference in the world.

Responsibilities:

Reporting to a Senior Manager of Engineering in the US you will:

• Lead and scale multiple test engineering teams across projects, encouraging a culture of automation-first and shift-left testing practices.

• Define enterprise-wide quality engineering strategy and roadmap, driving the adoption of modern testing frameworks like Playwright and Cypress.

• Architect and oversee the development of enterprise-level testing tools and platforms to improve organisational quality engineering capabilities.

• Establish and govern test automation standards, ensuring consistent OOP implementations across all testing frameworks.

• Guide the implementation of comprehensive CI/CD testing pipelines using GitHub Actions, enabling automated production deployments.

• Manage AWS cloud testing infrastructure strategy, optimising cost and performance for large-scale test execution.

• Partner with engineering leadership to influence product architecture decisions that support testability and quality goals.

• Develop and track important quality KPIs, providing executive-level reporting on testing effectiveness and release readiness.

• Collaborate with product management and development leadership to align quality engineering programs with our goals and delivery timelines.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated leadership experience managing technical teams.

• Leadership mindset focused on shift-left testing practices, promoting early testing integration in the development lifecycle.

• Automation-first approach with proven ability to ship releases to production using fully automated processes.

• Experience in creating enterprise-level tools and frameworks to elevate quality engineering practices to the next level.

• Proven track record of developing and executing effective QA metrics to drive quality improvements.

• Background in software testing, including expertise in test automation and performance testing.

• Hands-on coding experience using Python and JavaScript programming with in-depth knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts.

• Extensive experience with modern testing frameworks and tools, including Playwright and Cypress for end-to-end testing.

• Proven expertise in creating comprehensive test pipelines using GitHub Actions for continuous integration and deployment.

• Hands-on experience with AWS services and cloud-based testing infrastructure.

• Strong familiarity with Agile methodologies and continuous integration/delivery (CI/CD) processes.

• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab) and integrating automated tests within CI pipelines.

Medidata follows a hybrid office policy in which employees who are hired for an in-person position are expected to work on site a certain number of days per week following Company policy.

Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Medidata provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a commission on the terms of applicable plan documents, and many of Medidata's non-sales positions are eligible for annual bonuses. Medidata believes that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most and provides benefits, including medical, dental, family leave, life and disability insurance, a generous pension, and 25+ paid holidays per year.

We will accept applications on an ongoing basis until we fill the position.

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Inclusion Statement

As a game-changer in sustainable technology and innovation, Medidata, a Dassault Systèmes company, is striving to build more inclusive teams across the globe. We believe that our people are our number one asset and we want all employees to feel empowered to bring their whole selves to work every day. It is our goal that our people feel a sense of pride and a passion for belonging. As a company leading change, it’s our responsibility to foster opportunities for all people to participate in a harmonized Workforce of the Future.