Planet is hiring a
Remote Quality Engineering Manager Platform
\nWelcome to Planet. We believe in using space to help life on Earth.\n\nPlanet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history. This constellation delivers an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a revolutionary cloud-based platform to authoritative figures in commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors. We are both a space company and data company all rolled into one.\n\nCustomers and users across the globe use Planet's data to develop new technologies, drive revenue, power research, and solve our worldโs toughest obstacles.\n\nAs we control every component of hardware design, manufacturing, data processing, and software engineering, our office is a truly inspiring mix of experts from a variety of domains.\n\nWe have a people-centric approach toward culture and community and we strive to iterate in a way that puts our team members first and prepares our company for growth. Join Planet and be a part of our mission to change the way people see the world.\n\nPlanet is headquartered in San Francisco, California, Earth.\n\nAbout the Role: \n\nAre you a Quality Leader passionate about software quality through automation and engineering excellence? Do you have a particular passion for building frameworks that support business functional use case testing, non functional quality, negative testing and performance? Have you helped build teams from the ground up? Then we would like to talk to you! We are growing our Quality Engineering team and are looking for passionate leaders who are well versed and advocate for shift left methodology, automation, customer experience and team owned quality - and the frameworks that support them!\n\nImpact Youโll Own:\n\n\n* Lead: You will provide guidance, direction and supervise the day-to-day function of a team of Quality Engineers that work across different products and possibly technologies.\n\n* Build: You will work closely with product development teams and infrastructure engineering to determine testing platform needs and equip engineers with reliable testing frameworks, assurance automation and environments\n\n* Empower. You empower agile teams by bringing focus to quality. You champion evangelize, influence and advocate for quality; ensuring quality is built-in as the software/service/product is being developed.\n\n* Automation is crucial. You ensure there is collaboration between qe/dev/prod to define, establish and continually evolve an automation strategy. \n\n* Measure. In collaboration with the team, you identify and ensure the team is measuring product health, quality and customer experience.\n\n* Knowledge. You are knowledgeable and aware of existing testing technologies and practices, and keep attuned to what is changing or new. You enjoy sharing your knowledge to upskill the team and QE community.\n\n\n\n\nWhat You Bring:\n\n\nSeveral years of industry experience, including experience as a technical lead responsible for quality assurance for a software product with a focus on release management, and at least 2 years of hands-on experience as a quality engineer or release engineer\n\nOutstanding communication and facilitation skills, in both local and globally distributed teams. As well as being a cross functional team influencer\n\nFamiliarity with developing/running test cases on an on-demand software or web-based software system\n\nAbility to successfully manage and organize multiple parallel projects and priorities\n\nIdentifying gaps in the requirements or testing processes and being able to generate solutions for continuous improvement\n\n\n\n\nWhat Makes You Stand Out:\n\n\nFamiliarity with geo-spatial data, satellite imagery and remote sensing is a plus\n\nYou have built QE teams from the ground up and are comfortable with hiring, onboarding and mentoring throughout\n\nExperienced in developing test frameworks that support functional and non-functional tests. Experience in developing and maintaining scalable test environments and release strategies will give you an edge\n\n\n\n\nBenefits While Working at Planet:\n\nBe part of a vibrant international company of 45+ nations with office locations in different countries\n\nSense of belonging in a diverse and inclusive culture\n\nExperience a fast-paced spacetech environment\n\nCountless opportunities to connect within and outside of work with regular team events \n\nPersonal development with annual L&D budget\n\nJoin our regular hack-weeks and meetup events to exchange knowledge\n\nEmployee Resource Groups that provide safe and empowering spaces for connection and mentorship\n\nGive back to the community by using one day per quarter for charitable work as part of our 1% Pledge\n\nHealth programs and flexible working hours to support work life balance\n\nBe part of our growth: we offer equity options for our employees\n\nDaily virtual mindful bodywork sessions to stay healthy\n\nWe offer equipment and wellbeing support during these challenging times \n\nAdditional contributions to Company Pension schemes\n\nEnjoy unique offers and discounts for companies/web shops \n\nAdditional Company Holidays\n\n\n\n\nSome Press About Us: \n\nOur CEO, Will Marshall featured on TED and featured in a Planet Blog\n\nโPlanet: Bringing Space Back Down to Earthโ\n\nTiny, privately owned satellites are changing how we view the Earth features in NBC News\n\nโPlanet And Rocket Lab Create Mission Patch To Honor Women In Aerospaceโ โPlanet Blog\n\nWhy we care so much about Belonging. \n\nWeโre dedicated to helping the whole Planet, and to do that we must strive to represent all of it within each of our offices and on all of our teams. Thatโs why Planet is guided by an ultimate north star of Belonging, dreaming big as we approach our ongoing work with diversity, equity and inclusion. If this job intrigues you, but youโre thinking you might not have all the qualifications, please... do apply! At Planet, we are looking for well-rounded people from around the world who can contribute to more ways than just what is listed in this job description. We donโt just fill positions, we aspire to fulfill peopleโs careers, most excited about folks who are motivated by our underlying humanitarian efforts. We are a few orbits around the sun before we get to where we want to be, so we hope youโre excited to come along for the ride. \nEEO statement:\nPlanet is committed to building a community where everyone belongs and we invite people from all backgrounds to apply. Planet is an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. \nAccommodations:\nPlanet is an inclusive community and we know that everyone has their own needs. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation during the interview process, please call Planet's front office at 669-214-9404 or contact your recruiter with your request. Your message will be confidential and we will be happy to assist you.\nPrivacy Policy: By clicking "Apply Now" at the top of this job posting, I acknowledge that I have read the Candidate Privacy Notice GDPR Planet Labs Europe, and hereby consent to the collection, processing, use, and storage of my personal information as described therein.\n#LI-AN1\n#LI-REMOTE \n\n#Salary and compensation\n
No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Engineer, Executive and Medical jobs that are similar:\n\n
$80,000 — $120,000/year\n
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๐ฐ 401(k)\n\n๐ Distributed team\n\nโฐ Async\n\n๐ค Vision insurance\n\n๐ฆท Dental insurance\n\n๐ Medical insurance\n\n๐ Unlimited vacation\n\n๐ Paid time off\n\n๐ 4 day workweek\n\n๐ฐ 401k matching\n\n๐ Company retreats\n\n๐ฌ Coworking budget\n\n๐ Learning budget\n\n๐ช Free gym membership\n\n๐ง Mental wellness budget\n\n๐ฅ Home office budget\n\n๐ฅง Pay in crypto\n\n๐ฅธ Pseudonymous\n\n๐ฐ Profit sharing\n\n๐ฐ Equity compensation\n\nโฌ๏ธ No whiteboard interview\n\n๐ No monitoring system\n\n๐ซ No politics at work\n\n๐
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\n\n#Location\nBerlin, Berlin, Germany