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Director of QA

TradingView

TradingView

Quality Assurance
Málaga, Spain
Posted on Jul 5, 2024
Engineering · Málaga

Director of QA

We’re TradingView, the world’s number one platform for charting the financial markets. We’re backed by top American venture capital firms, with 50 million customers per month!

About us!

Our open source charts and commercial libraries are used by tens of thousands of financial sites across the planet, including whales 🐋 like: CME, Refinitiv, Investopedia, Crunchbase, Binance, Bitcoin.com and many many others. We’re also one of the world’s biggest websites (#61 to be exact, according to Alexa Rankings), visited by 100s of millions of people every year. So if you’re interested in finance, chances are you’ll have already seen us around the place.

Our mission is to help millions of people succeed in life, whatever that means for them, by providing the highest quality information in the smartest way so they can make the best-informed decisions possible. To do this, we’re looking for individuals to join a team where product quality means everything, where you’ll be given the opportunity to develop your best work, and where the fruits of your labor will be seen by millions of people each and every day.

Join our Spanish team

We’ve got people all over the world, but our new Spanish office is the heart of our tech operations. So, if you’re looking for a start-up, get stuck-in vibe, but with all the resources and firepower of a major scale-up, then look no further, this is the place for you! If you enjoy it, this is your place! It’s an exciting time to be part of team Spain as we continue our growth here. It’s an exciting time to join Team Spain as we continue to grow and innovate.

Our tech stack - Work with cutting-edge technologies

We are using the latest technologies, ensuring our team works on innovative and challenging projects: JavaScript, ReactJS, TypeScript with NodeJS and Python, Django on the backend

Your mission:

Being the leader of QA/Testing teams, the QA Lead (Director) drives strategy, methodology, and execution of every quality assurance, quality control and testing-related initiative (abbr. QA), including practices of integration, system, functional, acceptance and other testing activities to ensure product perfection as well as user satisfaction.

What will you do:

Strategy, Processes, Operations

  • Develop and execute a company-wide QA strategy and plans aligned with business strategy, key objectives and plans in a manner efficient in terms of cost, schedule, and other business metrics.
  • Identify, assess, mitigate and monitor factors and risks affecting the quality and performance of the TradingView product.
  • Work with other departments in order to strengthen and improve team-related processes and every engineering practice for better performance and efficiency of the QA team and company overall.
  • Define and track key performance indicators and metrics of the department, continuously improving one's efficiency and performance of the QA teams.
  • Effectively oversee and coordinate daily operations of the QA teams.

Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Testing

  • Be an ambassador of every QA-related practice in the organization, which should include daily bug-hunting process, implementation of an innovative framework or bug-tracking system, issues with CI/CD and testing pipelines, redefining the way QA teams operate or any other activity related to the role.
  • Evaluate and improve the current technological landscape, as well as methodologies and QA practices, keeping an eye on the latest and most advanced ones by suggesting, implementing, utilizing and improving such tools, methodologies and practices in TradingView's work for the most optimal and efficient performance, both at the company's level and for every QA team.
  • Introduce, develop, improve and maintain practices of automated, security, load and other types of testing, both functional and non-functional, using the most effective applicable methods and tools.
  • Implement, use and maintain relevant metrics to keep up-to-date benchmarks over product health and team performance.
  • Lead and manage documenting practices within the reporting teams to create comprehensive documentation, for both internal and external purposes.

Team Management

  • Operate QA teams (from 100 employees) in a supportive, developing, collaborative, and highly-performance manner.
  • Participate in the recruitment, onboarding, development, and retention of team activities, ensuring the right mix of skills and knowledge within the team.
  • Participate in the development of HR strategy, constantly seeking the most effective and innovative practices in the areas of management, development, retention, and recruiting.

Other

  • Perform other assignments of the company's senior management.
  • Manage available human resources and forecast necessary changes to meet targets and business needs.
  • Conduct regular performance reviews, 1-to-1s, 360 reviews, and other relevant procedures on subordinate personnel.

What you bring:

  • 7+ years of experience in software quality assurance, quality control or testing
  • General Knowledge, Tools, and Technologies:
  • At least 3+ years of hands-on experience in a QA environment.
  • Familiarity with SDLC, Recent and Best Practices of Software Development and QA Processes, including Automated, Manual and Load testing.
  • Change Management Techniques.
  • Agile Methodologies.
  • Project Management tools such as Atlassian Jira, Aha, or similar.
  • Confluence or other Document Management tools.
  • Soft Skills:
  • Strong Interpersonal Communication Skills.
  • Teamwork and Adaptability.
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving.
  • Time Management and Resource Planning.

It’ll also be an advantage if you have experience in:

- Finance experience or knowledge of Trading

- Knowledge of TradingView 😁

Ready to be part of an innovative and fast-growing team? Join us in Spain and help shape the future of our tech operations!

What makes us different? Why join us? What can we offer you?

Additional information

This is an onsite role based in our Málaga office located in Muelle Uno, offering you the opportunity to work in a vibrant culture and enjoy an excellent quality of life.

TradingView is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. With 500 employees from 40 nationalities speaking nearly 20 languages, with 5 global offices where we foster inclusive and collaborative work environments.

Join us and take part in innovative projects that shape the future of financial analysis and trading, making an impact in the fintech space!

Department
Engineering
Locations
Málaga

About TradingView

We’re TradingView, the largest social network and charting platform for traders and investors – used by 50 million users each month in over 180 different countries.

Founded in 2011
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Engineering · Málaga

Director of QA

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