QA Manager
Everything happens somewhere - which is why spatial analytics is fundamental to companies trying to understand the “where” and the “why” of their business. CARTO is the leading cloud-native location intelligence platform, trusted by data scientists, data analysts and developers from companies such as Vodafone, IKEA, Decathlon, Coca-Cola and Mastercard to provide geospatial insights for use cases such as site selection, geomarketing, route optimization, network planning and much more.
With an exceptionally diverse team of 150 people spread across the US, Europe and APAC, CARTO (backed by Insight Partners, Accel Partners, Salesforce Ventures, and Earlybird Ventures, among others) is changing the way companies analyze location data - making it simple to do this straight out of modern, cloud data warehouses. Redefining its category, the company has grown rapidly in recent years providing a compelling alternative to legacy GIS software.
CARTO has built the most advanced location intelligence platform which connects directly to the most used Data Warehouses in the industry such as Google’s BigQuery, Amazon Redshift, Snowflake and Databricks; thus, allowing our partners and customers to do location intelligence and geospatial analysis directly where their data lives opening limitless possibilities for their businesses.
To drive our continued growth, the Product Engineering team is seeking a QA Lead to take ownership of testing activities across the organization, ensuring seamless planning and execution. In this role, you will play a key part in establishing CARTO as the most robust location platform on the market.
You’ll be leading a remote-first team of three skilled QA Analysts/Engineers, all based in different locations across Spain, fostering collaboration and excellence in a distributed work environment.
Location
The position is open to be remote. In fact, we are mostly working remotely now, but we have offices in Madrid and Seville in Spain. So ideally, you would be in a compatible time zone with Central European Time.
- Provide leadership, mentorship, and guidance to the QA team, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and best practices.
- Develop and refine QA processes to generate actionable testing insights and effectively scale testing efforts across multiple features.
- Own the E2E automated testing strategy and roadmap for the whole CARTO platform, including initiatives to close the gap in areas with lower coverage.
- Work closely with development teams and Product implementing and reviewing E2E automated tests.
- Become an expert in Spatial Analysis using SQL
- 5+ Experience as a Software Development Engineer in Test in a production environment.
- 3+ years of leadership experience managing high-performance teams.
- Experience in E2E automated testing with tools like Playwright and experience writing Typescript.
- Experience in test cases management tools like Testmo, TestRails or similar.
- Understanding of modern CI/CD setups like those provided by GitHub and the use of indicators in quality control measures and processes to ensure that products meet quality specifications.
- Hands-on engineer, lead by example.
- Experience working with SQL.
- Fluent English.
- Autonomy, curiosity, really eagerness to learn, and good energy.
- Competitive, results-based compensation.
- Access to our employee stock options plan.
- Private medical insurance.
- Flexible work hours in a focused but casual environment.
- Education Stipend.
- Flexible compensation.
- English classes.
- A big vision: to help the world use location-based data to make better decisions. We believe that openness and sustainability are baked into this vision, and we’re sharing it with the world.
- Contribute to a platform used by top companies around the world. Your work will have a direct impact on our users and clients.
To apply
Do you feel that you don't check all of the requirements? At CARTO we believe that professional development happens through teaching and learning from your peers and managers. Even if you’re uncertain about whether you have the experience we’re looking for, please apply if this position sparks your curiosity.
A diversity of identity, perspective, and experience makes us stronger. We welcome you to apply to CARTO regardless of your background, age, gender, ethnicity, orientation, or ability.
To learn more about us, please visit our blog!
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As a QA Manager at CARTO, a leading location intelligence platform, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that our products maintain the highest quality standards. CARTO is trusted by industry giants like Vodafone and Coca-Cola to provide geospatial insights that drive effective decision-making. In this fully remote position, you’ll lead a talented team of QA Analysts and Engineers, collaborating across Spain to implement innovative testing processes and frameworks. Your leadership will help establish CARTO as a robust platform in the realm of spatial analytics. This role isn’t just about managing teams; it revolves around mentoring, guiding, and fostering an environment that values collaboration and excellence. You’ll be responsible for the end-to-end automated testing strategy and developing actionable insights that will scale our testing efforts for multiple features. Ideal candidates will have strong leadership skills, proficiency in automated testing tools like Playwright, and a solid understanding of CI/CD processes. With exciting growth opportunities and a supportive remote culture, CARTO is looking for someone who shares our passion for unlocking the power of location-based data while helping others make well-informed choices.
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Carto
CARTO is changing the way maps are made by building the easiest and most powerful data mapping engine ever. We have more than 200,000 loyal users and customers around the world. The amount of location-based data is exploding, and from biodiversity...
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