Senior Member of Technical Staff - Quality Engineering

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams in the design, implementation, validation, and delivery of high-performance software libraries, ensuring seamless integration with GPU kernels and broader systems. Embed quality as a first-class concern throughout the development lifecycle.
• Provide critical technical input to the software roadmap with a focus on long-term quality outcomes, maintainability, and testability. Drive alignment between product goals and engineering excellence.
• Initiate and influence architectural and design decisions that prioritize robustness, performance, and quality. Lead documentation efforts that support clarity, reproducibility, and continuous improvement across teams.
• Collaborate with principal engineers to plan and execute technical governance activities that uphold high standards across integrated libraries. Establish and evolve quality metrics, review processes, and validation frameworks.
• Draft technical designs that holistically consider constraints, performance, and quality assurance. Lead by example in delivering high-quality code and uplifting the technical execution of peers.
• Review project scopes with a quality lens, identifying opportunities to broaden impact and align efforts across teams. Ensure that documentation reflects current understanding and supports future scalability.
• Coach and mentor engineers in quality best practices, test strategies, and sustainable development patterns. Actively participate in talent reviews and contribute to building a high-performing, quality-focused engineering culture.

Requirements

• Extensive hands-on experience improving quality across various technologies including C++ and hardware/software co-development.
• Familiarity with supporting languages such as Python, Rust, Go, and JavaScript, with an emphasis on leveraging the right tools to ensure software quality and reliability.
• Proven experience in performance tuning, profiling, and optimization for technical computing applications.
• Skilled in implementing continuous integration pipelines that enforce quality gates, detect regressions early, and ensure robustness.
• Familiar with deployment and orchestration systems (e.g., Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes) to support scalable and reproducible quality workflows.
• Experience contributing to and collaborating within open-source communities, with a focus on maintaining high standards of code quality, documentation, and testing.
• Demonstrated success in developing and applying professional software engineering practices to elevate quality in the software development lifecycle.
• Advanced degrees, such as M.Sc. or M.Eng., are preferred.

Nice to Have

• Deep technical expertise with a quality lens across multiple technologies.
• Experience with open-source projects and community-driven quality initiatives.
• Knowledge of Agile, Scrum, or Kanban methodologies to drive iterative quality improvements.
• Experience with scalable and high-impact quality systems across complex engineering environments.

Qualifications

• Advanced degrees, such as M.Sc. or M.Eng., are preferred.

Benefits & Perks

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