TL;DR

Senior Engineering Manager (Automation Engineering): Leading a team of automation engineers to build and evolve automation platforms for high-quality software delivery at scale with an accent on defining automation strategy, establishing best practices, and delivering frameworks. Focus on accelerating developer productivity, reducing manual testing, and improving delivery speed and consistency across a distributed engineering organization.

Location: Hybrid work model, collaborating with globally distributed teams across multiple locations.

Company

%hirify_global% is a product company focused on building a restaurant platform to help businesses adapt and thrive.

What you will do

Lead and manage a team of Automation Engineers across multiple locations.
Define the automation engineering vision, roadmap, standards, patterns, and best practices.
Design, scale, and maintain reliable and maintainable automation frameworks and platforms.
Enable engineering teams to own automation by providing strong frameworks, documentation, and tooling.
Partner with Product Management and Engineering leadership to prioritize high-impact automation initiatives.
Integrate automation deeply into the software development lifecycle, including CI/CD pipelines.

Requirements

10+ years of experience leading and scaling automation engineering teams in a modern software engineering environment.
Strong technical depth in automation engineering, including API, UI, and integration testing strategies.
Hands-on experience with modern automation tools and frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, RestAssured, Postman/Newman, or Karate.
Proficiency in programming or scripting languages commonly used for automation, including Java, TypeScript/JavaScript, or Python.
Proven experience building shared automation platforms and frameworks adopted by multiple engineering teams.
Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI, or GitLab CI, and Git-based workflows.

Nice to have

Experience modernizing and scaling large automation codebases, including reducing technical debt.
Hands-on experience with test management and reporting ecosystems, such as TestRail.
Experience working with enterprise SaaS and business systems (e.g., Salesforce, NetSuite, Workday), including their APIs and complex data flows.
Working knowledge of query languages such as SQL or SOQL for data validation and test verification.
Experience with behavior-driven or specification-based testing approaches (e.g., Cucumber).
Background in developer productivity, internal tooling, or platform engineering teams.
Experience working with globally distributed engineering teams.

Culture & Benefits

Embraces a hybrid work model that fosters in-person collaboration while valuing individual needs.
Committed to building a strong culture of connection to empower the restaurant community.
Prioritizes diversity, equity, and inclusion as a core recipe for success.
Committed to providing reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities during the hiring process.