Senior Engineering Manager, Test & Quality

US Diversity Job Search; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 225,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Short-term disability

Life insurance

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Fertility treatment benefits

401(k)

Equity

Job summary

Cribl is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a remote-first, cross‑functional team of Software Development Engineers in Test (SDETs) responsible for the quality and reliability of all Cribl products. This hands‑on leadership role focuses on building quality in from design to release with agentic workflows.

You will drive testing strategy, metrics, and collaboration with product and engineering managers, while mentoring a high‑performing, distributed team to ship high‑quality software

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in establishing testing strategy and defining quality metrics for products deployed in both SaaS as well as customer managed environments.
• Thorough understanding of the SDLC and the changes required for agentic development.
• Strong understanding of test architecture, automation, CI/CD, observability, release management, and root‑cause analysis.
• Experience with AI‑developed tests and workflows.
• BS CS/EE or equivalent practical experience with 10+ years of industry experience, including 4+ years in a technical leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Own the quality strategy across Cribl products and communicate metrics for data‑driven prioritization of the team's roadmap.
• Lead continuous improvement in test automation, CI stability, defect prevention, root‑cause analysis, and escape‑rate reduction.
• Continuously optimize end to end pipelines for both quality and velocity, removing bottlenecks for both people and agentic workflows.
• Foster a "customer first" mindset by continuously running failure analysis to close the testing gap with customer deployments.
• Establish a strong partnership with product management and engineering managers to ensure quality standards are implemented from the start.
• Coach, mentor, and grow a remote‑first team of exceptional test engineers focusing on agentic workflows.

Skills

Quality strategy

Test automation

CI/CD

Observability

Root cause analysis

Leadership

Education

BS CS/EE or equivalent

Tools

Automation frameworks

CI/CD tools

Observability tools

Job description

Cribl is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a remote-first, cross‑functional team of Software Development Engineers in Test (SDETs) responsible for the quality and reliability of all Cribl products. This hands‑on leadership role focuses on building quality in from design to release with agentic workflows.

You will drive testing strategy, metrics, and collaboration with product and engineering managers, while mentoring a high‑performing, distributed team to ship high‑quality software