QA Manager - Sony Music Entertainment - New York, NY

The Orchard is a leading distributor of digital music and film. We have almost 9 million songs in our catalogue, which accounts for over 20% of the music that’s currently available on Spotify and iTunes. Our growing film business has more than 10 theatrical releases planned in 2016 and a 2015 Oscar Nominated documentary film. The Orchard’s YouTube channels have 100 billion lifetime views.

The Orchard is looking for a QA Manager to lead our talented team of QA Automation Engineers.

Responsibilities:
Work with a cross-functional management team to understand new features, think through edge cases, and devise testing strategies. Understand how all elements of our software ecosystem work together and develop QA approaches appropriate for our architecture. Guide the evolution and maturation of our test frameworks through awareness of cutting edge technology and techniques. Identify gaps in test coverage, assess risk, and prioritize according to business value. Act in a hands-on role partnering with QA team to solve particularly challenging cases and to share knowledge and best practices. Set processes for triaging production bugs and reporting metrics to management. Manage, mentor, and lead a team of QA Engineers.

Qualifications:
Experience leading teams and mentoring employees. Solid programming knowledge, Ruby a plus. Proficiency in browser automation using WebDriver from Selenium or Watir. Familiarity with microservice architecture in a CI/CD environment a plus. Experience keeping tests under distributed source control, such as git. Demonstrate solid understanding of the business to properly characterize risk, impact and priority.

About The Orchard®

The Orchard is an independent music and video distribution company that provides an innovative and comprehensive sales and marketing platform for content owners. With our industry-leading technology and operations, we partner with companies of all sizes to make their music and videos available across hundreds of digital and mobile outlets around the world, and physical retailers too. We work with our clients to maximize their revenue, and provide them with the latest and greatest digital marketing tools and sophisticated sales analytics to help them run their businesses efficiently and effectively.

The Orchard was founded in 1997 in New York City to foster independence and creativity in the music industry. Our headquarters are in New York and London, with operations in more than 25 markets around the world, including France, Spain, Germany, Mexico, Argentina, India, Australia and more. At The Orchard, the focus is to provide a comfortable, social and engaging environment to encourage productivity, creativity and personal/business relationships. From monthly potlucks and game nights to company kickball teams and other staff perks , our employees like what they do and where they do it.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.