Director at Weekday AI

Bengaluru, karnataka, India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

21 Mar, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

21 Dec, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Quality Assurance, Engineering, Leadership, Storage Systems, Flash Technologies, Test Automation, CI/CD Integration, Data Quality Assurance, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Strategic Thinking, Operational Rigor, Mentoring, Quality Metrics, Root Cause Analysis, Continuous Improvement, Reliability, Performance

Industry

technology;Information and Internet

Description

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients Min Experience: 18 years Location: Bengaluru JobType: full-time We are seeking an accomplished Director of Engineering – QA to lead and scale a high-impact quality engineering function within a complex, infrastructure-heavy technology environment. This leadership role is responsible for defining the overall quality vision, strategy, and execution across products and platforms, with a strong focus on storage systems, flash technologies, and large-scale infrastructure. The ideal candidate will balance strategic thinking with hands-on leadership, ensuring that quality is embedded across the entire engineering lifecycle while enabling teams to deliver reliable, high-performance solutions at scale. Key Responsibilities Define and own the end-to-end Quality Assurance strategy aligned with business goals, product roadmaps, and engineering priorities. Build, lead, and mentor high-performing QA and quality engineering teams across manual, automation, performance, and data quality disciplines. Establish robust QA processes, standards, and best practices across software, firmware, storage, and infrastructure layers. Drive quality excellence across flash and storage systems, ensuring reliability, scalability, performance, and data integrity. Partner closely with engineering, product management, architecture, and infrastructure teams to embed quality early in the development lifecycle. Oversee test strategy for complex distributed systems, including functional, integration, system, regression, performance, and stress testing. Lead initiatives around test automation, CI/CD integration, and modern quality engineering practices to improve speed and coverage. Ensure strong data quality assurance practices, including validation of data pipelines, analytics systems, and reporting accuracy. Monitor and improve quality metrics, defect trends, release readiness, and customer-impacting issues. Drive root cause analysis for critical defects and production issues, ensuring preventive actions are implemented. Champion a culture of quality, accountability, and continuous improvement across engineering and operations. Collaborate with infrastructure and operations teams to ensure production readiness, reliability, and compliance with quality standards. What Makes You a Great Fit Extensive experience in Quality Assurance leadership roles, with a strong background in engineering-driven QA organizations. Deep understanding of storage systems, flash technologies, and infrastructure-level testing challenges. Proven ability to scale QA teams, processes, and automation frameworks in complex, high-availability environments. Strong expertise in modern QA practices, including test automation, CI/CD integration, and quality metrics-driven decision-making. Experience with data quality assurance, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and reliability across systems and platforms. Ability to work cross-functionally and influence senior engineering, product, and infrastructure stakeholders. Strategic mindset combined with operational rigor, capable of translating business goals into executable quality strategies. Excellent leadership, communication, and mentoring skills, with a passion for building strong engineering cultures. Results-oriented approach with a focus on reliability, performance, and customer trust in mission-critical systems.

Responsibilities

The Director of Engineering – QA will define and own the end-to-end Quality Assurance strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals and engineering priorities. They will build and mentor high-performing QA teams and establish robust QA processes across various technology layers.