Acuity Brands, Inc

Lead Software Quality Engineer

Acuity Brands, Inc • $110K — $130K *
Ontario, CA 91761In-Person
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience.
  • 5+ years of Quality Engineering experience with complex software systems.
  • Strong programming/scripting skills for designing test automation.
  • Proven record in leading technical initiatives and influencing teams.
  • Excellent communication skills for conveying technical risks to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define quality strategies and assess risks.
  • Act as a Quality Engineering expert and mentor, guiding testing and automation decisions.
  • Identify and enhance engineering effectiveness through automation and process improvements.
  • Detect systemic quality risks using data and drive corrective actions.
  • Elevate the Quality Engineering team's capabilities through mentoring and knowledge sharing.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape quality practices across the division.
  • Technical leadership role with influence on software development lifecycle improvements.
  • Access to mentorship opportunities within the Quality Engineering team.
  • Collaboration with diverse stakeholders and teams.
  • Involvement in cutting-edge quality and automation technologies.
Full Job Description
Job Summary

We're seeking a Lead Software Quality Engineer to help shape and advance Quality Engineering practices across the Acuity Spatial Intelligence Division, providing technical leadership and driving meaningful improvements in how we build and deliver quality software.

This person will provide technical leadership for Quality Engineering, drive continuous improvement in how quality is built throughout the software development lifecycle, and help teams establish effective strategies for testing, automation, and quality evidence.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

  • Partner with software engineers, product, architecture, and other stakeholders to define effective quality strategies, identify risks, and build quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
  • Serve as a trusted Quality Engineering expert and coach, providing technical direction and helping teams make risk-based decisions on testing, automation, tooling, and quality practices.
  • Identify opportunities to improve engineering effectiveness through automation, tooling, testability, and process improvements, including automating complex integration and end-to-end scenarios where appropriate.
  • Proactively identify systemic quality risks and improvement opportunities, using data and quality signals to investigate problems and drive solutions to implementation.
  • Raise the technical capability of the Quality Engineering team through mentoring, technical guidance, reviews, knowledge sharing, and constructive feedback.


Skills and Minimum Experience Required

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent relevant work experience.
  • 5+ years of Quality Engineering experience defining quality strategies for complex, integrated software systems, including automation, integration, and end-to-end testing.
  • Strong programming or scripting experience with the ability to design, review, and guide test automation solutions.
  • Demonstrated experience leading technical initiatives and influencing decisions across engineering teams without direct authority.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical risks and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.


Preferred Skills and Experience

  • Experience with observability or production quality signals.
  • Experience with AI-assisted software development or quality engineering tools

About Acuity Brands, Inc

Acuity Brands, Inc. is a lighting and building management firm headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, with operations throughout North America and in Europe and Asia. It currently has about 12,000 employees and recorded net sales of $3.5 billion for fiscal year 2020. The company designs, produces, and distributes lighting fixtures, controls, and related products and services for commercial, institutional, industrial, infrastructure, and residential applications. Its lighting and building management solutions are marketed under various brands, including Lithonia Lighting, Holophane, Aculux, American Electric Lighting, and others. Acuity Brands is committed to sustainability and energy efficiency, and offers a range of products that meet or exceed industry standards for energy efficiency and environmental performance.
Learn more about Acuity Brands, Inc
Size
13,000 employees
Market Cap
$5.3 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$250.9 million
Founded
1898
5 Year Trend
+2.7%
Revenue
$3.2 billion
NASDAQ
AYI
* Ladders Estimates

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