Manager, Test Automation

Job title: Manager, Test Automation

About the Role Abbott is seeking a Manager, Test Automation at Lingo to lead the design, implementation, and scaling of automated testing across a global engineering organization. You will manage and develop a test automation and quality engineering team, partner with Engineering, Product, and Data teams, and ensure automated signals are fast, reliable, and actionable to maintain safety, reliability, and user experience in a cloud-based platform.

What You'll Do

• Lead a test automation team in a globally distributed environment, setting clear priorities, delivery plans, and a sustainable operating rhythm.
• Design and evolve automation frameworks for mobile (iOS/Android), backend services, APIs, and data pipelines, with emphasis on reliability, maintainability, and speed.
• Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines to provide fast, actionable feedback and reduce time-to-detect regressions.
• Establish automation coverage strategy (what to test where), quality gates, and release readiness criteria in partnership with Engineering and Product.
• Own test data, environments, and tooling required to support continuous releases across mobile and platform surfaces.
• Coach and develop engineers through code reviews, technical mentorship, and best-practice guidance for test design and automation patterns.
• Partner with teams building biosensor/CGM ingestion and analytics to validate data integrity and reliability through automated checks and monitoring.
• Support test-related compliance and audit readiness by producing clear, maintainable evidence from automated pipelines and structured test documentation.
• Champion shift-left quality practices by helping teams bake testability into design and development workflows.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years in software quality, test automation, or software engineering, including 3+ years leading, managing, and developing engineers.
• Strong hands-on experience building and maintaining automated test frameworks and infrastructure, with the ability to guide architecture and standards.
• Experience with mobile automation (iOS and/or Android) and testing consumer-facing applications at scale.
• Experience with API and service-level testing, including contract testing and integration testing patterns.
• Hands on experience building scalable automation frameworks (e.g., PyTest, Playwright, Jest, REST Assured).
• Solid understanding of SDLC, QA methodologies, and compliance requirements such as HIPAA and GDPR.
• Experience improving test stability and developer trust (e.g., reducing flakiness, optimizing runtimes, hardening test environments).
• Ability to create automation roadmap, prioritize testing effort, and deliver outcomes through clear communication.
• Working knowledge of regulated quality practices and documentation expectations (e.g., IEC 62304, ISO 13485, 21 CFR Part 820/11) or strong willingness to learn.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to align engineering teams and stakeholders on pragmatic quality goals.

Nice to Have

• Experience supporting distributed teams across multiple time zones, with effective remote leadership and collaboration habits.
• Demonstrated ability to manage stakeholders and drive alignment on quality gates, release readiness, and engineering productivity improvements.
• Background validating data-intensive platforms (IoT, sensor data pipelines).

Compensation & Benefits

• Career development with an international company offering growth opportunities.
• Health benefits including HIP-covered medical plans in the next calendar year.
• Excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement and education benefits (Freedom 2 Save, FreeU).
• A company recognized as a great place to work with diverse, global teams across dozens of countries.