BE PART OF BUILDING THE FUTURE.

What do NASA and emerging space companies have in common with COVID vaccine R&D teams or with Roblox and the Metaverse? 

The answer is data, -- all fast moving, fast growing industries rely on data for a competitive edge in their industries. And the most advanced companies are realizing the full data advantage by partnering with Pure Storage. Pure’s vision is to redefine the storage experience and empower innovators by simplifying how people consume and interact with data. With 11,000+ customers including 58% of the Fortune 500, we’ve only scratched the surface of our ambitions. 

Pure is blazing trails and setting records:

• For ten straight years, Gartner has named Pure a leader in the Magic Quadrant 
• Our customer-first culture and unwavering commitment to innovation have earned us a certified Net Promoter Score in the top 1% of B2B companies globally
• Industry analysts and press applaud Pure’s leadership across these dimensions
• And, our 5,000+ employees are emboldened to make Pure a faster, stronger, smarter company as we go
  
  

If you, like us, say “bring it on” to exciting challenges that change the world, we have endless opportunities where you can make your mark.

We’ve built the world’s first all-flash storage, the introduction of the first evergreen storage model, the first AI-ready infrastructure, became the first fastest-growing private company (prior to IPO), and now we are the first to tackle the modern data experience. Why? Our mission is to constantly innovate to enable our customers to innovate. 

In this role as an Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of engineers. You will focus on driving and shaping the direction in enabling our product engineers to deliver high-quality software to our customers and build automated test platforms and infrastructure to accelerate our innovation for our customers. You will provide technical direction, mentoring to engineers on your team, and others to achieve successful project outcomes. The successful candidate must understand the dynamics of global R&D and possess deep knowledge of local culture while at the same time have the ability to adapt to Pure values and leadership attributes. This role requires the ability to lead and influence multiple stakeholders across cross-functional teams. 

You will need to partner with cross functional teams including Development, program and  product management and Customer Support to help identify new use cases and/or current gaps/improvements in our enterprise readiness expectations. You will need to work with the team  and establish a strategy to deliver. As a Quality Engineering leader, you will be involved in scaling up the processes for test driven development to run efficiently in an integrated CI / CD environment and continue to expand the shift left approach for Quality Engineering.

In this role, you'll get to learn, collaborate and contribute to the test strategy, test coverage improvements, working closely with stakeholders to define, develop testing and coverage, collaborate and partner with remote teams to continuously evolve FlashArray Enterprise Quality. Our open culture and transparency in both strategy and operations allow employees a deeper level of engagement in engineering and business decisions and being closely associated with the phenomenal growth. 

• Lead a team of talented Software Test Developers, focusing on optimizing testing procedures and enhancing the quality of software products
• Working closely with multiple geographical regions and willing to collaborate with partners across business units.
• Ensure timely delivery of projects and formulate strategic plans to improve testing efficiency and effectiveness.
• Execute existing and new automation strategies to enable and drive engineering team across business units to build automation@scale.
• Evangelize creativity in problem solving and innovation within the team.
• Challenge Status-Quo and continue to look for opportunities to improve the process, quality, tooling, importantly enabling shift left approach in software development process.  
• Collaborate across the entire engineering organization, including remote teams to define strategy by participating in product requirement & product design reviews.
• Define and execute on strategies and enabling test coverage for test driven development at scale
• Measure and drive a balance of efficiency and quality improvements
• Provide technical direction and mentoring to the team and others to ensure product quality and on-time deliverables
• Define and refine Engineering Quality metrics that provide visibility to “now” and drive teams’ goals.
• Identifying growth opportunities and providing resources for skill development
• Maintain effective communication with external stakeholders to align expectations and deliverables and ensure the team's customers have visibility into ongoing projects and priorities. 
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• 10 plus years of relevant industry experience, with a minimum of 3 years of technical hands-on leadership and people management experience
• Experience with Vmware Microsoft, Public Cloud (AWS or Azure or GCP), Kubernetes and Containers
• Technical hands-on leadership specifically in the system knowledge which includes Linux kernel storage, drivers and filesystems. 
• A passion for continuous improvement and “building stuff” 
• Experience in developing test strategies, software test automation.
• Experience with developing automation frameworks, test automation and developer tools to increase developer and release velocity
• Experience with test driven development integrated with CI/CD pipelines
• Demonstrated strong analytical and problem-solving skills in guiding system software network and security and application nuances.
• Strong knowledge of the enterprise storage industry & related technologies is a big plus
• Hands-on experience in mentoring, hiring, building and scaling up teams.
• Demonstrated abilities in Python. Your strong coding skills will be instrumental in driving the technical excellence of your team
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent.

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Pure is where you ask big questions, think differently, and make an impact. This is not just a job, but a place where you have a voice and can accelerate your career. We value unique thoughts and celebrate individuality, and with ample opportunity to learn, develop yourself, and expand into different roles, joining Pure is an investment in your career journey.

Through our Pure Equality program, which supports a flourishing field of employee resource groups, we nourish the personal and professional lives of our team members. And our Pure Good Foundation gives back to local and global communities through volunteering and grants.

And because we understand the value of bringing your full and best self to work, we offer a variety of perks to manage a healthy balance, including flexible time off, wellness resources, and company-sponsored team events.

PURE IS COMMITTED TO EQUALITY.