In this role, you will lead the strategy and execution of software quality engineering efforts, ensuring high-quality software delivery across multiple projects. You will manage a team of QA engineers, drive automation, and implement best practices in testing while collaborating closely with development and business teams. This position requires a strategic thinker who can balance technical rigor with operational efficiency, foster a culture of continuous improvement, and adapt quickly in a fast-paced, innovative environment. You will leverage modern cloud technologies and AI/LLM tools to optimize testing processes and enhance software reliability. The role offers the opportunity to influence product quality, improve development workflows, and mentor a high-performing team. Lead and mentor a team of QA engineers, promoting a culture of “quality as a feature.” Develop and implement comprehensive test plans, strategies, and quality assurance processes for software projects. Collaborate with Engineering, Business, and Partner teams to translate requirements into actionable test plans. Oversee the full software development lifecycle, ensuring adherence to QA best practices from design through deployment. Manage project timelines, resources, and budgets to deliver high-quality software efficiently. Establish KPIs, SLAs, and dashboards to monitor testing effectiveness, software quality, and continuous improvement. Leverage AI and LLM tools to automate test creation, execution, and reporting. Act as a liaison between QA, Engineering, and other departments to ensure effective communication and collaboration.

• Manage and mentor a high-performing team, fostering a culture of technical excellence, psychological safety, and continuous delivery. • Define the Data Engineering team vision, balancing immediate business needs with a long-term shift towards a self-service data mesh architecture. • Oversee the development of core data pipelines and platform tools, ensuring high performance for ingestion services. • Ensure the implementation of robust ETL/ELT pipelines and scalable models (Kimball/Data Vault), maintaining overall warehouse health. • Champion DevOps best practices, utilising Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD to ensure platform resilience. • Partner with Data Architects and Governance teams to embed security, compliance, and robust system design into the platform.

• Lead a strong full stack engineering team, fostering a high-performance, high-trust culture • Drive execution across the stack — from early scoping to production reliability • Partner closely with Product, Design, and Operations to define and deliver roadmap priorities • Make pragmatic technical decisions and help your team balance speed, quality, and maintainability • Own delivery, accountability, and operational excellence for your team’s systems • Recruit, onboard, and mentor engineers to build a cohesive and inclusive team • Drive career development and performance management for your reports • Help define and evolve Dandy’s engineering practices, architecture, and culture • Contribute changes to our software as an engineer, shipping changes alongside the engineers

About Phaidra Phaidra is building the future of industrial automation. The world today is filled with static, monolithic infrastructure. Factories, power plants, buildings, etc. operate the same they've operated for decades — because the controls programming is hard-coded. Thousands of lines of rules and heuristics that define how the machines interact with each other. The result of all this hard-coding is that facilities are frozen in time, unable to adapt to their environment while their performance slowly degrades. Phaidra creates AI-powered control systems for the industrial sector, enabling industrial facilities to automatically learn and improve over time. Specifically: We use reinforcement learning algorithms to provide this intelligence, converting raw sensor data into high-value actions and decisions. We focus on industrial applications, which tend to be well-sensorized with measurable KPIs — perfect for reinforcement learning. We enable domain experts (our users) to configure the AI control systems (i.e. agents) without writing code. They define what they want their AI agents to do, and we do it for them. Our team has a track record of applying AI to some of the toughest problems. From achieving superhuman performance with DeepMind's AlphaGo, to reducing the energy required to cool Google's Data Centers by 40%, we deeply understand AI and how to apply it in production for massive impact. Phaidra’s ability to achieve its mission is determined by our ability to work together — as defined by our core values: Transparency , Collaboration , Operational Excellence , Ownership , and Empathy. We seek individuals who embody these values, as they are instrumental in ensuring our team consistently delivers excellence and fosters an engaging and supportive culture Phaidra is based in the USA, but we are 100% remote with no physical office. We hire employees internationally with the help of our partner, OysterHR. Our team is currently located throughout the USA, Canada, UK, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Singapore, Australia, and India. Joining the Talent Pool Please submit your resume/CV here, along with a cover letter explaining what your ideal position is and how your skills would fit with the team! Benefits & Perks Fast-paced, team-oriented environment where your work directly shapes the company’s direction. We are a 100% remote company. Competitive compensation & meaningful equity. Outsized responsibilities & professional development. Training is foundational; functional, customer immersion, and development training. Medical, dental, and vision insurance (exact benefits vary by region). Unlimited paid time off, with a required minimum of 20 days per year. Paid parental leave (exact benefits vary by region). Flexible stipends to support your workspace, well-being, and continued professional development. Company MacBook. Please note: Not all of Phaidra’s benefits and perks listed above apply to temporary employees such as interns. On being Remote We take a thoughtful and intentional approach to remote collaboration. Inspired by pioneers like GitLab, we embrace proven best practices to foster an exceptional remote work environment. Our culture is documentation-first, and we prioritize asynchronous communication to support focus and flexibility across time zones. While we value independence, we stay closely connected through tools like Slack and video conferencing. Weekly all-hands meetings help us align and build strong relationships, and we regularly host virtual team-building activities and social events to maintain a sense of camaraderie. Equal Opportunity Employment Phaidra is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Phaidra is governed on the basis of merit, competence, and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status. We welcome diversity and strive to maintain an inclusive environment for all employees. If you need assistance with completing the application process, please contact us at hiring@phaidra.ai. Additional information about E-Verify can be found here. #LI-Remote To be considered for any position at Phaidra, you must submit an online application. This role will remain open until it is filled. Phaidra only hires individuals who are legally authorized to work in the specified location(s) above. We do not provide employment sponsorship. Candidates requiring visa sponsorship, either now or in the future, are not eligible for hire. WE DO NOT ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM RECRUITERS.