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Veeam is the Data and AI Trust Company, specializing in helping organizations ensure their data and AI are fully understood, secured, and resilient to enable the acceleration of safe AI at scale. As the market leader in both data resilience and data security posture management, Veeam is built for the convergence of identity, data, security, and AI risk. Headquartered in Seattle with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 550,000 customers worldwide, who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running. Join us as we go fearlessly forward together, growing, learning, and making a real impact for some of the world's biggest brands.
About the Role
You will lead quality engineering for Veeam Data Command Platform, owning the strategy, teams, and automation that make every release reliable, secure, and ready for enterprise scale. Your teams will test the Knowledge Graph, the hyperscale data lake integrations, and the Universal Connector Framework. You will own quality for integrating Veeam backup workloads into the platform.
This role is for a hands-on quality leader who treats test automation as a core engineering discipline, understands backup and resilience deeply, and can build an AI-first quality culture where automation and agentic tools are a standard part of how teams ship.
What You'll Do
- Set the quality vision and strategy across Data Command Platform, including test architecture, release criteria, and quality metrics that teams can act on
- Build and lead QA and SDET teams by hiring, coaching, and developing managers and senior engineers, with clear expectations and growth paths
- Own quality for the integration of Veeam backup workloads, including validating backup, restore, replication, and recovery workflows and how backup data and metadata flow into the platform
- Define resilience testing standards, including failure injection, chaos testing, disaster recovery scenarios, and recovery time and recovery point objective (RTO/RPO) validation
- Drive test automation at every layer unit, API, integration, end-to-end, performance, and security built into CI/CD pipelines with fast, reliable feedback
- Build scalable test frameworks and environments for connectors across SaaS, IaaS, and AI platforms, including test data management, service virtualization, and contract testing for third-party APIs
- Lead performance, scale, and reliability testing for the Knowledge Graph and data lake integrations, including large-volume scans, graph queries, and ingestion pipelines
- Build an AI-first quality practice where teams use tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and Copilot to generate, maintain, and triage tests, with guardrails that protect quality and security
- Create reusable "Claude skills" and agent workflows that standardize test patterns, test generation, and failure analysis
- Own release readiness, escaped-defect analysis, and continuous improvement in partnership with engineering, product, and support
What You'll Bring
- 12+ years in software quality engineering, test automation, or software development, including significant hands-on SDET experience
- 6+ years of quality engineering leadership experience, including leading through managers and scaling multiple teams
- Hands-on experience testing backup, recovery, or data resilience products and workloads; experience with Veeam products is a strong plus
- Strong understanding of backup and resilience concepts, including snapshots, replication, immutability, RTO/RPO, and ransomware recovery
- Proven experience building test automation frameworks from the ground up in Python, Go, and/or Java
- Experience testing distributed systems, REST/GraphQL APIs, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) at scale
- Strong background in CI/CD and test infrastructure, such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Kubernetes, and containerized test environments
- Experience with performance, load, and chaos testing tools (e.g., k6, JMeter, Locust, Chaos Mesh)
- Practical experience using AI-assisted development tools and the judgement to set standards that keep AI-assisted testing reliable and secure
Bonus Skills
- Experience testing data security, data governance, DSPM, or AISPM products
- Familiarity with graph databases (Neo4j, Amazon Neptune) or data lakes/lakehouses (Delta Lake, Iceberg)
- Experience testing enterprise SaaS integrations and identity/permission models (e.g., Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Snowflake)
- Background in security testing practices (SAST, DAST, and penetration testing coordination)
- Experience building custom agents or MCP-based workflows for test automation
- Infrastructure-as-Code experience for test environments (e.g., Terraform or Pulumi)
Veeam Software is an equal opportunity employer and does not tolerate discrimination in any form on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law. All your information will be kept confidential.
Personal data collected during the recruitment process will be processed in accordance with our Recruiting Privacy Notice, which explains how your information is collected, used, and handled in connection with hiring activities. By applying for this position, you consent to this processing.
By submitting your application, you confirm that the information provided, including any supporting documents, is complete and accurate to the best of your knowledge. Any misrepresentation, omission, or falsification may result in disqualification from consideration or, if discovered after employment begins, termination of employment.
Veeam is the Data and AI Trust Company, specializing in helping organizations ensure their data and AI are fully understood, secured, and resilient to enable the acceleration of safe AI at scale. As the market leader in both data resilience and data security posture management, Veeam is built for the convergence of identity, data, security, and AI risk. Headquartered in Seattle with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 550,000 customers worldwide, who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running. Join us as we go fearlessly forward together, growing, learning, and making a real impact for some of the world's biggest brands.
About the Role
You will lead quality engineering for Veeam Data Command Platform, owning the strategy, teams, and automation that make every release reliable, secure, and ready for enterprise scale. Your teams will test the Knowledge Graph, the hyperscale data lake integrations, and the Universal Connector Framework. You will own quality for integrating Veeam backup workloads into the platform.
This role is for a hands-on quality leader who treats test automation as a core engineering discipline, understands backup and resilience deeply, and can build an AI-first quality culture where automation and agentic tools are a standard part of how teams ship.
What You'll Do
- Set the quality vision and strategy across Data Command Platform, including test architecture, release criteria, and quality metrics that teams can act on
- Build and lead QA and SDET teams by hiring, coaching, and developing managers and senior engineers, with clear expectations and growth paths
- Own quality for the integration of Veeam backup workloads, including validating backup, restore, replication, and recovery workflows and how backup data and metadata flow into the platform
- Define resilience testing standards, including failure injection, chaos testing, disaster recovery scenarios, and recovery time and recovery point objective (RTO/RPO) validation
- Drive test automation at every layer unit, API, integration, end-to-end, performance, and security built into CI/CD pipelines with fast, reliable feedback
- Build scalable test frameworks and environments for connectors across SaaS, IaaS, and AI platforms, including test data management, service virtualization, and contract testing for third-party APIs
- Lead performance, scale, and reliability testing for the Knowledge Graph and data lake integrations, including large-volume scans, graph queries, and ingestion pipelines
- Build an AI-first quality practice where teams use tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and Copilot to generate, maintain, and triage tests, with guardrails that protect quality and security
- Create reusable "Claude skills" and agent workflows that standardize test patterns, test generation, and failure analysis
- Own release readiness, escaped-defect analysis, and continuous improvement in partnership with engineering, product, and support
What You'll Bring
- 12+ years in software quality engineering, test automation, or software development, including significant hands-on SDET experience
- 6+ years of quality engineering leadership experience, including leading through managers and scaling multiple teams
- Hands-on experience testing backup, recovery, or data resilience products and workloads; experience with Veeam products is a strong plus
- Strong understanding of backup and resilience concepts, including snapshots, replication, immutability, RTO/RPO, and ransomware recovery
- Proven experience building test automation frameworks from the ground up in Python, Go, and/or Java
- Experience testing distributed systems, REST/GraphQL APIs, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) at scale
- Strong background in CI/CD and test infrastructure, such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Kubernetes, and containerized test environments
- Experience with performance, load, and chaos testing tools (e.g., k6, JMeter, Locust, Chaos Mesh)
- Practical experience using AI-assisted development tools and the judgement to set standards that keep AI-assisted testing reliable and secure
Bonus Skills
- Experience testing data security, data governance, DSPM, or AISPM products
- Familiarity with graph databases (Neo4j, Amazon Neptune) or data lakes/lakehouses (Delta Lake, Iceberg)
- Experience testing enterprise SaaS integrations and identity/permission models (e.g., Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Snowflake)
- Background in security testing practices (SAST, DAST, and penetration testing coordination)
- Experience building custom agents or MCP-based workflows for test automation
- Infrastructure-as-Code experience for test environments (e.g., Terraform or Pulumi)
Veeam Software is an equal opportunity employer and does not tolerate discrimination in any form on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law. All your information will be kept confidential.
Personal data collected during the recruitment process will be processed in accordance with our Recruiting Privacy Notice, which explains how your information is collected, used, and handled in connection with hiring activities. By applying for this position, you consent to this processing.
By submitting your application, you confirm that the information provided, including any supporting documents, is complete and accurate to the best of your knowledge. Any misrepresentation, omission, or falsification may result in disqualification from consideration or, if discovered after employment begins, termination of employment.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Electronics & Hardware
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
- Consulting & Professional Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in test director jobs.
- 8 or more years of software quality assurance experience, including leadership of test teams
- Proficiency with test management and automation tools such as Selenium, Jira, or TestRail
- Experience defining and implementing test strategy across the full software development lifecycle
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field
- Demonstrated ability to manage QA budgets, vendor relationships, and cross-functional stakeholders
- Certifications such as ISTQB Advanced or CSTE preferred by many enterprise employers
Tips for Your Test Director Job Search
Quantify defect reduction on your resume
Test directors are hired to improve quality outcomes, so your resume needs numbers. Show how your test strategies reduced defect escape rates, shortened release cycles, or cut regression time. Vague claims about 'improving quality' won't move you past the first screening.
Highlight your test automation governance experience
Many test director roles require owning the automation framework strategy across teams, not just writing scripts. Explicitly name the frameworks you've governed, the team sizes you've overseen, and how you've standardized tooling across projects or business units.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists test director openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings by domain knowledge requirements
Test director roles in regulated industries like medical devices or financial services require domain-specific compliance knowledge. Filter your search by industry and confirm the posting mentions FDA validation, SOX controls, or HIPAA before spending time tailoring your application.
Prepare a cross-functional leadership story for interviews
Interviewers for test director positions probe how you align QA with product, engineering, and DevOps under pressure. Prepare two or three specific examples of resolving quality disagreements at the leadership level, with clear outcomes, before your first round.
Negotiate scope before accepting an offer
Test director roles vary widely in whether you own headcount, budget, or tooling decisions. Before signing, clarify reporting lines, whether the role has direct reports or is a matrix influence position, and what your first-year success metrics will be.
Test Director Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most test directors?
The most active employers for test directors right now are Northrop Grumman, NVIDIA, and Mastercard, and the most openings are in California, Texas, and Nevada, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is especially concentrated at large software companies, government contractors, and regulated-industry enterprises.
How many test director jobs are remote?
About 64% of test director openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the role's heavy reliance on distributed engineering teams. Sub-areas like test automation strategy and QA process consulting tend to be the most remote-friendly, while roles that require hands-on lab or hardware testing are more likely to require on-site presence.
How do you become a test director?
Start by building several years of hands-on QA engineering experience, then move into a test lead or QA manager role where you own a team and a test strategy. Pursue advanced certifications like ISTQB Advanced Test Manager to signal readiness for director-level responsibility. Develop cross-functional leadership skills by working closely with product and engineering on release decisions, and document measurable quality outcomes throughout to build the portfolio interviewers expect.
Can you get a test director job without prior director-level experience?
Some employers will hire strong QA managers into a first test director role if you can show you have already been operating at director scope, even without the title. The key is demonstrating that you have owned test strategy organization-wide, managed or influenced teams beyond your direct reports, and driven measurable improvements to release quality. Targeting companies undergoing rapid growth or digital transformation often opens more room for this kind of step-up hire.
What does the test director interview process look like?
Most test director interviews run across multiple rounds, starting with a recruiter screen focused on leadership scope and team size, followed by a technical panel that probes your automation strategy decisions and tooling choices. Expect at least one round with engineering or product leadership that tests how you align quality goals with delivery timelines. Many employers also ask for a written test strategy proposal or a presentation on how you would build out or improve their QA function.
Where can I find and apply to test director jobs?
You can find and apply to test director jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your experience level, industry background, and preferred location, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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