OverviewIn this senior role, you lead Kong's global Quality Engineering for flagship runtimes, shaping an AI-driven testing framework.
You drive a transformative SDET organization and the next-generation, intelligent test substrate leveraging LLMs and autonomous test agents.
You partner with product and engineering to embed testability early and establish enterprise-grade QE metrics.
This role combines hands-on strategy with cross-geo leadership to raise testing standards across high-performance data planes.
ResponsabilitàLead and grow a geographically distributed SDET organization across NA, Europe, and Asia
Define and execute the AI testing roadmap, including autonomous test agents, test case generation, and self-healing scripts
Set quality strategies for low-latency data planes (C/Lua/Rust) and modernize CI/CD-driven test automation
Oversee end-to-end, performance, regression, and chaos testing within CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes)




Promote shift-left quality and governance by embedding testability into architecture with product management and software engineering
Define and monitor QE health metrics (CI reliability, automation coverage, defect density, time-to-triage, release stability)
Requisiti fondamentali10+ years in software engineering/SDET with a track record in enterprise test automation
4+ years in engineering management leading distributed or global SDET teams
Hands-on vision for integrating AI/LLMs, generative AI, or autonomous agent frameworks into software quality workflows
Operational excellence in follow-the-sun cadence, vendor partnerships, and cross-timezone execution
strong leadership and mentoring
cross-functional collaboration
strategic thinking and roadmap execution
AI integration with LLMs and autonomous agents
test automation framework design for performance/chaos testing
CI/CD automation with GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes

📌 Senior Engineering Manager - Test Function (Varese)
🏢 Kong
📍 Varese