Quality Assurance Manager

Sefaria, a non-profit organization dedicated to building the future of Torah in an open and participatory way, seeks a full-time Quality Assurance Manager to ensure that Sefaria’s products meet quality requirements before launch. The QA Manager must be based in Israel and will report directly to the Director of Engineering. This position is based in Israel.

Our core engineering team is responsible for developing and maintaining Sefaria’s backend, API, website, structured data, research, cloud operations, and mobile apps. Over the last decade, the team has transformed the world of Torah learning with commitments to excellence in design, user experience, engineering, open data, and collaboration.

Position Overview

The QA Manager has overall responsibility for the quality and integrity of Sefaria.org as a product. Acting as the custodian of the product, they will focus on improving usability, developing and overseeing test plans, and ensuring that Sefaria's products meet the highest quality standards before launch. They will lead the QA efforts, including writing test plans, creating manual and automated tests, and coordinating with the engineering team to resolve issues.

We’re looking for a QA Manager who can not only identify and resolve issues but also anticipate potential problems in other areas of the product. They will design comprehensive test plans, ensure redundancy in testing before product releases, and make sure that resolved issues are reflected in future QA strategies.

We seek an experienced QA Manager with a proven track record of bringing products to market, a passion for our product, and fluency in both Hebrew and English.

The QA Manager will work closely with Sefaria’s entire engineering team, based in Israel, and our worldwide open-source community.

In this position you will:

• Write or manage end-to-end, integration, and unit tests to find and correct bugs.
• Maintain and own product health; serve as QA checkpoint before production.
• Track quality issues and maintain documentation. Suggest areas of improvement.
• Maintain and add automated tests to the test suite; ensure information from bug reports. are incorporated in future tests, repeat and verify testing for previous issues.
• Ensure tests are included in PRs.
• Manage the testing pipeline.

Attributes we’re looking for include:

• Approaches responsibilities with a learning mindset.
• Organized and attentive to detail.
• Committed to direct, clear, professional, and thoughtful communication.
• Commitment to excellence in the craft of software development.
• Demonstrates success in working independently in a remote setting.
• Shows a willingness and ability to adapt to change.
• Passionate and enthusiastic for the work Sefaria does, and dedicated to supporting Sefaria’s mission.

Experience, qualifications, and requirements:

• At least 2 years of relevant work experience in computer science or software development; can include internships and work study positions.
• Relevant work experience in QA and testing frameworks.
• Experience using or familiarity with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium or similar testing frameworks.
• Familiarity with software testing in relation to specific stages of product development.
• Experience in writing test spec documents for new and existing products.
• Ability to build and perform manual and automated testing processes.
• Ability to conduct test analysis and verify quality requirements.
• An understanding of Sefaria’s current stack – Python, MongoDB, React, Django, Javascript, preferred.
• Knowledge of QA best practices and industry standards, preferred.
• Proficiency in working with the technology in an online work environment including GSuite, Slack, Zoom, and Trello (training will be provided, as needed),

Compensation:

• 16,000 - 18,000 ILS per month, depending on experience.
• Generous paid time off, including Jewish holidays.
• Standard Israeli taxes and benefits plus Keren Hishtalmut.
• Work-from-home utility reimbursements.

Location:

The QA Manager can be based anywhere in Israel. This is a remote position that will require travel to a central location in Jerusalem for team meetings and events. Since sefaria is a global organization, some work outside of regular business hours to overlap with our US-based team members will be required. There will be opportunities to meet in person with Israel-based colleagues.

How to apply:

Click below to apply; you’ll be invited to share your resume and a cover letter. In your cover letter, please indicate why you want to work at Sefaria and why you are a good fit for this role. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

The deadline to apply is December 22.

Sefaria does not accept solicitations of any kind from job placement services or phone calls from prospective candidates.

Additional considerations, pending the position:

• If you meet more than 75% of the qualifications listed in this description, we encourage you to apply.
• If you have a disability and require accommodation or assistance with our application process, please send an email to hiring[@]sefaria.org.

About Sefaria:

Sefaria is a non-profit organization dedicated to building the future of Torah in an open and participatory way. We are assembling a free, digital library of Jewish texts and translations and developing digital tools, educational resources, and engagement opportunities that enable people to deepen their study. Sefaria was founded in 2013 and has since become a mainstay of Jewish learning and education with more than 4 million users annually. Sefaria’s API powers nearly 80 independent projects and dozens of Torah-focused websites. Sefaria's team of nearly 30 full-time staff is remote, with employees based in several US cities and in Israel.

Sefaria provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Nothing in this job description or advertisement postings guarantees employment.