Software Manager, Tenable
Quality Engineering, SDET & Automation
$130-173.3k
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Cybersecurity & exposure management
Open for applications
Cybersecurity & exposure management
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$130-173.3k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower organizations to understand and reduce cyber risk.
Role
Who you are
- 7–10+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, including 2–5 years directly leading teams
- You must have a strong background working in product-based software companies
- Experience managing smaller teams of 6 to 8 engineers
- Candidates whose recent experience is primarily managing massive teams of 20 or more engineers will not be a fit, as maintaining hands-on capability is required
- Deep expertise in test automation frameworks and cloud-based SaaS delivery
- Experience with Playwright preferred, Selenium, or Python, we value your core knowledge of automation architecture in large environments over specific syntax
- Strong understanding of observability tools (Datadog, Grafana) and hands-on experience with performance testing tools (JMeter, K6, etc.)
- Strong command over quality metrics, reporting, excellent communication, and stakeholder management skills
What the job involves
- We are seeking a highly experienced hands-on Software Manager of Quality Engineering who will lead the Quality function for an Exposure Management product with a strong focus on an automation-first strategy, observability-driven quality insights, and data-backed decision making
- You will step in to directly manage a dedicated team of 6 to 8 engineers, optimizing their workflow and taking ownership of team management
- Manage, mentor, and grow a tight-knit US-based team of 6 to 8 QA engineers and SDETs
- Conduct regular one-on-ones and build a culture of engineering excellence
- Hybrid office role: 3 days per week for Maryland residents, 1 to 2 days per week for DC/Northern Virginia residents
- Operate in a 50% to 60% hands-on capacity
- You will be deeply involved in designing, enhancing, and implementing the automation framework, as well as picking up targeted SDET tasks
- Define and execute the long-term Quality Engineering vision, aligned with product and engineering goals
- Own the automation roadmap across UI, API, performance, integration, and end-to-end testing, ensuring automation is embedded into CI/CD workflows
- Implement and enhance observability practices using logs, metrics, traces, and synthetic monitoring
- Partner with DevOps/SRE to improve error budgets and early incident detection
- Build a monthly Quality Insights report for leadership
- Define, track, and present data-driven quality metrics such as automation coverage, escaped defect rate, release reliability score, and performance baselines
Our take
Tenable is a cybersecurity company delivering a comprehensive suite of products for cloud security, vulnerability management, identity exposure and more. It provides these through its exposure management platform, "Tenable One", which is designed to anticipate attacks and reduce cyber risk.
As cyber-attacks get more sophisticated, businesses need a range of tools to proactively combat threats. By providing all these tools in one place, Tenable solidifies itself as a strong option in the market. This is reflected in it winning a number of industry recognitions.
One of the company's latest moves was to acquire Eureka Security, which has enabled it to add data security posture management to its offering. If it continues to broaden its platform and meet the changing cybersecurity needs of its clients, then Tenable should remain on the path to success.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Nov 2015
$250m
SERIES B
Sep 2012
$50m
SERIES A
Total funding: $300m
Company benefits
- Health: Comprehensive benefits to support physical and mental wellbeing and family-forming plans
- Work/Life Balance: Generous paid time off with hybrid or remote opportunities available for most positions
- Financial Savings and Security: Retirement plans, employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), equity incentives, life and disability insurance
- Professional Development: Customizable opportunities, including learning courses, mentorship, leadership programs and tuition reimbursement
Company HQ
Town Center, Columbia, MD
Leadership
Jack Huffard
(Board Member & Co-founder)Former COO and President of the company. Also a Board Member at Norfolk Southern Corporation, Chair of the Board of Directors at Immersive Labs and Exec Chair of the Board of Directors at Strivacity.
Steve Vintz
(Co-CEO)Joined the company in 2014 as CFO, becoming Co-CEO in 2025. Formerly EVP and CFO at Vocus, VP of Strategic Planning and Analysis at Snyder Communications and Audit Manager at Ernst & Young.
Mark Thurmond
(Co-CEO)Joined the company in 2020 as COO, becoming Co-CEO in 2025. Previously COO at Turbonomic, EVP of Worldwide Sales and Services at Qlik and SVP of Global Sales at VCE and RSA.
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