# Head of Software Quality and Technology for Respawn

**Company**: Electronic Arts
**Location**: Los Angeles - Chatsworth, California
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: executive
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: EA
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173941

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## Description

Electronic Arts is seeking a Head of Software Quality and Technology to define and lead the strategy for software quality across Apex Legends and other Respawn games.

This critical leadership role will transform how quality is built, measured, and delivered across a fast-paced, live service development environment.

The successful candidate will lead the evolution of quality from a validation function into a proactive, technology-enabled discipline, fully integrated into development and live operations.

Responsibilities:

- Strategy & Transformation:

- Define and execute the Software Quality vision and roadmap for Apex and other Respawn-led Franchises

- Drive shift-left quality practices, embedding quality throughout development

- Lead the integration of technology and automation frameworks into QV workflows

- Establish a data-driven quality model, leveraging telemetry, predictive signals, and automation

- Execution & Live Operations:

- Build and scale automation-first strategies across functional, performance, and stability testing

- Drive the definition and operationalization of Software Quality KPIs and health metrics

- Leadership & Organization:

- Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing organization spanning Quality Verification and Software Quality disciplines

- Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement

- Partner with engineering, development, and central teams to align on tools, standards, and best practices

- Partnership & Influence:

- Act as a strategic partner to Respawn development leadership, ensuring quality is a core pillar of execution and live service success

- Collaborate with central EA teams to leverage shared technology, AI, and automation capabilities

Requirements:

- 12+ years of experience in software quality, quality engineering, or software development, with progressive leadership responsibility

- Proven track record leading large, multidisciplinary QA/QE teams in high-scale, live or continuously delivered environments

- Strong technical background in test automation, CI/CD, performance engineering, and modern development practices

- Experience driving quality transformation initiatives, including shift-left strategies and automation at scale

## Skills

### Required
- software quality
- quality engineering
- test automation
- CI/CD
- performance engineering
- modern development practices
- leadership
- telemetry
- predictive signals
- automation

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