QA Manager

How you’ll be impactful:

We are looking for a QA Manager to lead our QA group in the R&D department.

What you’ll be doing:

• Responsibility for managing software testing in the organization - both manual and automation 
• Manage, lead, and mentor a team of QA manual and automation engineers to develop, execute test, maintain & improve infrastructure
• Analyze testing process to ensure the highest quality and best practices
• Driving automation development excellence within the team
• Collaborate with other R&D team leads & PMs (planning & designing testing scopes and prioritization)
• Responsibility for formalization and implementation of testing methodology.
• Overall responsibility for work organization and work methods, determining priorities, staffing, budget, and control.
• Defining policies, objectives and work plans in their field and determining the allocation of resources in order to meet objectives and schedules.
• Serving as a professional authority for subordinates.
• Analyze, diagnose, and debug complex customer issues.
• Design and implement work methods and habits to improve product reliability.
• Raise critical issues within the product from tickets or QA routines.
• Conduct root cause analysis to enhance product and team efficiency.
• Foster cooperative relationships with other internal groups.
• Acquire broad and in-depth product knowledge.
• Drive and ensure a high-quality bar of tests execution and documentation, test results, bugs, and bugs validation (quality life cycle)
• Drive and control both manual testing and automated debugging
• Provide post-escalation analysis for root cause and preventative actions, to reduce escalations.

What you’ll need to be successful:

• Has managerial experience with leading remote teams - Minimum 2 years of experience as an automation team leader
• Strong leadership skills to manage and mentor a team of QA engineers.
• Strong background and hands-on experience with Automation and manual practices
• Hands-on experience in building and maintaining automated testing frameworks (Minimum 5 years of experience)
• Experience in testing WEB applications - advantage
• Experience in testing mobile applications - must
• Proficiency in testing tools and frameworks for automation (e.g., Selenium, Appium, etc.) - Advantageous.
• Ability to integrate automated testing with CI/CD pipelines.
• Extensive experience in developing and implementing manual QA processes and methodologies.
• Ability to design comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts.
• Strategic thinkers with ability to build and lead projects- from design to implementation
• Experience in leading 
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
• Ability to work with offshore/remote teams and local offices
• Ability to grow and mentor others
• Strong analytical skills with an eye for detail.
• Positive attitude and ability to maintain composure in high-pressure situations.
• Fearless determination to tackle difficult testing scenarios.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• BSc in Computer Science or QA course certificate- Advantage

Perks & Benefits:

• Friendly, talented, collaborative, and entrepreneurial team
• Competitive and comprehensive benefits and perks
• Work in the international company
• Generous holiday and PTO policies (17 days PTO, 5 sick days, 1 day for Birthday)
• Competitive compensation in USD
• Training and development opportunities and allowance
• Fun and inclusive digital, and in-person events
• Hybrid working model - work from home up to 3 days/week, our office is located in Uzhhorod