QA Manager

Job Purpose and Overview

As a Manager of Quality Assurance at Appfire, you will lead a team of dedicated QA engineers to ensure the highest quality standards in our software products. Your role will involve defining the team’s roadmap, managing priorities, and driving improvements in our test frameworks and processes. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to inject testing early into the development process and promote best practices in code health and maintainability. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a significant impact on our product quality while fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.

What You Will Do

• Track Metrics: Monitor test gaps, quality, and productivity metrics; work with other engineering teams to address and improve these gaps.
• Promote and Enhance Best Practices: Advocate for and implement best practices in code health, testing, testability, and maintainability (e.g., clean code, test pyramid). Recommend enhancements to overall best practices, design, testability, quality, and productivity.
• Improve Test Frameworks: Drive improvements to the test framework architecture and expand test coverage.
• Early Testing Integration: Collaborate with engineering teams to incorporate testing earlier in the software development lifecycle.
• Foster Safety and Communication: Create a sense of psychological safety within the team and provide clear, timely, and actionable feedback.
• Ownership and Drive: Exhibit a strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive in all tasks and responsibilities.
• Coordination and Collaboration: Collaborate and coordinate with other functional managers, process center leaders, value stream leaders and value stream owner(s) to meet business and program objectives.
• QA Manager People Management Responsibilities:
  • Lead and mentor the QA team, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment.
  • Identify skill gaps and provide opportunities for training and development to enhance team competencies.
  • Conduct regular performance reviews and create individualized growth plans for team members.
  • Plan, allocate, and manage resources effectively to meet project timelines and quality standards.
  • Help shape the team’s roadmap and author project plans to deliver against that roadmap.
  • Draft the team’s quarterly OKRs and manage their priorities effectively.
  • Ensure the QA team is adequately staffed and equipped with the necessary tools and technologies.
  • Balance workloads across team members, setting clear priorities and expectations.
  • Monitor project progress and adjust resources as needed to meet deadlines and maintain high quality.
  • Team Leadership and Development:
    • Lead and mentor the QA team, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment.
    • Identify skill gaps and provide opportunities for training and development to enhance team competencies.
    • Conduct regular performance reviews and create individualized growth plans for team members.
  • Resource Management and Allocation:
    • Plan, allocate, and manage resources effectively to meet project timelines and quality standards.
    • Help shape the team’s roadmap and author project plans to deliver against that roadmap.
    • Draft the team’s quarterly OKRs and manage their priorities effectively.
    • Ensure the QA team is adequately staffed and equipped with the necessary tools and technologies.
    • Balance workloads across team members, setting clear priorities and expectations.
    • Monitor project progress and adjust resources as needed to meet deadlines and maintain high quality.

What We Would Like to See

• Technical Credibility: Previous experience as a Software Engineer in a Test or similar role.
• Quick Learner: Proven ability to learn new languages and technologies quickly.
• Automation Tools: Experience with UI & API test automation tools (e.g., Cypress, Selenium, Wiremock, JMeter).
• Container and Cloud Experience: Familiarity with Docker containers, Kubernetes, and cloud providers (e.g., GCP, AWS).
• CI Systems: Experience with Continuous Integration systems (e.g., Jenkins, Travis, GitLab, GitHub).
• High-Level Strategy: Experience defining test automation strategies based on DevOps best practices.
• Change Management: Demonstrated ability to drive organizational change with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Remote Management: Proven success in managing teams in a remote-only environment.
• Leadership: Humble, servant leader with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

What We Offer

• Salary (employment contract, UoP): 22 625 - 28 630 PLN gross/month
• Possibility to apply for 50% tax deductible costs on creative works (AKUP/IP tax-deductible costs)
• Indefinite employment contract from day one, no trial periods
• Every Appfire employee is eligible for company equity
• 26 paid days off, regardless of years of experience
• Wellness days – additional time-off each month to recharge and take care of yourself (1 day per month)
• Private healthcare
• MyBenefit platform - 150 PLN/month to spend on available shops, restaurants, gyms, etc.
• Home office allowance - 200 PLN/month to cover your electricity and internet bills
• Lunch card - 300 PLN/month to spend on groceries / restaurants (excluding alcohol and other excise duties items)
• Life insurance
• English language courses

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Req ID: 608

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