Quality Engineering Manager Bucharest

Quality Engineering Manager
Bucureşti
Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

Location: Fully remote, Asia Time Zone

Start date: ASAP

Languages: English is mandatory; French is a plus

Our client: Cloud Computing / Blockchain / AI - European Saa
S

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a team of Senior Automation Engineers and Manual Testers.
• Set clear objectives and performance metrics for the QA team and collaborate with Dev Managers to define quality expectations across departments.
• Champion continuous improvement of the QA Sign-Off process, ensuring
  - quality releases.
• Drive improvements in test coverage at all levels: unit, component, API, and E2E, with a strong focus on test automation.
• Foster unit test ownership within development teams.
• Collaborate with Dev Managers to define and implement effective testing strategies.
• Implement and optimize
  - functional testing practices within the company's test strategy.
• Lead the adoption of AI and innovative testing solutions.
• Leverage your strong technical skills to develop and maintain automated test frameworks using Python, Selenium, and Rest
  Assured.
• Utilize Postman to generate tests from Swagger specifications.
• Manage and maintain test cases and automation scripts within XRay.
• Utilize CI/CD pipelines, with a focus on Github Actions (experience with Jenkins a plus).
• Possess a basic understanding of Android (Kotlin + Jetpack Compose and E2E test with Maestro) and i
  OS (Swift + Swift
  UI, E2E tests: XCTest).
• Understand
  -
  - peer architectures and
  - based applications.
• Champion the use of
  - driven insights for continuous improvement through effective management of metrics dashboards in Jira and XRay.
• Foster a culture of innovation and continuous learning within the QA team.

Required qualifications:

• Minimum 7-8 years of experience in a Quality Engineering leadership role.
• Proven track record of building and leading
  - performing QA teams.
• Strong technical skills in programming languages like Python, scripting languages like Shell, and familiarity with cloud platforms is a plus.
• Extensive experience with test automation frameworks like Selenium and Rest
  Assured.
• Expertise in API testing and experience with tools like Postman and Swagger.
• In-depth knowledge of XRay test management tool.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (Github Actions preferred, Jenkins experience a plus).
• Basic understanding of mobile development frameworks (Android: Kotlin + Jetpack Compose and E2E test with Maestro; i
  OS: Swift + Swift
  UI, E2E tests: XCTest).
• Understanding of
  -
  - peer architectures and experience with cloud applications.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical and
  - solving abilities.
• Passion for quality and a desire to continuously improve processes.