QA Manager

QA Manager
Компания: DevsData LLC
Город: Warszawa
We are hiring a QA Manager for an international retail technology company that is launching a new store platform across Europe. The platform combines payments, checkout, back-office operations and edge computing into a single connected system. It is being developed by in-house engineers together with external delivery partners, both onshore and offshore, and must pass integration, end-to-end, performance, security and acceptance testing before every go-live. Requirements: 5+ years of experience as a QA Lead/Manager Solid grasp of software testing principles and best practices Advanced working knowledge of Atlassian tools, including Jira and Confluence Proven track record on global, cross-functional, enterprise-scale retail technology projects Experience collaborating with third-party onshore and offshore development partners Hands-on test automation experience, including designing, building and maintaining automated test frameworks and scripts (e.g., Selenium, Playwright, Cypress) and integrating them into CI/CD pipelines Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle Familiarity with application integration principles and standards Working knowledge of Agile methodology and practices Advanced skills in Microsoft Office tools, including Project, Visio, Word and Excel Experience leading local and distributed teams, including setting priorities, assigning work and tracking delivery Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience Nice to have: ITIL certification Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification PMP certification Responsibilities: Set the testing strategy, roadmap and approach for the European rollout Coordinate testing activities with regional product managers, in-house developers and third-party technical teams Define entry and exit criteria for each test phase and ensure they are met before moving on Track and report progress across product, integration, end-to-end, performance, security and user acceptance testing Deliver a weekly testing status report for the European programme Gather approvals from the European team and contribute to go/no-go decisions on testing and deployment Manage release management and version control for each test environment, including release contents, deployment windows and environment maintenance Keep test environments stable and ready for use, and resolve any equipment or environment blockers Share deployments, release notes, hotfixes and outages with leadership, partners, test leads and developers so they can plan re-testing Keep testing progress and environment status current in Jira Maintain test environment diagrams, data diagrams and other programme testing documentation Lead a team of Test Analysts, ensuring plans are followed, tests are executed and results are reported