QA Manager - 65887066185

In brief

Overview This QA Manager position is with a profitable, product-led SaaS company that offers an employee time tracking and workforce management platform used by thousands of businesses across the United States. Their product suite includes a web app, iOS and Android apps, an internal API, and a public API. The role involves overseeing an existing QA team of three people responsible for both manual testing and test automation. The manager will set team priorities, review work, own release sign-off, and remain hands-on with testing and automation, working closely with developers and the co-founder leading development. The development team ships code quickly and uses AI coding tools extensively. What you will do * Set the QA team's priorities, review their work, and coach them. * Own release sign-off, which includes deciding what gets tested before each release, ensuring regression checks run, and holding back releases that are not ready. * Stay hands-on by testing features and reviewing test automation in TypeScript with Playwright, covering end-to-end UI and API tests. * Decide which customer workflows to automate first and ensure automated tests remain reliable and easy to maintain. * Triage bugs in Azure DevOps and ensure every bug report provides developers with the necessary information for a fix. * Send a weekly written report detailing what the team tested, what was automated, release status, and upcoming tasks. Requirements (from the original advert) * Language requirement: English (Fluent/Native written & spoken). * Experience: 8+ years in software QA, including at least 4 years directly managing a QA team. * Hands-on experience with testing and reviewing automation code (Playwright with TypeScript preferred, or another modern framework). * Experience leading regression testing and release sign-off for a SaaS web app and APIs. * Based in South Africa and comfortable working US Central hours long-term. * A self-starter who works well without a lot of direction and finishes what they start. * Careful, detail-minded, with clear written communication skills. * Track record of long-term tenure seeing year-over-year results. Who should apply This role is ideal for an experienced QA professional with at least 8 years in software QA, including a minimum of 4 years in a direct managerial capacity, who is based in South Africa and comfortable working US Central Time hours long-term. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who can operate effectively without extensive direction, is careful and detail-minded, possesses clear written communication skills, and has a proven track record of long-term commitment and consistent results. They should be hands-on with testing, proficient in reviewing automation code (preferably Playwright with TypeScript), and have experience leading regression testing and release sign-off for SaaS web applications and APIs. Deadline Not specified Reference Original posting: https://recruitcrm.io/apply/17919119888520072484OHB?source=Jobspage&new=yes Source: somewhere

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