Quality Engineering Manager

Employment Type: 6-Month Contract (Potential Extension)

We're seeking an experienced Quality Engineering Manager to lead enterprise Quality Engineering initiatives across web, mobile, API, and enterprise platforms. This is an exciting opportunity for a seasoned QA leader who thrives in fast-paced Agile environments and enjoys building scalable quality processes while leading high-performing engineering teams.

What You'll Do

As the Quality Engineering Manager, you'll own end-to-end quality strategy and delivery across multiple product portfolios. You'll partner closely with Product, Engineering, DevOps, Infrastructure, and business stakeholders to ensure high-quality software releases while driving automation, process improvements, and engineering excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead Quality Engineering delivery across Web, Mobile, API, and Enterprise applications
• Own release planning, quality assessments, go/no-go recommendations, and release readiness
• Lead and mentor Quality Engineers, technical leads, and offshore/vendor teams
• Build and execute enterprise Quality Engineering strategies across functional, regression, API, integration, mobile, accessibility, security, and performance testing
• Drive automation strategy and expand automation coverage using modern testing frameworks
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous delivery
• Define and improve QE governance, testing standards, quality metrics, dashboards, and KPIs
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Architecture, DevOps, and Infrastructure teams to ensure successful software delivery
• Champion Shift-Left and Shift-Right testing practices throughout the Software Development Lifecycle
• Support production releases, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of Software Quality Engineering experience
• 5+ years leading Quality Engineering teams across multiple products
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale Web, Mobile, API, and Platform applications
• Proven leadership managing distributed, offshore, and vendor QA teams
• Strong experience with release management, quality governance, and Agile delivery
• Hands-on experience with one or more automation frameworks including:
• Playwright
• Selenium
• Cypress
• WebDriverIO
• Appium
• RestAssured
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or similar
• Strong background in API testing, mobile testing, enterprise integrations, and cloud device platforms
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills

Preferred Experience

• AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
• Performance testing using JMeter, Gatling, or k6
• Accessibility (WCAG), Security Testing, and PCI/SOX compliance
• AI-assisted testing and intelligent automation
• Digital commerce, retail, payments, QSR, or other enterprise technology environments

What Success Looks Like

First 30 Days

• Learn the application portfolio and current QE landscape
• Build relationships across Product, Engineering, and DevOps
• Assess automation maturity and identify improvement opportunities

First 90 Days

• Standardize QE processes and release governance
• Improve release visibility and quality metrics
• Establish automation priorities and execution roadmap

Long-Term

• Deliver predictable, high-quality software releases
• Increase automation coverage and reduce production defects
• Build a scalable, high-performing Quality Engineering organization

We're Looking For

A collaborative engineering leader who combines strong technical expertise with exceptional people leadership. The ideal candidate has successfully led enterprise QA organizations, driven automation initiatives, managed offshore teams, and enjoys building scalable Quality Engineering practices.