Manager Software Testing

The Mission: The Manager Software Quality Assurance & Test Automation plays a vital role in ensuring a consistent quality of SW delivery. The Manager Software Quality Assurance & Test Automation’s ultimate goal is to deliver high-quality software efficiently. They shift the focus from "finding bugs" to "preventing bugs" by building robust processes, leveraging automation, and fostering a quality-first culture across the entire development team.

Your Responsibilities

Test Strategy Development: Develop, implement, and continuously improve intelligent and automated test strategies. Strategic Coordination: Take responsibility for and coordinate test strategies within the Application Software domain. Team Leadership: Provide line and functional leadership of an agile, interdisciplinary Software Quality Assurance Team.

Automation Advancement: Drive test automation forward to enhance the scalability, efficiency, and quality of verification processes. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with development teams, Product Owners (POs), and DevOps Engineers. Feedback Mechanisms: Establish data-driven feedback loops. Process Optimization: Introduce new initiatives and further develop processes, methods, and tools in alignment with test strategies.

Your Profile

Education

Completed university degree (Master/Diploma or Bachelor) in Computer Science, Automation Engineering, or a related field; or a completed vocational training with corresponding extensive professional experience. Professional Experience: 5–10 years of professional experience in software development or quality assurance, ideally as a Software Test Engineer or Test Lead.

Leadership Experience: Proven line management experience (Team Lead)ability to provide technical guidance and motivate team members. Technical Expertise: Strong technical expertise in Software Quality Assurance with a heavy focus on UI test automation. Know-how in JavaScript (ES6+), Playwright for web UI automation, DOM manipulation, CSS/XPath selectors, and handling dynamic React UI elements and Shadow DOM.

Experience integrating Playwright automated UI suites into Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines. Familiarity with web architectures (.NET back-ends) to effectively trace UI issues to integration points. Strong technical experience testing complex React-based front-end applications. Excellent knowledge of Jira for defect tracking, sprint planning, and test management.

Methodological Competence: In-depth knowledge of agile methods (SCRUM, Kanban) as well as DevOps practices and modern QA best practices. Language Skills: Fluent German and English skills in both written and spoken communication. Ihre Ansprechpartner/in: Name: Adrija Sarkar E-Mail: [email protected] Das bieten wir: