Test Engineering Manager

Role & responsibilities

• Lead the test engineering and quality assurance function, including automation and manual testing.
• Define test strategy, automation standards, quality metrics, and release quality processes.
• Design and maintain scalable test automation frameworks for web, API, mobile, and backend systems.
• Drive CI/CD, continuous testing, shift-left testing, and quality engineering practices.
• Oversee functional, integration, regression, end-to-end, performance, and API testing.
• Lead test planning, estimation, risk management, defect management, and release readiness.
• Collaborate with Development, DevOps, Product, Security, and Architecture teams to improve software quality.
• Evaluate testing tools and technologies and drive automation and process improvements.
• Manage, mentor, and develop QA/Test Engineers and SDETs.
• Track quality KPIs, manage vendors/budgets where required, and provide technical leadership to testing initiatives.

Preferred candidate profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 5 to 10 years of experience in software testing, QA, test automation, SDET, or test engineering, including leadership experience.
• Strong programming skills in Java, Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
• Strong experience with Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium, TestNG, JUnit, PyTest, or Cucumber.
• Hands-on experience with API, integration, regression, end-to-end, performance, and automation testing.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD, Jenkins, Git, Azure DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms.
• Experience designing test automation frameworks, reusable components, continuous testing, and quality gates.
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum, SDLC/STLC, defect management, test metrics, and release management.
• Excellent team management, mentoring, stakeholder management, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• ISTQB, cloud, Agile, DevOps, or Kubernetes certifications are an advantage.