QA Manager

Epic Games; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading game development company in Montreal is seeking an experienced QA Manager to lead the Distribution team's quality strategy. The ideal candidate will mentor QA professionals and ensure quality processes are innovated and improved. This role includes overseeing testing processes, collaborating with multiple teams, and maintaining high-quality standards in a fast-paced environment. Benefits include comprehensive insurance plans and a supportive work culture.

Benefits

100% coverage for employee and dependent benefits

Robust mental well-being program

Retirement savings plan with competitive employer match

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading diverse QA teams.
• Strong understanding of testing APIs and client-facing software.
• Ability to mentor and provide direction to senior QA professionals.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor QA organization within the Distribution team.
• Own Distro Quality Strategy and ensure QA engagement.
• Guide release readiness and cross-pod collaboration.

Skills

Leadership in QA teams

Strong understanding of backend and distributable applications

Exceptional prioritization skills

Experience in release management

Knowledge of modern QA practices

Strong communication skills

Expert-level use of quality metrics and KPIs

Job description

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

QUALITY ASSURANCE

What We Do

The Quality Assurance team owns the testing process, risk management, and quality evaluation of all products and functions across Epic. Our team works closely with developers and production to ensure the best possible user experience for our community and customers.

What You’ll Do

We’re looking for an experienced QA Manager for our Online team! In this role, you will be a leader in developing a quality strategy. You will be guiding quality for our Distribution team, partnering with other discipline leads, and innovating and improving our quality processes. If you are passionate about leading and mentoring experienced QA professionals in an exciting, fast‑paced environment, we’d love to talk to you!

In this role, you will

• Lead, manage, and mentor a diverse QA organization within the Distro team, including functional testers and external partners, QA analysts, engineers, and SDETs. Support growth across all QA disciplines while effectively managing and mentoring senior QA SMEs with deep domain and technical expertise.
• Own the Distro Quality Strategy and quality signals, accounting for staffing constraints, backend services, and distributable applications. Ensure QA engagement throughout the full development and release lifecycle while using KPIs, metrics, and qualitative signals to assess product quality, testing effectiveness, and release risk, and to drive continuous improvement.
• Drive prioritization and execution in a dynamic operating model, where QA supports testing, release validation, and live support. Balance competing priorities, unplanned work, and external requests to prevent QA from becoming a bottleneck while maintaining appropriate quality standards in a low‑risk‑tolerance environment.
• Guide release readiness and provide cross‑pod oversight, collaborating closely with engineering, product, and stakeholder teams to determine test scope, release timing, and acceptable risk. Collaborate with QA leadership across Epic to identify cross‑product risks, dependencies, and mitigation strategies.
• Communicate clearly and effectively across teams and stakeholders, explaining priority shifts, risk trade‑offs, and release decisions to QA teams, partner teams, and leadership.
• Remain technically capable and hands‑on when required, stepping in to support testing or releases during coverage gaps, and maintaining sufficient technical depth to engage credibly with QA engineers and developers.

What we're looking for

• Proven senior experience leading QA teams with mixed skill sets and seniority, including technical and non‑technical contributors, external partners, and senior QA SMEs. Demonstrated ability to mentor experienced ICs while providing clear direction and accountability.
• Proven strong understanding of testing and releasing both backend services and distributable applications, including APIs, services, and client‑facing software, with an appreciation for the differing risks and validation strategies involved.
• Exceptional prioritization and operational judgment, particularly in understaffed, fast‑paced environments with multiple stakeholders and low tolerance for risk.
• Experience supporting release management activities, making informed decisions around test scope, release readiness, and risk acceptance, and setting clear expectations with internal and cross‑team stakeholders.
• Solid technical foundation in modern QA practices, including test automation, CI/CD integration, testability, and quality metrics, with the ability to contribute directly when needed.
• Strong communication skills, able to clearly explain priority shifts, risks, and trade‑offs to QA teams, partner teams, and leadership.
• Expert‑level use of quality metrics and KPIs to guide prioritization, forecast risk, and drive continuous improvement across products, processes, and teams.

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well‑being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award‑winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award‑winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high‑fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world‑class talent.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

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