Senior Manager, QA Engineering

Camunda; Toronto; On-site; CAD 186,000 - 307,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote & Flexible

In-person events (team kickoff & offsi

Health & Wellbeing programs

Financial Security & pension plans

Learning budget & professional growth

Job summary

Camunda is seeking a Senior Manager, QA Engineering to lead the end-to-end QA strategy for Camunda 8, establishing quality gates and governance across two teams. You will drive automation, metrics, and reporting to guide roadmap decisions, while managing a team of twelve ICs, including a principal engineer and a manager.

You will collaborate with engineering, product, UX, and field teams to embed quality across cloud, Kubernetes, and bare-metal environments, with a focus on reliability and

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading QA in large engineering organizations (100–500 people).
• Ability to define and implement end-to-end QA strategy with quality gates.
• Data-informed decision making across multiple teams.
• Hands-on QA while leading strategically across teams.
• Experience with complex technical products and high-load testing.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end QA strategy for Camunda 8 and establish quality gates.
• Partner with principal engineering to mature reliability and performance testing.
• Guide automation strategy and QA processes to enable efficient delivery.
• Develop quality metrics, dashboards, and leadership-facing reports.
• Lead and scale QA teams, evolving structure for maximum impact.
• Align QA goals with engineering, product, UX, documentation, and field teams.

Skills

QA leadership

QA strategy

quality gates

data-driven decisions

cross-functional collaboration

hands-on QA

performance testing

reliability testing

Kubernetes

CI/CD testing

Tools

Playwright

TestRail

Job description

Camunda is the enterprise platform for agentic orchestration, enabling organizations to coordinate AI agents, people, and systems across complex, end-to-end business processes. With built-in governance, auditability, and human oversight, Camunda gives enterprises the control they need to move AI from pilots to production - safely and at scale. Trusted by over 700 organizations worldwide, including 9 of top 10 US banks, Camunda helps enterprises boost operational efficiency, accelerate time-to-value, and deliver better customer experiences. Fully remote and global, we are in the middle of something bigger: transforming into an AI-first organisation, built on our own platform. We use Agentic AI to automate, orchestrate intelligent processes, and elevate human contribution across every team. Named GP Bullhound’s Top 100 Next Unicorn list, 2025 Great Place to Work certified. Visionary in 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies. Ranked 3rd in Flexa's 2026 Most Flexible Companies, We’re growing fast and looking for top talent to join our team. If you want meaningful work, visible impact and put something genuinely rare on your CV, keep reading.

About The Role

Camunda is hiring a Senior Manager, QA Engineering to lead the end-to-end QA strategy for Camunda 8 - elevating quality governance with rigorous quality gates, outcome-driven automation, and strategic reporting that guides roadmap and release decisions. They will manage two teams (functional and reliability) comprising 12 ICs, a principal engineer, and a manager; evolve the structure for scale; and ensure comprehensive coverage across business users, developers, and admins/operators in Kubernetes, cloud, and bare-metal environments. This first-of-its-kind role reports directly to the VP of Engineering.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Own and drive the end-to-end QA strategy for Camunda 8, establishing quality gates and cross-team accountability.
• Partner with principal engineering to mature reliability, performance, and resilience testing.
• Guide automation strategy and QA processes to enable teams to deliver high-quality outcomes efficiently.
• Develop actionable quality metrics, dashboards, and reports that inform leadership and roadmap decisions.
• Lead and scale QA teams - managers, principal engineers, and ICs - evolving structure for maximum impact.
• Influence cross-functional stakeholders (engineering, product, UX, documentation, field) to embed quality across the organization.

What You Bring

• Ability and/or willingness to use our product.
• Proven track record leading QA in engineering organizations of 100-500 people, with measurable impact.
• Ability to define and implement end-to-end QA strategy, quality gates, and data-informed decision-making across multiple teams.
• Comfort staying connected to hands‑on QA execution while leading strategically.
• Experience leveling up QA for complex technical products, including developer/admin persona coverage and high-load, performance, resilience testing.
• Skill aligning engineering, product, UX, documentation, and field teams around shared quality goals.
• Enterprise software / workflow automation background.

Nice‑to‑haves

• Deep understanding of Kubernetes, cloud, microservices, and related operational challenges.
• Hands‑on experience with Playwright, TestRail, or CI/CD-integrated testing environments.
• Chaos engineering or advanced reliability/performance benchmarking experience.
• Proven ability to drive cultural change in QA.

Compensation

What We Have to Offer:

We offer competitive, fair, and transparent compensation. Salary ranges are location-based, with Standard and Major markets (global tech hubs) reflecting local competition.

United States: $175,600.00 to $283,100.00

United Kingdom: £110,200.00 to £181,300.00

Singapore: S$218,100.00 to S$327,100.00

Canada: C$186,400.00 to C$306,700.00

If you’re based elsewhere, you’ll be hired via Remote.com (our global employer partner), and your Talent Acquisition Partner will provide a personalized Total Rewards Calculator after your first interview.

Equity: We also offer equity (where applicable) through our Virtual Stock Option Plan (VSOP).

Benefits & Perks

• Remote & Flexible: Work from anywhere with the setup that suits you, home office budget, co‑working space support, and flexible time off to recharge when you need it.
• In Person Connection: We invest in meaningful face time through our Annual Kickoff (Vienna in 2025, Madrid in 2026!), team offsites, and Camundi Connection Budgets, including contributing to meetups while travelling,, and local gatherings with fellow Camundi.
• Health & Wellbeing: Access locally tailored healthcare, Modern Health for global mental wellbeing, and our Live Well Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA), a flexible, global benefit that puts you in control of your whole life, not just work, from: staying active, to caring for family, exploring personal passions, meaningful experiences, and investing in your financial wellbeing. The Live Well program launches in 2026 and scales to €1,000 annually from 2027.
• Financial Security: Retirement and pension plans (often with company contributions), plus life and disability insurance where relevant.
• Professional Growth: Up to $/€/£1,000 per year for self-driven learning: courses, certifications, books, you decide!

AI in our hiring process

Camunda may use AI tools to aid the screening of applications and during the interview process. You can learn more here

Equal Opportunity

"Everyone is welcome at Camunda" — it’s a celebrated component of our culture. We strive to create an inclusive environment that empowers our people. At Camunda, we honour diverse cultures and backgrounds and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to gender, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other protected characteristics under applicable law. We are looking forward to your application!

Come join us and be part of Camunda’s incredible journey: Make an impact at a pivotal moment in our story!