Senior QA Manager - Fully Remote

SOFTGAMES; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first work model

Flexible hours

Generous vacation

Home office budget

Learning & development

Job summary

SOFTGAMES is seeking a Senior QA Manager to own quality for major mobile puzzle games from concept to global launch. You will drive release quality, establish scalable QA processes, and push test automation forward while collaborating with developers, product managers, and external QA partners to deliver a world-class player experience.

The role emphasizes live-ops QA, device/SDK/test coverage, and proactive release readiness assessments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT or related field.
• Hands-on QA automation experience with mobile games and live ops.

Responsibilities

• Ensure high-quality releases through test planning, execution, regression testing, and staged rollout support.
• Define QA coverage for devices, OS versions, store builds, SDKs, ads, IAPs, analytics, and remote config.
• Identify and document issues with clear bug reports.
• Drive QA automation and improve testing efficiency and coverage.
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and external QA partners.
• Monitor live quality, investigate crashes, ANRs, performance issues, and prevent regressions.
• Provide release readiness assessments and go/no-go recommendations.
• Maintain test documentation, release reports, and changelogs in Jira & Confluence.
• Champion a quality-first mindset across the team.

Skills

QA strategy

Test planning

Regression testing

QA automation

Unity games

Mobile stability

Crash/ANR monitoring

Appium/UITest

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Firebase Crashlytics

Job description

We’re looking for a hands‐on Senior QA Manager to join our talented and passionate team. You’ll play a key role in ensuring every release meets the highest quality standards, from early concept to global launch.

As the quality owner for one of our largest mobile puzzle games, you’ll drive release quality, establish scalable QA processes, push test automation forward, and work closely with developers, product managers, and external QA partners to deliver a world‑class player experience.

*Qualified Candidates are expected to complete an Assignment*

*For this position the candidate should be based in European Union*

Your Role:

• Ensure high-quality releases through effective test planning, execution, regression testing, and staged rollout support

• Define practical QA coverage for devices, OS versions, store builds, SDKs, ads, IAPs, analytics, and remote config

• Identify, prioritize, and document issues with clear, actionable bug reports

• Drive QA automation and continuously improve testing efficiency and coverage

• Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and external QA partners

• Monitor live quality, investigate crashes, ANRs, performance issues, and prevent regressions

• Provide clear release readiness assessments and go/no-go recommendations

• Maintain test documentation, release reports, and changelogs in Jira & Confluence

• Champion a quality-first mindset across the team

Your profile:

• Mobile or instant games as your primary QA domain for 5+ years, ideally on live‑operated F2P titles

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

• Hands‑on experience with IAP flows, ad mediation, ATT/consent frameworks, and attribution SDKs

• Experience with QA automation, Unity games, and modern QA tools and workflows

• Experience with crash reporting and monitoring tools (e.g. Firebase, Crashlytics, DataDog), and strong understanding of mobile stability issues: crashes, ANRs, and freezes

• Proven experience building or owning a mobile QA automation framework (e.g. Appium, Unity Test Framework)

• Strong understanding of mobile game telemetry, analytics validation, and event tracking

• Experience working with external QA vendors or distributed QA teams

• Proficient with Jira, Confluence, and modern AI tools to improve testing, documentation, and QA efficiency

• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and English communication skills

• Highly organized, proactive, and passionate about delivering exceptional player experiences

Benefits:

SOFTGAMES offers a competitive package, including:

• Remote‑first, your way — Work fully remote from wherever you do your best work, or drop into our modern Berlin office whenever you like. You choose

• Flexible hours — Structure your working hours to your needs. No crunch culture. No overtime

• Generous vacation — Time to recharge, wherever in the world you are

• Home office budget — We fund your setup so your home office actually works for you

• Learning & development — Training budget for everyone, whether you’re deepening expertise or picking up something entirely new

• Top‑tier equipment — A high‑spec laptop, ready to get your best work done

• Meal allowance — A monthly budget dedicated to your lunches

• Home office utility grant — We cover a monthly contribution toward your electricity and internet costs

• Company swag — Hoodies, bags, mugs — the good stuff

• Annual company retreat — At least once a year, the whole company comes together to connect, align, and celebrate. Our events in general are epic but our off‑site Retreat is one of a kind.

SOFTGAMES is the leading instant gaming company. We develop casual, truly social games that can be played instantly across all devices. Our hypersocial blockbuster game “Bubble Shooter Pro” became a global top grossing game on Facebook and is played by millions of people around the world every day. We partner closely with Facebook, Samsung and more to craft the next generation of instant games that billions of people can play together.SOFTGAMES is a remote first company and the home of 100 people from all over the world. We believe in proactive, independent teams with the freedom to take initiative, challenge the status quo, and with the mission to create fun and everlasting Instant Games.

At SOFTGAMES, we believe that different perspectives and background in our teams contribute to the quality of our work. We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion / worldview, disability, age as well as sexual orientation and identity.