QA Manager

Jobot; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Compensation

Innovative Product

Excellent Benefits (Medical, Dental,  

Vision)

Favorable PTO Policy

Growth and Upward Mobility

Job summary

Jobot is seeking a hands-on QA Manager to own the quality strategy for a complex software platform operating in a regulated environment. This person will lead the QA function while remaining technically involved in test strategy, automation, release readiness, and overall product quality.

The role partners with Engineering and Product, mentors QA and QA Automation Engineers, and drives automated testing within CI/CD.

Qualifications

• 6+ years QA/Test Engineering experience with leadership or ownership of QA strategy.
• Experience with the complete software testing lifecycle.
• Experience building or scaling automated testing frameworks.
• Experience with Selenium, TestNG, Jenkins or comparable technologies.
• Experience testing APIs, backend systems, and integrated software platforms.
• Experience with performance and security testing.
• Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience with FedRAMP, NIST, government technology, or other regulated environments is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the overall QA strategy, standards, and testing processes across the software development lifecycle.
• Lead and mentor QA and QA Automation Engineers.
• Establish release-quality standards and participate in go/no-go decisions for production releases.
• Drive functional, regression, integration, performance, security, and acceptance testing.
• Develop and expand the organization’s test automation strategy.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Track defects, test coverage, escaped defects, and other quality metrics.
• Work closely with Engineering and Product to improve testability and release quality.
• Maintain testing documentation and evidence required within a regulated/audited environment.

Skills

QA Leadership

Test Automation

CI/CD

Communication

Regulated Environments

Test Strategy

Tools

Selenium

TestNG

Jenkins

Job description

Salary: $140,000 - $170,000 per year

A bit about us

We’re a growing technology company building secure software solutions for government and highly regulated environments. Our platform combines modern cloud infrastructure, security, and automation to support complex operations. We’re a collaborative engineering organization focused on building reliable and scalable technology.

Why join us

• Competitive Compensation
• Innovative Product
• Excellent Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• Favorable PTO Policy
• Growth and Upward Mobility

Job Details

We’re seeking a hands-on QA Manager to own the overall quality strategy for a complex software platform operating within a highly regulated environment. This person will lead the QA function while remaining technically involved in test strategy, automation, release readiness, and overall product quality.

Responsibilities

• Own the overall QA strategy, standards, and testing processes across the software development lifecycle.
• Lead and mentor QA and QA Automation Engineers.
• Establish release-quality standards and participate in go/no-go decisions for production releases.
• Drive functional, regression, integration, performance, security, and acceptance testing.
• Develop and expand the organization’s test automation strategy.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Track defects, test coverage, escaped defects, and other quality metrics.
• Work closely with Engineering and Product to improve testability and release quality.
• Maintain testing documentation and evidence required within a regulated/audited environment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of QA/Test Engineering experience, including leadership or ownership of QA strategy.
• Strong understanding of the complete software testing lifecycle.
• Experience building or scaling automated testing frameworks.
• Experience with tools such as Selenium, TestNG, Jenkins, or comparable technologies.
• Experience testing APIs, backend systems, and integrated software platforms.
• Experience with performance and security testing.
• Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience with FedRAMP, NIST, government technology, or other regulated environments is highly preferred.

Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Jobot also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is Jobot’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

Sometimes Jobot is required to perform background checks with your authorization. Jobot will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with any applicable federal, state, or local law regarding criminal backgrounds, including but not limited to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.