Senior Manager, QA Engineering

Camunda; United States; Remote; USD 176,000 - 283,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work globally

Home office stipend

Flexible time off

Co-working space support

Equity

Job summary

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

Qualifications

• 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 and quality gates.
• Data-informed decision-making across multiple teams.
• Hands-on QA execution while leading strategically.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end QA strategy for Camunda 8 and establish quality gates.
• Mature reliability, performance, and resilience testing with principal engineers.
• Guide automation strategy and QA processes across teams.
• Develop quality metrics, dashboards, and leadership reports.
• Lead and scale QA teams across managers, principal engineers, and ICs.
• Embed quality across engineering, product, UX, documentation, and field.

Skills

QA leadership

QA strategy

Automation testing

Metrics & reporting

Cross-functional collaboration

Reliability testing

Tools

Playwright

TestRail

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Cloud environments

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

We offer competitive, fair, and transparent compensation. Salary ranges are location-based, with Standard and Major markets (global tech hubs) reflecting local competition. The Annual Total Target Cash (base salary + 100% variable target, where applicable) shown below spans from the minimum in a Standard market to the maximum in a Major market. Final offers depend on skills , experience , and location , and we typically hire in the first half of the range to allow room for growth:

• 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

We invest in your wellbeing, growth, and ability to connect, along with perks that support you no matter where you’re based. Our benefits are globally designed and locally delivered where applicable.

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 thr