Remote QA Manager - Lead Testing & Release

Somewhere; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 703,000 - 888,000; Full time

Job summary

Somewhere is seeking a QA Manager to lead our QA team of 3, set priorities, review work, own release sign-off, and stay hands-on with testing and automation using Playwright with TypeScript.

The role is remote for a South Africa-based candidate, working US Central hours. You will collaborate with developers and the founder, drive regression testing for our SaaS web app and APIs, and report weekly on tests and release status.

Qualifications

• Language requirement: English (Fluent/Native written & spoken).
• Experience: 8+ years in software QA, including at least 4 years directly managing a QA team.
• Hands-on with testing and with reviewing automation code (Playwright with TypeScript preferred, or another modern framework).
• Experience leading regression testing and release sign-off for a SaaS web app and APIs.
• Based in South Africa, and comfortable working US Central hours long-term.
• A self-starter who works well without a lot of direction and finishes what they start.
• Careful, detail-minded, with clear written communication skills.
• Track record of long-term tenure seeing year-over-year results.

Responsibilities

• Set the QA team's priorities, review their work, and coach them.
• Own release sign-off: decide what gets tested before each release, make sure regression checks run, and hold back a release that isn't ready.
• Stay hands-on: test features, and review test automation in TypeScript with Playwright, covering end-to-end UI and API tests.
• Decide which customer workflows to automate first, and keep the automated tests reliable and easy to maintain.
• Triage bugs in Azure DevOps, and make sure every bug report gives a developer what they need to fix it.
• Send a weekly written report: what the team tested, what was automated, release status, and what's next.

Skills

QA management

Test automation

Playwright

TypeScript

SaaS testing

Regression testing

Release sign-off

Azure DevOps

Strong written communication

Tools

Playwright

Azure DevOps

TypeScript

Job description

Somewhere is seeking a QA Manager to lead our QA team of 3, set priorities, review work, own release sign-off, and stay hands-on with testing and automation using Playwright with TypeScript.

The role is remote for a South Africa-based candidate, working US Central hours. You will collaborate with developers and the founder, drive regression testing for our SaaS web app and APIs, and report weekly on tests and release status.