Engineering Manager – QA
Checkmk
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Germany
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About the role
- Define and execute a comprehensive QA strategy aligning with business objectives
- Drive cultural shift toward quality ownership across engineering teams
- Establish quality metrics and KPIs for product health and team effectiveness
- Champion shift-left testing practices to catch defects early
- Build and evolve a sustainable test automation strategy
- Integrate quality gates into CI/CD pipelines for fast releases
- Partner with Engineering, Product, and CI leadership
- Mentor and grow QA engineers, fostering technical excellence
- Identify bottlenecks in the development process and implement solutions
- Stay ahead of industry trends and evaluate emerging tools
Requirements
- Several years of experience in quality engineering with a proven track record of building and scaling QA organizations
- Deep understanding of sustainable software quality: shift-left approaches, test pyramid principles, continuous testing, and sustainable automation strategies
- Strong technical foundation with hands-on experience in test automation frameworks and programming (Python preferred; Linux environment experience is a plus)
- Experience implementing quality practices in CI/CD environments and collaboration with CI teams
- Familiarity with agile methodologies and modern engineering practices (TDD, BDD, trunk-based development, feature flags)
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence across all levels of the organization
- Strategic mindset paired with a pragmatic, results-oriented approach
- Business fluent in English; German language skills or willingness to learn are a plus
- Degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
Benefits
- Flexible and family-friendly working conditions in a stable environment
- Wide range of sports and wellness offers from Wellpass
- Agile team that embodies autonomy and fast decision making within flat hierarchies
- Unique corporate culture emphasizing equality, diversity, and inclusion
- Wide range of education and training opportunities
- Fully remote work or high flexibility between mobile work and an office in Munich
- Attractive salary
- Regular onsite events (Company Outings, Team events, Checkmk Conference, Conference After Party and more)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
test automation frameworksPythonLinuxCI/CDagile methodologiesTDDBDDshift-left testingcontinuous testingsustainable automation strategies
Soft Skills
excellent communicationinfluencestrategic mindsetpragmatic approachresults-orientedmentoringcollaborationcultural shiftproblem-solvingtechnical excellence