QA Manager

Summary

Join IDT as a transformative QA Manager to lead and mentor a global team of QA engineers in the evolution of the Boss Revolution calling app. This pivotal role demands a visionary leader who can implement quality metrics, oversee test automation frameworks, and drive adoption of best practices. You will act as the voice of quality in leadership discussions, partnering with Engineering Managers and Product Owners. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in QA engineering, mobile app testing, and Agile methodologies. Success in this position requires strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience managing QA engineers across multiple Agile product teams, ideally in fast-paced, cross-functional environments
• Strong foundational experience as a hands-on QA or test automation engineer, with a deep understanding of both manual and automated testing strategies
• Proven expertise in quality engineering practices such as test automation, CI/CD integration, risk-based testing, release readiness, defect triage, and root cause analysis
• Experience defining and driving QA strategy across teams, including alignment on testing scope, tooling, and processes, in close collaboration with Engineering and Product counterparts
• Deep understanding of iOS and Android operating systems and platform-specific requirements (e.g., App Store and Google Play guidelines)
• Proficiency in mobile app testing — including UI, UX, functional, regression, smoke, and exploratory testing — across real devices and simulators/emulators
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and lead quality initiatives across multiple teams, balancing short-term release goals with long-term quality improvements — even in high-pressure or ambiguous situations
• Track record of hiring, mentoring, and developing high-performing QA engineers
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Good level of English (B2 or higher)

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of QA engineers, fostering a culture of growth and development
• Conduct performance reviews, set objectives, and support career progression
• Recruit, hire, and retain talent
• Implement and measure quality metrics
• Own test planning and readiness
• Support release readiness
• Oversee the evolution of test automation frameworks
• Ensure appropriate balance of automated and manual testing
• Drive adoption of best practices
• Stay current with QA trends and tooling
• Act as the voice of quality in leadership discussions
• Partner with Engineering Managers and Product Owners
• Contribute to capacity planning
• Advocate for early QA involvement in product and technical design

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Analytics, Marketing tools (e.g. Amplitude, Kochava, Braze, Crashlytics)

Benefits

• Modern offices with free parking in the very center of Minsk or Chisinau
• Onsite or hybrid work opportunity
• Really good hardware
• An exciting and challenging job with talented people around
• Great learning and growth opportunities
• Compensation for professional training, seminars, and conferences (Moldova DevCon)
• First-class English lessons
• More perks for the Minsk and Chisinau office full-time employees
• Remote work is possible for B2B ($, gross)