At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead QA strategy for innovative AI orchestration platform and manage dynamic teams.
- Company: Join Camunda, a top-rated global tech company transforming into an AI-first organization.
- Benefits: Enjoy remote work, flexible hours, competitive salary, and professional growth opportunities.
- Other info: Be part of a diverse, inclusive culture with exciting career growth potential.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a pioneering role while shaping the future of enterprise software.
- Qualifications: Proven QA leadership experience and ability to drive quality across engineering teams.
The predicted salary is between 135000 - 165000 $ per year.
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.
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.
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
- 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 through our Annual Kickoff, team offsites, and Camundi Connection Budgets.
- Health & Wellbeing: Access locally tailored healthcare, Modern Health for global mental wellbeing, and our Live Well Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA).
- Financial Security: Retirement and pension plans (often with company contributions), plus life and disability insurance where relevant.
- Professional Growth: Up to $/€/£1,000 per year for self-driven learning: courses, certifications, books, you decide!
Equal Opportunity
Everyone is welcome at Camunda — it’s a celebrated component of our culture. We strive to create an inclusive environment that empowers our people. At Camunda, we honour diverse cultures and backgrounds and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
Come join us and be part of Camunda’s incredible journey: Make an impact at a pivotal moment in our story!
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