QA Manager

Hiive is redefining how private companies and their shareholders access liquidity. Through its institutional-grade platform Hiive brings together buyers sellers and issuers to facilitate secondary transactions in venture-backed pre-IPO companies introducing efficiency transparency and standardization to an otherwise opaque asset class.

Recognized as one of Canadas fastest-growing companies and backed by leading U.S. investors Hiive is profitable well-capitalized and building a high-performance team to meet growing demand and pursue new market opportunities.

Interested in learning more about life at Hiive Check out our careers page to see how you can grow with us!

As a QA Manager at Hiive you will lead a team of 3 QA engineers and own quality across our platform. You will define the QA strategy own the test infrastructure and processes that allow Hiive to ship with confidence and evolve how the team operates as AI-assisted engineering reshapes the way our product is built. This is a leadership role where youll shape both the people and the practice of quality at Hiive.

In this role your responsibilities would include:

• Lead mentor and develop a team of 3 QA engineers setting clear ownership areas performance expectations and career growth paths.

• Define and own the QA strategy end-to-end from test planning and case design through to reporting and continuous improvement and adapt it continuously to the changing needs of AI-enabled product engineering.

• Design and maintain an automated test framework covering Hiives core transaction onboarding and platform workflows.

• Integrate QA into CI/CD pipelines so that quality gates are automated and regression coverage runs on every build.

• Partner closely with product and engineering to review requirements identify testability issues early and advocate for quality throughout the development lifecycle.

• Track and report on defect trends test coverage metrics team performance and release readiness to engineering leadership.

• Triage and investigate production issues coordinating root cause analysis and ensuring fixes are covered by regression tests.

• Evaluate and introduce new tooling AI-assisted testing approaches or processes as Hiives platform and team scale.

Required skills:

• 5 years of software QA experience with at least 2 years managing QA engineers.

• Demonstrated experience defining and driving QA strategy.

• Experience evolving QA practices for AI-assisted engineering workflows.

• Strong hands-on experience with test automation frameworks Playwright Cypress Selenium or equivalent.

• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions CircleCI or similar).

• Solid understanding of testing methodologies: functional regression integration and end-to-end.

• Ability to write clear test plans test cases and quality reports for both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced high-ownership environment where you define the process not just follow it.

Preferred skills:

• Experience evolving QA practices in environments where engineers use AI coding assistants (Copilot Cursor Claude Code or similar) in their daily work.

• Experience in fintech marketplace platforms or other regulated software environments.

• Familiarity with performance testing or security testing practices.

• Experience with API testing tools such as Postman or REST-Assured.

• Background working on small engineering teams where QA and engineering collaborate closely.

Compensation Benefits & Perks:

• Highly competitive salary commensurate with experience and contribution.

• Opportunity to participate in ownership of a rapidly growing company through our employee stock option plan.

• Comprehensive 100% employer-paid health and dental premiums a health and personal spending account.

• If you are based in Vancouver enjoy a dedicated desk in our Vancouver BC HQ in the heart of downtown with a fridge stocked with healthy snacks and drinks an onsite gym and a gorgeous rooftop amenity.

• Enjoy a $20-per-day commuter benefit for every day you work in our Vancouver HQ.

• An engaging social calendar including bi-weekly catered lunches bi-weekly Friday bar team workouts annual summer party and holiday party two onsite all-team retreats each year semi-annual team-building events and Hiive Womens Network events.

• Significant opportunities for growth into team leadership and management roles.

• Entrepreneurial culture and a small and dynamic team.

• Sponsorship immigration and relocation for exceptional candidates.

Hiive is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all individuals have an opportunity to succeed.

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