Engineering Manager – QA

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The Engineering Manager Quality Assurance will lead Valencias QA function and drive a standardized shift-left QA mindset across DKB Code Factorys teams inSpain and Germany increasing release confidence and reducing defect leakage. You will combine people leadership with pragmatic enablementshaping QA standards coaching engineers and embedding measurable quality practices into everyday delivery.

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yourresponsibilities:

• Lead coach and develop QA engineers while coordinating QA practices and standards across Spain and Germany.
• Conduct QA maturity assessments publish baseline KPIs (defect leakage automated coverage cycle time) and deliver a prioritized 12month QA roadmap.
• Design publish and drive adoption of a pragmatic QA playbook (test pyramid automation strategy DoR/DoD quality gates) across locations.
• Deliver high-impact quick wins (e.g. CI test integrations updated DoD including QA test guidelines) and scale successful pilots to other teams.
• Embed shift-left practices by partnering with product and engineeringintroduce pairing refinement participation and automation-first approaches.
• Launch and oversee larger initiatives (automation framework standardization contract testing quality dashboards/observability) and measure their impact on quality KPIs.
• Build and sustain a cross-location QA community (guilds mentorship knowledge sharing) and support hiring/onboarding for QA roles.

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followingqualificationswouldbeinlinewithourdesiredprofileforthisposition:

• Proven experience leading QA or quality engineering teams with cross-location scope (people leadership enablement).
• Strong hands-on QA expertise: test automation frameworks (Selenium Playwright Cypress) API testing (Postman or equivalent) test pyramid and shift-left principles.
• Practical experience integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI/CD or similar) and working with Git-based workflows.
• Demonstrated ability to assess QA maturity define KPIs and convert findings into pragmatic roadmaps and measurable quick wins.
• Excellent stakeholder management and cross-cultural communication skills (Spain & Germany).
• Fluent English; Spanish desirable.
• Comfortable working hybrid from Valencia with periodic travel to Berlin.
• Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter k6) contract testing tools (Pact) observability tooling (Grafana Prometheus) and cloud environments (AWS) (nice-to-have).
• Prior experience working in regulated environments (banking/finance)(nice-to-have).
• Youre passionate about your work but also know how to enjoy your free time!

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