Hands on QA & Release Manager / Lead- remote - Romania (or any country in Eastern Europe)
Experience:
- Solid experience in software testing and QA (SaaS and/or scaling start-ups - highly desirable)
- Experience in Agile, DevOps, or continuous-flow environments with frequent releases
- QA Manager / Release Manager / Leadership experience (setting direction, delegating ownership, developing people..)
- Demonstrable experience planning and leading major version upgrades for enterprise clients across UAT and Production environments — including upgrade roadmap, cutover, rollback, and post-upgrade validation
- Experience using AI tools (generative AI, copilots, log-analysis assistants, LLM-based debugging) and leading AI adoption across a QA team
- Proven experience owning release management end-to-end (Test, UAT, Production) across multiple parallel client streams or product lines
- Solid experience with ITIL processes for Release, Change, and Configuration Management, and QA
- Strong technical background in software development (.NET / C# preferred), SQL
- Experience with TeamCity, Octopus Deploy, and Bitbucket — or equivalent CI/CD tooling
- Hands-on and directive experience with automated testing — Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, or similar
- Understanding of API testing and validation (REST, contract testing, Postman or equivalent)
- Proficient with Jira, Confluence, Xray, and Trello
Desirable
- Experience implementing risk management strategies, conducting post-release reviews, and driving continuous improvement
- Client-facing experience
· Experience with CPQ, configure-price-quote, pricing, or quote-to-cash platforms
· Exposure to enterprise integrations (Salesforce / Dynamics CRM / SAP / ERP)
· .NET / C# / React ecosystem familiarity
· ITIL v4 Foundation or higher certification
· ISTQB Advanced Level or equivalent QA certification
· Experience integrating infrastructure and middleware upgrades into release cycles
