Test & Release Manager
At a glance
Manager-level DevOps & Release role at GFT Technologies. Poznań.
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What you'll do
- Set testing direction and plans, then map requirements to coverage and quality risks
- Coordinate manual and automated checks across mobile, API and UI layers
- Discuss quality concerns and release readiness with clients, business contacts and development teams
- Prepare test records, reports and metrics, and propose steps to reduce identified risks
- Improve automation approaches and coach junior QA colleagues
What you bring
- At least seven years of commercial work in software testing and quality assurance
- Practical testing across mobile, API and UI, plus experience building test strategies and plans
- Release coordination experience, including quality gates, test-environment readiness and input to Go/No-Go decisions
- Programming experience in Java, JavaScript or Python, along with Git, JIRA and test automation tools
- Fluent English and Polish, and a track record of client-facing work
Who this fits
This manager-level role suits an experienced QA professional who can own quality decisions, guide junior team members and work with clients in an Agile delivery team. The position is hybrid, with two office days each week in Poznań, Kraków or Wrocław; working abroad is available for up to 140 days per year.
From the employer
Type of contract: Employment contract
Salary range: 15000 - 23000 PLN gross
What will you do?
You will join a customer-facing software project and take ownership of quality assurance activities across mobile, API, and UI layers. You will work closely with business stakeholders and development teams to define testing strategies, identify risks, improve QA processes, and ensure high-quality software releases in an Agile environment.
Your tasks
- Define and maintain test strategies, test plans, and QA approaches
- Analyze requirements and identify testing scope and quality risks
- Execute and coordinate manual and automated testing activities
- Perform mobile, API, and UI testing
- Collaborate with clients and stakeholders on quality-related topics
- Prepare test documentation, reports, and quality metrics
- Support automation strategy and framework improvements
- Drive quality initiatives and recommend mitigation actions
- Mentor and support junior QA team members
- Cooperate with cross-functional
- Agile teams to ensure successful releases
Your skills
- Experience in release management processes, including release planning and coordination from a quality perspective, defining entry/exit criteria and quality gates, managing test environment readiness across the release path, and supporting Go/No-Go decisions
- At least 7 years of commercial experience in software testing and quality assurance
- Strong knowledge of testing techniques and quality assurance best practices
- Hands-on experience with mobile, API, and UI testing
- Experience creating and maintaining test strategies and test plans
- Experience working directly with clients and business stakeholders
- Ability to define testing scope, assess quality risks, and recommend mitigation actions
- Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills
- Programming experience in Java, JavaScript, or Python
- Experience with test automation frameworks and tools
- Strong understanding of SDLC, QA methodologies, and Agile development practices
- Experience with Git Experience with JIRA and test management tools
- Experience creating test documentation, reports, and quality metrics
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of quality decisions
- Experience mentoring junior team members
- Fluent English and Polish
Nice to have
- Experience with Appium Experience with Selenium, Playwright, or Cypress
- Experience with REST Assured or Postman/Newman
- Practical experience with TDD and BDD
- Knowledge of CI/CD processes and DevOps practices
- Experience with performance and non-functional testing
- Experience leading testing activities in cross-functional or distributed teams
- Experience working in international customer-facing environments
We offer
- Hybrid work in one of our locations: Poznan, Krakow, Wroclaw (2 office days per week)
- Working in a highly experienced and dedicated team
- Benefit package tailored to your needs (medical, sport, lunch subsidy, life insurance, etc.)
- Online training and certifications
- Access to e-learning platform
- Work From Anywhere (up to 140 days/year abroad)
- Social events
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