Quality Engineering Manager

The role

You will lead a team of Quality Engineers based in Brno who run a production fleet of AI testing agents. You will manage resource allocation, enforce release readiness standards, and drive continuous improvement of QE processes.

What you will do

• Lead a team of QEs embedded in Agile squads
• Manage QE resource allocation across squads
• Own the QE practice across the squads
• Enforce release readiness standards through quality gates
• Review test plans authored by the team
• Partner with peer QE managers, Tooling and Automation, Data Engineering, and Product
• Pull in nonfunctional QE specialists
• Partner with Customer Support and Customer Success
• Own post-release quality and root cause analysis
• Enforce existing QE processes and drive continuous improvement

Required qualifications

• 3+ years managing a quality-focused engineering team
• Track record of driving defect leakage or equivalent quality metrics down
• Strong judgment under ambiguity
• Proactive communication in all directions
• Technical breadth and depth in both QE practice and the products covered

Nice to have

• Demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools and technologies

Benefits

• Performance bonus opportunities
• Employee referral rewards
• Flexible Time Off (FTO)
• 13 paid public holidays aligned with the Czech calendar
• Paid sick leave
• Maternity, paternity, and parental leave in line with Czech regulations
• Additional paid paternity leave from 8am
• Full statutory benefits including public health insurance, social security, pension, and work accident coverage
• Access to Coursera (including Gen AI Academy)
• Ongoing professional development
• Opportunities to travel for company events
• High-quality company swag

About the company

8am builds software that helps professionals run stronger businesses. Their platform powers payments, client experience, and operational workflows for legal, accounting, and other service-based businesses.