The QA Automation Engineering Manager will oversee Manual QA Engineers, Automation Engineers, and Mobile Ad SDK Testing Specialists, driving cohesive quality practices across all teams. This role is accountable for delivering high-quality releases, optimizing testing processes, and ensuring consistent, reliable execution across all product lines. The manager's leadership will enable scalable automation, strong test strategies, and a culture of excellence within the QA organization.

Must Have

• Own QA strategy, test planning, and execution across backend, web portals, and Ad SDK integrations.
• Manage a team of offshore Manual and Automation QA Engineers.
• Ensure efficient collaboration with product, development, devops, and release management teams.
• Establish standardized testing processes, documentation, and reporting.
• Drive early quality involvement in development cycles.
• Define team structure, workflows, and ownership areas to maximize productivity.
• Provide risk assessments and clear quality sign-off on releases.
• Optimize offshore productivity, resource allocation, and cross-team communication.
• Identify training needs and build a culture of continuous improvement.
• Perform Ad SDK testing to validate integration of major ad network SDKs, ad flow stability, rendering, latency, and attribution accuracy.
• 6–8+ years of QA experience, with at least 2–3 years managing offshore or remote teams.
• 3-4+ years of hands-on QA automation experience.
• Ability to write and review test automation code (Python, JavaScript, and/or Java).
• Experience overseeing both manual and automation QA functions.
• Solid understanding of automation frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Postman/Newman, RestAssured, and/or similar).
• Excellent communication, leadership, and project management skills.
• Strong understanding of backend systems, APIs, and web portals.
• Experience working with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab, etc.).

Good to Have

• Knowledge of ad networks, mediation platforms, or mobile ad rendering.
• Familiarity with ad Tech or mobile SDK integrations.
• Experience testing or managing mobile applications; understanding of iOS/Android device ecosystems.

Perks & Benefits

• Medical (100% paid option), dental (100% paid), vision (100% paid).
• Unlimited PTO/Vacation.
• Life insurance (100% paid).
• 401K with competitive contribution.
• Annual, all-inclusive company trip for you and a guest.
• Free lunch, free snacks, and free drinks (in office).
• Casual workplace with a relaxed dress code and newly remodeled office.
• Growth opportunities.
• Annual Game Jam.

QA Automation Engineering Manager

In this role, you will oversee Manual QA Engineers, Automation Engineers, and Mobile Ad SDK Testing Specialists, driving cohesive quality practices across all teams. You will be accountable for delivering high-quality releases, optimizing testing processes, and ensuring consistent, reliable execution across all product lines.

Your leadership will enable scalable automation, strong test strategies, and a culture of excellence within the QA organization.

Responsibilities:

• You will own QA strategy, test planning, and execution across backend, web portals, and Ad SDK integrations
• Manage a team of offshore QA comprising of Manual and Automation Engineers
• Ensure efficient collaboration with product, development, devops, and release management teams
• Establish standardized testing processes, documentation, and reporting
• Drive early quality involvement in development cycles
• Define team structure, workflows, and ownership areas to maximize productivity
• Provide risk assessments and clear quality sign-off on releases
• Optimize offshore productivity, resource allocation, and cross-team communication
• Identify training needs and build a culture of continuous improvement
• Ad SDK testing to validate
• Integration of major ad network SDKs inside mobile games (e.g., AppLovin, Unity, Google, Vungle, IronSource, Liftoff, etc.)
• Rewarded video, interstitial, banner, MRAID, and playable ads
• Ad flow stability, rendering behavior, latency, and attribution accuracy

Qualifications for Position:

• 6–8+ years of QA experience, with at least 2–3 years managing offshore or remote teams
• 3-4+ years of hands-on QA automation experience
• Ability to write and review test automation code (Python, JavaScript, and/or Java.)
• Experience overseeing both manual and automation QA functions
• Solid understanding of automation frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Postman/Newman, RestAssured, and/or similar)
• Excellent communication, leadership, and project management skills
• Strong understanding of backend systems, APIs, and web portals
• Experience working with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab, etc.)

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of ad networks, mediation platforms, or mobile ad rendering
• Familiarity with ad Tech or mobile SDK integrations is a strong advantage
• Experience testing or managing mobile applications; understanding of iOS/Android device ecosystems

A Little Bit About Us:

MobilityWare is one of the leading mobile game publishers of card and puzzle games. With our headquarters in the heart of Orange County and a growing studio in Utah, we’re dedicated to our mission of bringing joy to others one game at a time. Ever since our flagship title Solitaire hit the Apple App Store on the day it opened in 2008, MobilityWare has been entertaining gamers around the world. With a product portfolio that includes beloved hits such as FreeCell, MONOPOLY Solitaire, Spades, Hearts, Mahjong, and Bubble Shooter Pop, our games have been downloaded over 600 MILLION times.

MobilityWare was recently named one of Built in LA’s Best Places to Work for the fifth year in a row and we’ve been recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in Orange County five times by the Orange County Business Journal and OC Register. While we’re proud to be the company behind some of mobile gaming’s most popular titles, our most important achievement is creating a work environment that encourages professional growth and prioritizes the wellness of all of our team members.

Do we have your attention yet? Here are just some of the perks of working with us:

• We offer medical (100% paid option), dental (100% paid), vision (100% paid), unlimited PTO/Vacation, life insurance (100% paid), and a 401K with competitive contribution.
• Annual, all-inclusive company trip for you and a guest. Previous destinations include Hawaii, a Mexican Riviera Cruise, Las Vegas and Los Cabos!
• In the office we offer things like free lunch, free snacks, and free drinks.
• Casual workplace that includes a relaxed dress code, plus a newly remodeled office in the heart of Irvine.
• Growth, growth, growth - we are growing, and we would love for you to join us on the ride.
• Annual Game Jam to show off your creative chops!

In compliance with local law, we are disclosing compensation for this role. The range listed is just one component of MobilityWare’s total compensation package for employees, which may include short- and long-term incentives and program-specific awards. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. Starting pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include education, training, experience, certifications, location, business needs, or market demands. This range is based on a full-time position. This range may be modified in the future. The annual base salary pay range for this role is $140,000-$900,000.