QA and Test Manager

DKB Code Factory
Valencia, Spain
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Who this role is best for

QA professionals with coaching and cross-team coordination skills will find this collaborative role in Valencia, Spain, emphasizes technical testing and team growth.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a background in test strategy and risk-based testing who enjoy mentoring teams
    — “coach teams in practical, risk-based testing”
  • Individuals experienced in facilitating integration and end-to-end testing across multiple teams
    — “facilitate integration and end-to-end testing across teams”
  • Professionals who can bridge testing and business impact through clear communication and analysis
    — “Ability to connect testing strategy and coverage to business impact”

Things to consider

  • This role requires physical presence in Valencia, Spain, for team collaboration and coordination
    — “team spirit is essential to us”
  • The position involves supporting teams in defect investigation and retesting when needed
    — “Contribute hands-on to test analysis, design, execution, defect investigation, and retesting”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize experience in coaching teams and identifying testing gaps in your resume and interviews
    — “help teams identify important gaps and dependencies early”
  • Highlight your ability to coordinate testing across technical and team boundaries
    — “coordinate work across team boundaries”
  • Showcase your familiarity with test automation and API testing in your application materials
    — “Familiarity with test design techniques, exploratory testing, and test automation”
  • Demonstrate your ability to communicate testing progress and risks effectively
    — “communicate testing evidence, coverage gaps, and remaining risks”
  • Include examples of how you have supported root-cause analysis and testing improvements
    — “help teams learn from test results, defects, production issues, and feedback”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Help teams connect testing priorities to business and technical risks
  • Build testing capability through workshops and practical examples
Typical background
QA Engineer with experience in software testing and team coaching

Skills & requirements

Required

Practical Experience Designing And Executing TestsExperience Helping Teams Plan And Coordinate TestingUnderstanding Of Apis, Integrations, Data, And Ci/cdClear Communication Skills

Preferred

Familiarity With Test Design TechniquesExperience With Exploratory TestingExperience With Test Automation

Stack & domain

Practical Experience Designing And Executing TestsExperience Helping Teams Plan And Coordinate TestingFamiliarity With Test Design TechniquesUnderstanding Of Apis, Integrations, Data, And Ci/cdClear Communication SkillsA Collaborative MindsetConstructive Coaching StyleCommitment To Continuous ImprovementSoftware QualityTesting

About the role

Original posting from DKB Code Factory via Greenhouse

Welcome to DKB Code Factory…. 

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Join us as a QA and Test Manager and help strengthen software quality across a subdomain. You’ll coach teams in practical, risk-based testing, help coordinate work across team boundaries, and provide hands-on support when needed. Act as a trusted partner who helps them make informed decisions and grow their testing capabilities.

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Help teams connect testing priorities to business and technical risks, choose suitable test levels, and challenge requirements and acceptance criteria early.

Coach teams in creating clear, realistic test plans that account for scope, risks, responsibilities, dependencies, environments, test data, capacity, and completion criteria.

Review test plans and coverage constructively, helping teams identify important gaps and dependencies early.

Facilitate integration and end-to-end testing across teams, clarify responsibilities, coordinate shared test sessions, and follow up on blockers.

Support testing coordination and documentation, including consolidating status while avoiding duplicate reporting.

Build testing capability through workshops, pairing, test reviews, and practical examples for developers, testers, and product colleagues.

Help teams apply test design techniques, exploratory testing, automation, and appropriate component, integration, contract, and end-to-end testing approaches.

Contribute hands-on to test analysis, design, execution, defect investigation, and retesting when expertise or temporary capacity is needed.

Help teams learn from test results, defects, production issues, and feedback, and support root-cause analysis and follow-through on improvements.

Communicate testing evidence, coverage gaps, and remaining risks to support release decisions.

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Practical experience designing and executing tests, investigating failures, and following defects through resolution.

Ability to connect testing strategy and coverage to business impact, technical risk, and delivery constraints.

Experience helping teams plan and coordinate testing across dependencies, environments, and capacity constraints.

A constructive coaching style and the ability to explain testing methods clearly to people in different roles.

Familiarity with test design techniques, exploratory testing, and test automation.

Understanding of APIs, integrations, data, and CI/CD sufficient to guide testing decisions and collaborate with engineers.

Clear communication skills and the ability to make testing progress, evidence, and risks understandable.

A collaborative mindset and an interest in helping teams become more effective and independent in their testing.

Commitment to continuous improvement and keeping testing knowledge current.

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Got the feeling not to match every single requirement? Don’t worry! We encourage you to apply anyways, even if your qualifications do not align perfectly. You might still be just the right candidate for us!

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Source: DKB Code Factory careers (Greenhouse)

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