QE Manager

For over four decades, PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE: PAR) has been a leader in restaurant technology, empowering brands worldwide to create lasting connections with their guests. Our innovative solutions and commitment to excellence provide comprehensive software and hardware that enable seamless experiences and drive growth for over 100,000 restaurants in more than 110 countries. Embracing our "Better Together" ethos, we offer Unified Customer Experience solutions, combining point-of-sale, digital ordering, loyalty and back-office software solutions as well as industry-leading hardware and drive-thru offerings. To learn more, visit partech.com or connect with us on LinkedIn , X (formerly Twitter) , Facebook , and Instagram .

Position Description:

The Quality Engineering Manager defines the Quality Engineering strategy and approach for all of the company's products and is ultimately responsible for driving and maintaining high standards of product quality. This role provides technical and people leadership to the QA organization, including QA Automation Engineers and QA Architects, and functional leadership to QA Engineers embedded in development teams. Working closely with Engineering, Product, Architecture and DevOps, you will make sure quality is built into the product from the start, and you will actively drive AI adoption across the QE organization.

Position Location:

Serbia

Reports To:

Director, Engineering

What We’re Looking For:

Entrees (Requirements):

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience

Quality Assurance and Quality Engineering experience across multiple projects, off-shore and in-house

Strong technical leadership skills with experience in implementing and shaping company-wide QA and Quality Engineering processes, strategies and standards

Strong technical skills across functional and non-functional testing, manual and automated testing, ideally in an Agile and continuous delivery environment

Strong experience with test automation frameworks, CI/CD integration and modern software testing practices

Experience leading and mentoring QA Automation Engineers, QA Architects and QA Engineers working across multiple development teams

Excellent knowledge of Risk Management, Risk Identification and Risk-Based Testing

Experience in managing large and complex activities, technical initiatives and processes

Experience in developing and implementing scalable test automation strategies and frameworks

Understanding of modern software development, CI/CD and continuous testing practices

Demonstrated practical experience with AI-assisted testing, automation and engineering workflows, with the ability to identify valuable use cases, drive adoption and develop AI capability within a Quality Engineering organization

Strong understanding of performance, scalability and reliability testing strategies for distributed, API-driven and high-volume production systems.

Experience operating in modern continuous delivery environments with frequent releases, short-lived changes and trunk-based development principles.

With a side of (additional skills):

Strong communication skills with all key stakeholders to ensure the Quality Engineering vision is understood and implemented correctly

Be an advocate of Quality Engineering, Continuous Improvement, Automation and industry-recognized Best Practices

Flexible with the ability to work under pressure

Proactive, strong-minded, quick thinker and assertive

Able to motivate a team, recognize good talent and bring out the best out of each individual

A mature and professional individual who is self-motivated and enthusiastic

Excellent communicator with strong influencing, negotiation and stakeholder management skills to get management buy-in on ideas and concepts

Able to communicate with all levels of management and peers within the organization

Ability to handle conflict effectively

Ability to build, implement and direct Quality Engineering principles and maintain the quality of delivery across the organization.

Unleash your potential: What you will be doing and owning:

Responsible for defining and continuously improving the Quality Engineering strategy, approach and execution across development projects

Provide technical expertise and leadership within Quality Engineering, Test Automation and Software Testing

Lead, mentor and develop QA Automation Engineers and QA Architects, while providing functional leadership and guidance to QA Engineers working within other development teams. Set clear expectations, actively coach individuals, address performance and capability gaps, and build a culture of ownership, accountability and continuous technical growth across the QE organization

Continuously raise the technical capability of the QE organization, helping engineers expand beyond manual validation toward stronger skills in automation, API testing, performance testing, observability, CI/CD and AI-assisted Quality Engineering

Participate in interviews, induction, training and performance evaluation of QA Engineers and other members of the QA organization

Provide technical leadership and expertise within the field of Quality Engineering, Quality Assurance and Testing

Ensure that development teams adhere to the principles, guidelines and best practices of the Quality Engineering strategy

Drive a shift-left quality approach by ensuring that quality, testability and risk are considered throughout the entire software development lifecycle

Focus on continuous quality improvements, including the adoption of appropriate testing tools, techniques, test automation and engineering practices

Drive the development, standardization and maintenance of scalable and reliable test automation frameworks and solutions

Promote the effective integration of automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and continuous delivery processes

Define and evolve Quality Engineering practices for a continuous delivery environment where features may be released independently as they are ready, ensuring that quality practices support delivery speed rather than becoming a release bottleneck

Establish testing and quality practices that support short development cycles, frequent integration and trunk-based development principles, with appropriate levels of automation, risk assessment and release confidence

Define and maintain quality standards, testing methodologies and engineering practices across the organization

Drive the adoption of appropriate testing approaches across functional, integration, API, end-to-end, performance, scalability and reliability testing, with particular focus on identifying performance regressions and production risks as early as possible in the development lifecycle

Partner with Engineering and Architecture to establish appropriate performance baselines, quality gates and monitoring signals for critical product flows, and ensure that significant performance or reliability regressions are identified before reaching production

Monitor QA activities, test results, escaped defects, quality trends and root cause analysis, and identify and implement areas for improvement

Gather, analyze and present quality and testing metrics to key stakeholders, providing actionable insights into quality risks and trends

Ensure the proper usage and continuous evaluation of QA tools and technologies to gain maximum benefit from the QA effort

Own and drive the Quality Engineering AI adoption strategy, identifying practical use cases for AI across test design, test generation, automation, exploratory testing, test analysis, maintenance, defect analysis and engineering productivity

Build practical AI capability across the QE organization by coaching and enabling QE Engineers to incorporate AI-assisted wo