Stanbridge University is hiring an on-site QA Engineering Manager to lead and scale the team that safeguards the quality of our custom PHP/Laravel + VueJS Learning Management System (LMS) and its supporting services. You’ll work from our Irvine, CA headquarters, partnering closely with Engineering, Product, and DevOps to deliver high-quality releases that serve thousands of students and faculty.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• This is an on campus position located in Irvine Ca. On campus presence is requires
• 5+ years of experience in software QA, including 2+ years of team leadership or management.
• Proven success scaling test automation with tools such as Selenium/WebDriver, PHPUnit, or similar frameworks.
• Strong grasp of Agile/Scrum methodologies and CI/CD best practices in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Hands-on experience reading/debugging PHP, Laravel, VueJS, JavaScript, and working with REST/GraphQL APIs.
• Ability to define and report quality KPIs via dashboards and executive-facing reports.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills; thrives in a collaborative, on-site environment supported by Slack/Teams and Zoom.
• $90,000-$120,000/yr. Salary is dependent on experience and education.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Prior QA leadership experience in EdTech, LMS, CMS, or other large-scale SaaS platforms.
• Familiarity with performance/load testing tools (e.g., JMeter, Gatling) and mobile testing frameworks (e.g., Appium).
• Exposure to infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or Ansible and container orchestration such as Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of analytics pipelines (e.g., xAPI, BigQuery) and test-data-management strategies.

• This position requires on-site presence in Irvine CA.
• Lead and mentor a team of 4–6 QA engineers (manual, automation, performance); conduct 1-on-1s, set goals, and support career development.
• Own and execute the test strategy across manual, automation, performance, and accessibility testing.
• Drive automation expansion through Selenium/WebDriver suites, PHPUnit integration tests, and API test frameworks.
• Define and track quality metrics such as defect escape rate, test coverage, and CI pipeline pass rates; report trends to leadership.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to translate requirements into testable acceptance criteria and comprehensive test plans.
• Oversee CI pipeline quality gates to ensure automated tests run on every merge and failures are actionable.
• Manage ticket triage and the defect lifecycle using tools like Linear, YouTrack, or Azure Boards; prioritize issues based on risk and business impact.
• Champion continuous process improvements, including peer-review checklists, exploratory-testing charters, and documentation standards.
• Embed WCAG, OWASP, FERPA, and other compliance standards into QA workflows.