Test Automation and Quality Manager

About the role

Intertech is looking for a Test Automation and Quality Manager to define and run its quality engineering strategy, build and lead a team of test automation engineers and quality coaches, and integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines. The role suits someone who has moved organizations from manual, late-stage testing to engineering-owned quality.

Key responsibilities

• Define and execute the quality engineering strategy: test pyramid, automation coverage targets, environment strategy, test data management and shift-left practices.
• Build and lead a team of test automation engineers and quality coaches, setting standards, career paths and ways of working.
• Design and deliver the test automation platform and frameworks (API, UI, contract, performance, security testing) integrated into CI/CD pipelines with clear quality gates.
• Reduce long-running manual regression cycles through risk-based test selection, parallelization and automation, measuring results in cycle time and defect escape rate.
• Own quality metrics and reporting for management: coverage, flakiness, defect leakage, mean time to detect and release readiness.
• Work with Architecture, Release Management and Platform teams on environment provisioning, feature flags, versioning and rollback practices.
• Evaluate and introduce tooling, including AI-assisted test generation and maintenance, where it delivers measurable productivity gains.
• Handle banking or financial services experience, including regulatory and audit expectations for testing evidence, and test microservices alongside legacy monolithic systems.

Required profile

• 10+ years in software quality and test engineering, including at least 4 years managing test automation teams for complex enterprise or banking systems.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
• Good written and spoken English.
• Experience integrating automated testing and quality gates into CI/CD pipelines and working with containerized test environments.
• Solid understanding of test data management, environment management and non-functional testing for transaction-heavy systems.
• Track record of driving cultural change toward engineering-owned quality.
• ISTQB Advanced or Expert level certification.

Required skills

• Automation frameworks and tools for API and UI testing (Playwright, Selenium, RestAssured, Postman or Karate)
• Performance testing (JMeter, k6 or Gatling) and contract testing
• C# or Java, with experience automating within .NET-based ecosystems
• Jenkins, Azure DevOps or GitLab for CI/CD integration
• Observability-driven quality (synthetic monitoring, production testing) and AI-assisted testing tools

What we offer

• Continuous learning and development through Inter Academy
• International projects and work with new, trending technologies
• Flexible working hours (08:00-17:00, 09:00-18:00 or 10:00-19:00)
• Recreation space with gym, PlayStation, pinball, table tennis, basketball court, coffee shop and cafe, and no dress code
• Birthday leave and language allowance
• 6 hub offices across Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and Bursa