About the role

QA Manager leading and mentoring a team of QA engineers to ensure quality for Hiive's liquidity platform. Defining QA strategy and integrating testing into CI/CD workflows at a growing company.

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and develop a team of 3 QA engineers, setting clear ownership areas, performance expectations, and career growth paths.
Define and own the QA strategy end-to-end — from test planning and case design through to reporting and continuous improvement — and adapt it continuously to the changing needs of AI-enabled product engineering.
Design and maintain an automated test framework covering Hiive's core transaction, onboarding, and platform workflows.
Integrate QA into CI/CD pipelines so that quality gates are automated and regression coverage runs on every build.
Partner closely with product and engineering to review requirements, identify testability issues early, and advocate for quality throughout the development lifecycle.
Track and report on defect trends, test coverage metrics, team performance, and release readiness to engineering leadership.
Triage and investigate production issues, coordinating root cause analysis and ensuring fixes are covered by regression tests.
Evaluate and introduce new tooling, AI-assisted testing approaches, or processes as Hiive's platform and team scale.

5+ years of software QA experience, with at least 2 years managing QA engineers.
Demonstrated experience defining and driving QA strategy.
Experience evolving QA practices for AI-assisted engineering workflows.
Strong hands-on experience with test automation frameworks — Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or equivalent.
Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, or similar).
Solid understanding of testing methodologies: functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end.
Ability to write clear test plans, test cases, and quality reports for both technical and non-technical audiences.
Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment where you define the process, not just follow it.

Highly competitive salary commensurate with experience and contribution.
Opportunity to participate in ownership of a rapidly growing company through our employee stock option plan.
Comprehensive 100% employer-paid health and dental premiums, a health and personal spending account.
If you are based in Vancouver, enjoy a dedicated desk in our Vancouver, BC HQ, in the heart of downtown, with a fridge stocked with healthy snacks and drinks, an onsite gym, and a gorgeous rooftop amenity.
Enjoy a $20-per-day commuter benefit for every day you work in our Vancouver HQ.
An engaging social calendar, including bi-weekly catered lunches, bi-weekly “Friday bar,” team workouts, annual summer party, and holiday party, two “onsite” all-team retreats each year, semi-annual team-building events, and Hiive Women’s Network events.
Significant opportunities for growth into team leadership and management roles.
Entrepreneurial culture and a small and dynamic team.
Sponsorship, immigration, and relocation for exceptional candidates.