QE - Manager

Location: Hyderabad, India
Employment Type: Full-Time; Salaried
Compensation: Base Salary, Bonus, Stock Options, Medical

About Innovapptive

Innovapptive is an enterprise SaaS company building an AI-powered Connected Worker Platform for industrial organizations. Our platform connects frontline workers, back-office systems, and assets in real-time to drive safety, reliability, and operational productivity.

Leading global enterprises including Shell, Hess, Westlake Chemical, Kimberly-Clark, Scott Miracle-Gro, and Newmont Mining, rely on Innovapptive to transform how work gets done across plants and field operations.

Our customers have achieved $50M+ EBITDA savings at a single enterprise, 10× improvement in frontline productivity, and 15–20% reductions in maintenance costs.

Innovapptive is recognized as a Leader in Frost & Sullivan's “Frost Radar 2025 -  Augmented Connected Worker Platforms”, with acknowledgments from Gartner and LNS Research, and is backed by Vista Equity Partners and Tiger Global Management.

With headquarters in Houston and an engineering center in Hyderabad, we have 300+ employees across the U.S., India, and ANZ and are on a strong trajectory toward $100M ARR.

Why This Role Exists

Innovapptive Innovapptive is scaling its product and engineering capabilities and requires a strong Quality Engineering leader to build a robust, scalable, and automation-first quality framework.

Current quality processes need to evolve toward full automation, performance reliability, and security-first testing to support enterprise-grade customers.

You will define and lead the QE vision—ensuring high product quality, faster releases, and scalable testing infrastructure across mobile, web, and cloud environments.

What You Own

• End-to-end Quality Engineering strategy across the SDLC
• Test architecture for mobile, web, and API automation
• QE frameworks and tooling for scalability and maintainability
• Performance testing strategy for high-scale SaaS environments
• Security testing practices integrated into development lifecycle
• CI/CD-integrated automation pipelines
• Quality metrics, defect tracking, and release readiness
• Team building, mentoring, and scaling QE organization

You Must Have

• 12+ years in QA/QE roles within SaaS or product-based companies
• Strong expertise in Mobile QA (Android/iOS), Web, and API testing
• Deep experience with AWS/cloud-based testing environments
• Proven experience in building scalable automation frameworks
• Hands-on experience in:
• API Automation (Node.js)
• Frontend Automation (Angular, React.js, Express.js)
• Strong experience with tools like Selenium, Appium, JMeter
• Experience implementing CI/CD-based testing pipelines
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills
• Proven leadership experience managing and mentoring teams

Nice to Have

• Experience in industrial SaaS or enterprise platforms
• Exposure to security testing frameworks and vulnerability assessments
• Experience with modern test orchestration and observability tools
• Knowledge of containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Shift-left and continuous testing practices

You Will Be Measured On

• % automation coverage across mobile, web, and APIs
• Reduction in production defects and escape rates
• Test execution time and CI/CD pipeline efficiency
• Performance benchmarks and system reliability metrics
• Security vulnerabilities identified and mitigated
• QE team productivity and scalability
• Release quality and on-time delivery

Tech Stack & Tools

• Automation: Selenium, Appium, Cypress (optional)
• API Testing: Postman, REST Assured, Node.js frameworks
• Performance: JMeter, LoadRunner (optional)
• Cloud: AWS (EC2, S3, CloudWatch)
• CI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD
• Monitoring: Sentry, CloudWatch, logging tools
• Frameworks: Custom automation frameworks across web/mobile

Compensation & Growth

• Senior leadership role within engineering
• Opportunity to define QE architecture for a global SaaS platform
• High impact on product quality and customer success
• Career path toward Head of QE / Engineering leadership

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and equity tied to measurable impact on AI accuracy and performance.
• A platform to shape the semantic intelligence layer of a category-defining industrial SaaS company.
• Access to cutting-edge AI, data, and observability toolchains for continuous learning and innovation.

Innovapptive does not accept and will not review unsolicited resumes from search firms.
Innovapptive is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or creed, alienage or citizenship status, political affiliation, marital or partnership status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth (or related medical conditions), sex, sexual orientation, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, genetic disorder, genetic predisposition, carrier status, military status, familial status, or domestic violence victim status and any other basis protected under federal, state, or local laws