Quality Assurance (m/w/d)

## About the Role

CGM is seeking a **Teamlead Quality Assurance (m/w/d)** to lead and strategically develop its team responsible for **manual QA and test automation**. You will provide both technical and disciplinary leadership while defining a forward-looking test automation strategy across the full testing lifecycle, from unit and integration testing through system, performance, and stress testing.

Working closely with Engineering and Product Management, you will balance delivery capability, quality, and risk while embedding **Shift-Left, Automation-First, and risk-based testing** into agile development processes. You will also contribute hands-on technical expertise to scalable test frameworks, test harnesses, CI/CD integrations, and AI-supported test automation.

## Key Responsibilities

- Provide technical and disciplinary leadership for the manual QA and test automation team.

- Strategically develop the QA team and its capabilities.

- Define and implement a future-oriented **test automation strategy** across all test levels.

- Cover testing from unit and integration tests through system, performance, and stress testing.

- Work with Engineering and Product Management to balance delivery capability, quality, and risk.

- Establish **Shift-Left, Automation-First, and risk-based testing** as integral parts of development processes.

- Apply technical expertise to the design and continuous improvement of scalable test frameworks, test harnesses, and CI/CD integrations.

- Drive **AI-supported test automation**, using tools such as Claude Code or comparable AI agents for test generation, maintenance, and triage.

- Establish reusable QA standards, skills, and workflows to make the QA setup more efficient, robust, and scalable.

- Develop team members and promote technical excellence.

- Contribute expertise to the company's QA community.

## Required Qualifications

- Successfully completed degree in **Computer Science, Software Engineering, Business Informatics**, or a comparable technical field.

- Several years of experience leading teams in **QA and test automation**.

- Practical experience with **load, stress, and performance testing**.

- Strong technical expertise and practical experience in test automation.

- Ability to develop an experienced QA team both technically and personally.

- Good programming skills in at least one modern programming language, such as **C#, Java, Python, or TypeScript**.

- Experience systematically embedding software quality into **agile development processes**, including approaches such as Shift-Left, risk-based testing, and Automation-First.

- Confident communication skills in **German and English**, both written and spoken.

- Initiative, solution-oriented thinking, enthusiasm for innovation, and an entrepreneurial mindset.

- Strong quality awareness and understanding of the particular responsibility associated with **patient safety**.

## Preferred Qualifications

- Successful practical use of **AI in QA**, such as Claude Code or comparable agentic AI tools.

## Skills & Competencies

- Quality Assurance (QA)

- Manual software testing

- Test automation

- QA team leadership

- Test automation strategy

- Unit, integration, system, performance, and stress testing

- Load testing

- Test frameworks

- Test harnesses

- CI/CD integration

- Agile software development

- Shift-Left testing

- Automation-First testing

- Risk-based testing

- AI-supported test automation

- Claude Code and AI agents

- Test generation, maintenance, and triage

- Technical mentoring and team development

- Quality management

- Problem-solving

- Initiative and ownership

- Innovation

- Entrepreneurial thinking

- German and English communication

- Patient-safety awareness

## Education & Experience

**Education:**

- Degree in **Computer Science, Software Engineering, Business Informatics**, or a comparable technical field.

**Experience:**

- Several years of team leadership experience in QA and test automation.

- Practical experience with load, stress, and performance testing.

- Strong practical experience in test automation.

- Experience working with agile development processes and implementing Shift-Left, risk-based testing, and Automation-First approaches.

- Practical AI experience in QA is preferred.

## Work Arrangement & Schedule

- **Location:** Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

- **Work arrangement:** Hybrid / Mobile Work

- **Remote schedule:** 2 days per week remote

- **On-site schedule:** 3 days per week on-site

- **Employment type:** Not specified in the source job description.

- **Weekly hours:** Not specified in the source job description.

- **Weekend requirements:** Not specified in the source job description.

## Compensation & Benefits

- **Compensation:** EUR; specific salary amount is not provided in the source job description.

- **Job-bike leasing**

- **Subsidized membership at a cooperating fitness studio and/or various training programs**

- **Professional development through the Inhouse Academy and external cooperation partners**

- **Modern and comfortable employee areas**

- **Ergonomic workplace consultation and workplace customization options**

- **Annual Health Day with various health-related offerings**

## Compliance / Additional Information

CGM is a leading provider of software solutions for the healthcare sector, operating in **19 countries with more than 9,000 employees**. The company emphasizes AI in the e-health environment and aims to contribute to the healthcare system of the future.

CGM welcomes applications regardless of **disability, gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, or gender identity**.

Applicants should apply online with their application documents, including **certificates, salary expectations, and earliest possible start date**.

The role carries particular responsibility for software quality and **patient safety** in the healthcare environment.

**Employer:** CGM