QA Manager

About Us

At Cast & Crew, we’ve empowered creativity and supported the global entertainment industry for decades. Together with our family of brands - Backstage, CAPS, Checks & Balances, Final Draft, Media Services, Sargent-Disc, and The TEAM Companies – we operate as a combined entertainment technology and services provider offering industry standard screenwriting accounting software, digital payroll products, data & reporting, and a host of creative tools. The industry continues to move faster than ever, and the need for our expertise, our technology, and our people has never been greater. We are a production’s best ally every step of the way.

Technical Leadership

• Design and evolve automation frameworks for: Web applications, APIs (REST and GraphQL), Integration and event-driven workflows, Mobile web platforms
• Build and improve automated regression, smoke, integration, and end-to-end testing capabilities
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or Buildkite
• Implement quality gates, reporting, and release validation processes
• Partner with Platform and DevOps teams to improve test environments, observability, and developer workflows
• Help modernize legacy automation frameworks and improve test reliability
• Drive AI innovation within Quality Engineering by identifying opportunities to leverage AI-assisted tooling, automation generation, intelligent test optimization, failure analysis, and developer productivity workflows
• Drive AI innovation within Quality Engineering by identifying opportunities to leverage AI-assisted tooling, automation generation, intelligent test optimization, failure analysis, and developer productivity workflows
• Drive AI innovation within Quality Engineering by identifying opportunities to leverage AI-assisted tooling, automation generation, intelligent test optimization, failure analysis, and developer productivity workflows
• Drive AI innovation within Quality Engineering by identifying opportunities to leverage AI-assisted tooling, automation generation, intelligent test optimization, failure analysis, and developer productivity workflows

Shift-Left Quality Engineering

• Partner with Engineering and Product leaders to embed quality earlier in the development lifecycle
• Help developers adopt unit, API, integration, and automation testing best practices
• Drive developer-owned quality and self-service testing capabilities
• Establish scalable testing standards, reusable tooling, and automation patterns
• Improve release confidence through better automation coverage and CI/CD enforcement
• Leverage AI-assisted tooling and automation to improve testing efficiency and engineering velocity

Team Leadership & Collaboration

• Lead and mentor QA engineers while remaining hands-on technically
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, Product, DevOps, Release Engineering, and Security teams
• Provide technical guidance on testing strategy, automation architecture, and quality best practices
• Drive alignment around quality goals, release readiness, and engineering standards
• Track and communicate quality metrics, risks, and improvement opportunities

Why Join Us

• You will help drive a shift-left engineering culture, modernize testing practices, improve developer productivity, and build scalable quality solutions that support products used across the entertainment industry worldwide.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO
• Health and wellness programs
• Employee discounts

Note

Cast & Crew benefits are subject to eligibility requirements.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals based on job-related qualifications and ability to perform a job, without regard to age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, disability, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship or marital status, and to maintain a non-discriminatory environment free from intimidation, harassment or bias based upon these grounds.

California Privacy Rights

A summary of your California privacy rights can be found at: https://www.castandcrew.com/privacy-policy/

Compensation Range

The compensation range for this position is: $120,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year.