Quality Engineering Manager

Here at Malwarebytes, we believe that when you’re free from threats, you’re free to thrive. It all started in 2008 with one person who needed help with a malware infection, and a community coming together to find solutions. In that moment in time a product was born for all people, with a mission to rid the world of malware. Our product has since grown and evolved, from removing malware, to protecting devices, to ever-changing prevention.

About Malwarebytes Inc.

Malwarebytes began after our founder, Marcin Kleczynski, accidentally infected his parents’ computer while downloading a video game as a teenager. At the time, there was no product that could fully solve the problem, so he set out to build one. That early experience shaped our mission: to create protection that works when people need it most.
Since then, the digital threat landscape has only grown more complex. Attackers are faster, stealthier, and more sophisticated, while traditional solutions often overwhelm people with complicated tools and settings. At Malwarebytes, we believe protection should be both powerful and refreshingly simple because if security feels too hard to use, people will not use it. That is why our aspiration is always to stay one step ahead: cutting through the noise, stopping threats others miss, and delivering peace of mind in an unpredictable digital world.

Malwarebytes is looking for..

Malwarebytes is looking for a collaborative, motivated, and inspiring individual to join our engineering team as a QE Manager.

The ideal candidate is someone who likes to wear the customer hat, is a strong advocate of quality and enjoys collaborating in a multiple-project environment with a “can do” attitude.

You will guide a talented team of software quality engineers and SDETs, own the end-to-end quality strategy for key products and services across desktop and mobile apps, backend services, and data/ML pipelines.

What You Will Do:

Be quality focused

Act as a key advocate for embedding a Culture of Quality across all facets of development, promoting shared ownership and accountability.
Promote a "shift-left" mindset by helping identify and resolve issues earlier in the development cycle and provide solutions when this isn’t occurring.
Conduct end-to-end deep dives including root cause analysis into operational processes to identify gaps, inefficiencies, and defect trends.

Build strategy and collaboration

Define and execute the overall test strategy for Malwarebytes software and platforms.
Collaborate cross-functionally with Development, Product and Research teams to align on test objectives and quality standard.
Partner with Customer Support to proactively address known quality concerns and better understand user pain points from live environments.
Collaborate with wider leadership to share visibility of new features and their potential impact across vertical groups, ensuring alignment and awareness.
Work with the roadmap to secure adequate QE time for planned features, advocating for realistic timelines that meet quality standards.

Lead the team

Lead and mentor a high-performing software test team. Driving culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement.
Manage QE team members within your vertical group, supporting their growth through Individual Development Plans, Key Performance Objectives, and regular 1:1s.
Lead the recruitment and onboarding efforts for QE roles within your vertical group and support hiring for QE positions across the wider team.
Provide hands-on testing support as needed within your verticality and across the team, staying closely connected to in-development features and ensuring high-quality releases.

Skills You'll Need to Have:

10+ years of work experience in software testing.
5+ years of work experience leading software testing efforts and team in a product-driven environment.
Strong knowledge of testing methodologies and hands-on experience with structured testing approaches.
Excellent verbal / written communication skills and leadership skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.
Strong negotiation skills with the ability to effectively advocate for your team’s needs, while maintaining a clear understanding of business priorities to ensure balanced, mutually beneficial outcomes.
Flexible to an agile setup with the ability to multitask, managing coverage for multiple high-profile releases with strict deadlines.
Strong time management, accountability and organisational skills.
Exceptional reporting capabilities.

Nice to Have Skills:

Experience in the security domain.
Experience with LLMs and AI-driven dev/test tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor).
Understanding of cloud-based application deployments and troubleshooting.
Experience with testing frameworks and technologies like Playwright, Mocha, PyTest, JUnit, Cypress, Selenium, Appium, etc.
Experience with RESTful APIs and web-based UI Automation

Perks & Benefits:

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage
Employee Referral Bonus Program
Wellness programs
An opportunity to do something great for yourself and the world!

(Benefits and Perks subject to change by country/region)