Sr. QA Manager

What you'll do:

We’re seeking a Sr. QA Manager to lead and evolve the quality engineering function at NinjaTrader. This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for embedding quality across the SDLC—not just through validation but by driving a preventative, testability-first culture from the very beginning of product planning.

You’ll manage a team of QA engineers, integrate quality processes into our CI/CD pipelines, and leverage AI-powered automation tools to scale QA. A critical part of this role is building test strategies that go beyond basic checks to ensure that what we release reflects the full customer experience.

Experience in regulated industries, especially financial services, is highly desirable.

In this role you will:

• Lead, coach, and scale a QA team supporting multiple agile product squads
• Define and drive a comprehensive QA strategy grounded in user experience, covering:
  • Functional testing
  • Regression testing
  • Load/performance testing
  • Exploratory testing
• Champion a shift-left testing mindset, ensuring QA input is part of early design and planning
• Integrate and scale AI-based test automation, including n8n and other generative AI tools for intelligent testing and automation
• Own and optimize QA’s role in CI/CD pipelines to ensure high-confidence, low-friction releases
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and DevOps to prioritize testability in design and implementation
• Measure and continuously improve key QA metrics: test coverage, defect escape rate, release quality, etc
• Promote quality as a core engineering value, not a separate gatekeeping function
• Uphold engineering quality and execution standards, including code reviews, test coverage, release pipelines, observability, and incident response

What you'll need:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience)
• 10+ years of experience in software QA, including 3+ years in a leadership or management role
• Proven experience building test strategies that reflect the end-to-end user experience
• Hands-on knowledge of test automation tools and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Postman)
• Familiarity with n8n and other AI or generative automation tools for testing or workflow automation
• Experience working in regulated industries; financial services/trading platforms strongly preferred
• Solid programming/scripting in Python, JavaScript, C#, Scala, or Java
• Strong communication, cross-functional collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
• Deep belief in preventative quality practices and building testable systems by design

Compensation:

The salary range for this role will be $145,000.00 - $165,000.00 USD. In addition, this position will also receive an annual target bonus of 15%. Bonus pay at NinjaTrader is based on individual performance (50%) as well as company/team performance (50%).

Salary and bonus earnings are only two components of the total compensation package offered by NinjaTrader. NinjaTrader offers a 401K plan through ADP under which the company will match up to 3.5% of employee contributions. Annual paid time off allowance accrues at a rate of 18 days per year (some positions may qualify for more) plus seven paid holidays.

Location:

This role is based in Chicago, IL. *There may be remote flexibility for exceptional candidates in the following states: California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C., Wisconsin, New Jersey, Pennsylvania.

Hybrid:

For Chicago-based employees, we follow a hybrid work schedule: In-office Tuesday through Thursday, with remote work on Mondays and Fridays. In addition to these weekly remote days, we offer:

• 20 additional flex remote days annually
• 5 Company Wide Office-Optional weeks tied to major holidays