Manager, QA Automation at Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)
Atlanta, GA
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Jul 20, 2026
Atlanta, GA
Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A player-coach management role leading a QA automation team through a migration from Selenium to Playwright, while introducing AI-assisted testing tools and practices. The work spans defining migration architecture, integrating test suites into CI/CD pipelines, and mentoring engineers. Suited to someone with deep hands-on test automation experience who can also set technical direction and manage team delivery in an Agile environment.
Senior level · 7+ years · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 85 people in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 50–130
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $181,884 (middle half $157,254–$224,092).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
This is explicitly a 'player-coach' management role with direct reports, performance reviews, and team leadership responsibilities, making 11-3021 (Computer and Information Systems Managers) the primary SOC. However, the role retains significant hands-on technical work (architecture decisions, migration execution, CI/CD integration), so 15-1253 is a genuine runner-up.
The title 'QA Automation Manager' carries no seniority level word, so advertised seniority is Unspecified. The 7+ years overall and 2+ years in management, combined with org-wide migration leadership scope, support a Senior band — not Staff or Principal, as the scope is one team/function rather than cross-org technical authority.
TypeScript and JavaScript are listed together as the primary language for Playwright; they are treated as interchangeable alternatives for this requirement. Python and Java appear under 'a plus' framing and are marked preferred.
CI/CD pipelines are a hard gate; GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and GitLab CI are given as examples — emitted as a single preferred skill with alternatives since the posting uses 'e.g.' framing rather than requiring a specific tool.
API testing and mobile testing appear in the required section ('Experience testing web applications, APIs, and ideally mobile') — 'ideally mobile' softens mobile to preferred; API testing is retained as preferred given the 'ideally' qualifier applies to the whole clause.
AI/LLM tooling experience is listed under 'Preferred Knowledge and Experience' and is marked preferred accordingly.
No compensation range is disclosed in the posting.
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