The Role: Project Manager (with SDET expertise)
This is a hybrid role, part project lead, part quality guardian. You'll be the driving force behind our sprint cycles, ensuring smooth planning, clear communication, quality releases, and a balanced workload across team members.
You'll also roll up your sleeves as an SDET: writing automated tests, performing manual testing where needed, and embedding quality into our fast-paced development lifecycle.
What You'll DoProject & Sprint Management (Primary Focus)
- Lead and manage sprints from planning and backlog grooming to retrospectives and release coordination.
- Ensure clear communication, task ownership, and follow-up between developers, AI specialists, and product/design.
- Track progress using tools like Jira or Linear, and manage project timelines, blockers, and priorities.
- Keep a pulse on delivery readiness and quality across features and agents.
- Own the sprint cadence and help maintain a healthy developer velocity.
Software Quality & Test Engineering (SDET Focus)
- Design and maintain automated test frameworks (front-end, API, and back-end).
- Write test cases and scripts for key user flows and run manual tests when automation doesn't cut it.
- Ensure test coverage, traceability, and documentation of results.
- Collaborate with developers to catch bugs early, improve testability, and support a high-quality release cycle.
- Test data flows, AI agents, and prompt-based systems using Python and JavaScript tools.
You Bring
- 45 years of experience in software development, testing, or QA project management.
- Solid hands-on experience as an SDET or test engineer (manual + automated).
- Experience leading Agile-style sprints and managing small, cross-functional tech teams.
- Proficiency with JavaScript/React and Python for writing test scripts and automation.
- Knowledge of LLM-based systems, AI workflows, or data-heavy applications is a big plus.
- Strong communication skills, independence, and a love for bringing structure to fast-moving environments.
Why Work at Genba Studio
- Make an Impact You're not just managing process you're helping build AI products that improve real human learning.
- Remote Flexibility Work from anywhere in India, fully remote and async-friendly.
- Innovative Environment Work closely with AI engineers, product thinkers, and designers doing bleeding-edge work in LLMs and Hybrid AI.
- Small Team, Big Trust We value ownership, initiative, and respect for each other's time and craft.
- Rapid Learning Gain experience with AI agent architectures, educational systems, and next-gen tooling.
