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Alexandru Bratu

@alexandrubratu

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Principal QA Manager driving scalable automation, release governance, and cross-functional quality.

Romania

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior QA leadership roles where I can scale teams, drive automation and release excellence, and collaborate cross-functionally in Agile environments.

I am a strategic, hands-on Principal QA Manager with over 17 years leading global quality assurance across gaming, fintech, insurance, digital authentication, and mobile platforms.

I build and scale high-performing QA teams, mentor engineers, and implement career pathing to improve retention and capability.

I design and execute automation strategies, CI/CD-integrated testing, and release governance that reduced production incidents by 40% and cut regression time by 60% in prior roles.

I partner cross-functionally with DevOps, BI, and product stakeholders to enforce release readiness, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement in fast-paced Agile environments.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Principal QA Manager

Current

Moonactive

Jun 2022 - Present (3 years 5 months)

Lead QA and release delivery for top-tier mobile game titles, scaling the QA team from 4 to 10+ and reducing production incidents by 40% in 12 months through expanded automation and regression coverage.

Release Management GitHub Actions Android Test Strategy Agile Scrum

QA Team Lead

IBM Romania

Jan 2016 - May 2022 (6 years 4 months)

Oversaw QA delivery for a large-scale insurance brokerage platform, scaling the QA organisation from 2 to 15 engineers across multiple countries and cutting regression time by 60% via a custom C# automation framework.

Team Leadership SQL Distributed Teams

Senior QA Engineer

IBM Romania

Jan 2015 - Jan 2016 (1 year)

Conducted end-to-end backend testing and data validation for investment platforms, writing SQL queries and managing full QA cycles while collaborating with French stakeholders.

Backend Testing SQL Test Planning Data Validation End To End Testing Reporting

QA Manager

xyzmo Software

Oct 2013 - Jan 2015 (1 year 3 months)

Led the QA department for digital signature and document authentication solutions, managing a team of 7 testers and delivering coverage across desktop and mobile platforms while supporting customer troubleshooting.

QA Management Customer Support Test Planning

Senior QA Engineer

Intel (Telmap Division)

Feb 2010 - Sep 2013 (3 years 7 months)

Led QA for navigation applications across iOS and Android, drove company-wide iOS testing practices and executed live U.S. market testing campaigns.

IOS Testing & QA Mentorship

Senior Tester

Electronic Arts Romania

Feb 2008 - Jan 2010 (1 year 11 months)

Tested mobile EA titles and led embedded testing for pre-installed games, introduced Android and iOS QA workflows and promoted cross-team best practices.

Mobile Testing