Luboš Jeřábek

Engineering Manager with 14 years of experience across the UK and Czech Republic. I moved from technical QA into people leadership with a focus on servant leadership and team autonomy. Currently helping teams navigate the AI era at SolarWinds — based in Brno, CZ.

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Luboš Jeřábek

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14 years building engineering teams across the UK and Czech Republic.

  • Leading a team of 10 engineers building interactive product demos for a global observability platform.
  • Driving AI adoption — guiding the team through AI coding tools and experimental workflows.
  • Lead of the internal Agile community and co-lead of the Young Managers community.
  • Public speaker and workshop facilitator on AI coding, Agile delivery, and Quality Engineering.
  • Internal advocate for Mental Health and Neurodivergence awareness, implementing training for people leaders.
  • Defined a multi-year Quality Strategy to modernise the automation stack using Python, Playwright, and Appium.
  • Managed 9 direct reports; introduced a career development matrix to improve retention and skill growth.
  • Negotiated vendor contracts and budget assessments resulting in significant annual cost savings.
  • Assessed engineering maturity and redefined hiring strategies to align with modern delivery standards.
  • Managed a team of 6 across three tribes, establishing Quality KPIs and participating in the EM guild.
  • Championed the migration from Selenium to Playwright to improve execution speed and reliability.
  • Advocated for shift-left testing and optimised incident management efficiency.
  • Led Quality Engineering workshops within the QA Chapter to standardise practices across teams.
  • Founded the QA department from scratch, including CI/CD pipelines and Python/Robot Framework test packs.
  • Acted as de-facto Engineering Manager, leading resourcing for QA and supporting Dev/BA hiring.
  • Implemented Agile delivery workflows in Jira and tracked department-wide performance KPIs.
  • Key contributor to the organisation's Agile transformation while managing a team of 5.
  • Introduced visual regression testing and advanced estimation techniques.
  • Acted as Scrum Master for high-priority projects and managed internal and external resourcing.
  • Company go-to person for Selenium and REST API automation.
  • Coached junior team members on technical skills and Agile best practices.

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What colleagues say about working with me.

“Luboš was the best hire we could have made for our engineering team during my stint as an interim VP. Interviewing and hiring him was the easiest decision not because of his experience or knowledge (which were all quite …”

RJ Gazarek, MSW Founder @ Innervates | Career Coach & Leadership Advisor

“I had the pleasure of working with Lubos at Howdens, I can confidently say he is one of the most passionate and knowledgeable professionals I have encountered in modern testing practices, containerization, and CI/CD pipe…”

Ross Haywood IT & Engineering Vision Driven Leadership | Platform Engineering | AI | DevOps | Azure | Cyber Ethics

“I've had the pleasure of working under Lubos Jerabek, and I can confidently say that their leadership has been instrumental in my growth. They bring a perfect blend of strategic thinking and hands-on problem-solving, alw…”

Kinjal Jadav QA Automation Engineer at Howdens
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