Sr. QA Engineer

Job Description

Major duties and responsibilities include:

Learn the products and be the vocal advocate for its quality 

Analyze business requirements documentation and design functional and regression test scenarios 

Perform all levels of manual testing through the development life cycle, from exploratory to regression 

Identify and document testcases that can be covered by automation 

Participate in Test Automation project, preparation, creation and run automated test tools.

Identify risks early on and efficiently communicate them to the team leads, developers, and QA Manager 

Guide the manual test engineer’s transition into test automation

Identify and report bugs, with clear, efficient steps to reproduce 

Track the progress of defects and work closely with developers to ensure they are fixed in a timely manner 

Oversee the release of the functionality through the different environments 

Ensure quality standards are being met throughout the development cycle

Must be available to overlap most working hours with other North American-based team members

QUALIFICATIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF AN IDEAL CANDIDATE:

Must have a university degree in either computer science, engineering or business administration, or the equivalent work experience 

At least 8 years working experience as a software test specialist

Extensive experience in an Agile/Scrum environment 

Deep understating of QA role in Cloud and SaaS type of testing environments

Strong grasp of testing methodologies for all types of testing (functional, regression, performance, etc.) 

Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills 

Proven record of leading the quality aspect of a team 

Proven record of collaborating with product on requirements 

Proven ability to develop and execute test cases, create bug reports and analyze test results 

Proven record of providing meaningful estimates of testing effort

Ability to work independently or as a team member 

Strong communication and interpersonal skills 

Familiarity with bug tracking/test management tools-Jira, Zephyr and/or TestRail 

Familiarity with Test automations tools and frameworks as Playwright, Selenium, Catalan etc.

Previous experience in the field of occupational health and safety is an asset 

Previous experience with any of the following is an asset: REST API, Data Analytics/Visualization, Continuous Integration, API testing.