QA Automation Engineer, Vancouver – Fully remote from BC/Alberta ***Completed***

Our client is a smaller stable software product development company with large enterprise level clients. They are expanding their team by a QA Automation engineer. While they have a presence in Downtown Vancouver, they embrace fully remote work. Their culture is one of respect and collaboration.

Responsibilities:

You would be responsible for QA activities & automation focused on our innovative enterprise products.  Your key responsibilities would include contributing to and maintaining a test automation framework, creating and executing test plans, and coordinating testing efforts with other QA and the product development team. You would work with other QA, development engineers, customers, and stakeholders.

To be successful in this role, you will need to fit into a small team environment. You must also be a proactive and independent thinker, able to take ownership of tasks with little supervision, while collaborating with others. Your responsibilities would include:

·         Designing and developing test strategies and test plans according to feature/product requirements

·         Testing product releases and maintaining automated tests based on new feature

requirements

·         Helping to maintain the infrastructure needed for QA within a CI/CD environment

·         Contributing to the library of automated tests, and to the development of tools and

processes to ensure that quality goals are met

·         Coordinating and executing QA testing activities for projects and maintenance activities

through different phases of software development life cycle

·         Reviewing feature requirements and technical design documents

Requirements:

·         A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

·         Fluency in Python (for writing and reviewing automated tests)

·         2+ years of experience in software development and software quality assurance

·         2+ years of experience using a framework to automate both web UI and server API’s

·         Expert knowledge of writing technical documentation/defect and issue reports

·         Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes

·         Proficient in writing comprehensive test plans

·         Experience in Agile / Scrum methodologies

·         Familiarity with Selenium

·         Familiarity with RESTful API’s

·         Familiarity with Docker

·         Being proactive and able to work independently and collaboratively on a project

·         Reliable, flexible, and collaborative work style.

The company offers competitive compensation and lots of training opportunities.

Contact: Amanda Du Toit amanda@corporate.bc.ca