QA Analyst

family-innovation-corp; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 62,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company based in Vancouver is seeking a recent university graduate for a QA role. In this full-time position, you will ensure the quality and reliability of software products through manual and automated testing. The role requires excellent analytical skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment. The company offers a competitive salary range of $62,000 to $75,000 per year and expects candidates to be authorized to work in Canada.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of QA methodologies and defect management.
• Experience in manual and automated testing is preferred.
• Excellent analytical ability and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to maintain testing framework.
• Perform manual and automated testing to identify defects.
• Document and maintain testing documentation.
• Enforce QA best practices across the team.

Skills

QA methodologies

Test planning

Defect management

Playwright

Puppeteer

React frameworks

Communication skills

Education

Recent university graduate

Tools

ClickUp

Postman

GitHub Actions

CircleCI

Job description

Scrawlr is a company building a software platform and series of products dedicated to enabling alternative forms of communication layered on existing internet content, together with delivering superior monetization flexibility and content ownership for content generators. This role supports two of Scrawlr’s Tenant Businesses, which utilize Scrawlr technology to rapidly enter new markets as competitor brands.

Scrawlr is developing several products that are focused on improving the travel experience and helping users save money. Our products are exciting, evolving and in continuous development - designed to disrupt the travel market and become competitor brands. These tenant businesses integrate Scrawlr technology to offer Platform as a Service distribution.

Our team members are given a high degree of product ownership, including the latitude to propose and implement approaches that can be divergent from all standard or existing solutions.

We are committed to an environment where we seek and adopt the best possible solution to any problem, evaluating solutions based on merit rather than hierarchy. We are looking for leaders who have the capacity to challenge existing solutions, both from within and outside of the organization, and propose superior alternatives.

Summary

We are seeking a recent university graduate who is looking to build their QA experience and join a fast-paced startup. This role will focus on ensuring the quality and reliability of our software products through rigorous testing and data analysis. The ideal candidate will have some experience in both manual and automated testing, as well as exhibit high levels of ownership, transparency and analytical ability. The role requires the ability to work in a fast-paced environment, respond to technical challenges quickly and to problem solve without direct supervision. You’ll be expected to research industry leading standards, proposing and justifying these procedures to improve Tenant Business’ testing workflow.

Responsibilities

Your role will include, but will not be limited to:

• Close collaboration with engineering and product to develop and maintain a testing framework.
• Perform manual and automated testing to identify product defects, implementing new automation tools and workflows where relevant.
• Collaborate closely with development teams to resolve issues and improve product quality.
• Document test results and maintain testing documentation.
• Uphold QA best practices including enforcing test standards, processes and tools across the team.

Required Skills or Experience

• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, test planning and defect management
• Familiarity with Playwright, Puppeteer, and React like frameworks
• Excellent communication skills and ability to convey complex technical details.

Nice to Have Skills or Experience

• Familiarity with issue tracking tools such as ClickUp .
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into GitHub Actions and CircleCI.
• Familiarity with Postman or alternative API testing tools.

Compensation

• $62,000 - 75,000 per year base salary

Position Type

• Nature: Permanent, full-time, and in person
• Time Commitment: 40 hours per week, with occasional overtime required
• Start Date: Immediate

Please note:

Candidates must be currently authorised to work in Canada.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.