QA Automation Tester Contract

Showbie Inc.; Edmonton; Remote; CAD 52,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

Showbie Inc. is seeking a QA Automation Tester for an 8-month temporary role to cover maternity leave. The successful candidate will work closely with a collaborative team to ensure the quality of software through automated testing and best practices. This remote-first position allows flexibility in work location, and the company values a diverse and inclusive culture.

Benefits

Flexible work environment

Work-life balance

Transparency in company strategy

Casual team events

Generous flex time

Qualifications

• Proficient in automated test development using tools like Selenium and RestAssured.
• Experience with test management systems, preferably Jira and Xray.
• Scripting in Java and Python is required.

Responsibilities

• Design, execute, and maintain automated test suites that are reliable and efficient.
• Perform thorough manual testing of new features and regression testing.
• Document test plans, cases, and results using industry-standard tools.

Skills

Automated test development

Test management systems

Scripting and programming

RESTful APIs testing

CI/CD systems

User-first mindset

Communication

Tools

Jira

Selenium

RestAssured

TestNG

Cucumber

Jenkins

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Job description

About Us

At Showbie, we’re building tools to help teachers transform their classrooms by delivering faster, more engaging, and more impactful feedback and assessment to their students. Our apps,ShowbieandSocrative, are used by millions of teachers and students in classrooms worldwide.

We are proudly based in Edmonton, Canada, but we have a growing global team located across Canada, the United Kingdom, and Norway.

We are comprised of people who are passionate about empowering educators as they use technology to redefine and improve their classrooms. Our values of tenacity, caring, and curiosity guide our attitudes and actions each day.

About The Role

Showbie is looking for a QA Automation Tester to join our Socrative product team. This position is for a temporary 8 month position covering a maternity leave on the team. In this role you will work closely with an empowered and highly collaborative team of software developers, designers, and a product manager. You will be comfortable developing test strategies, building robust automated tests and being responsible for the quality of software delivered by your team. You are passionate about delivering quality software, following software development best practices, and are constantly growing your testing skills. You will be a part of an empowered software development team that contributes to the full software development lifecycle. You will get to work closely with other technical experts; developers, DevOps, QA, designers and product managers on a truly inspired product team.

Delivering a world-class product and providing the best possible experience for teachers and students are among our highest priorities as a company. As our team and products grow, we’re looking for someone with the enthusiasm and ability to deliver high-quality products for teachers and students on any device.

What You'll Do

• Partner closely with developers and stakeholders to ensure quality is a part of every stage of the development lifecycle.
• Design, execute, and maintain automated test suites that are reliable, scalable, and efficient.
• Perform thorough manual testing of new features and regression testing of existing ones.
• Document test plans, cases, and results using industry-standard tools (Jira, Xray).
• Continuously improve automation frameworks, workflows, and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins).
• Contribute to shaping QA best practices and culture across the organization.

What You Bring

You’ll need to be proficient with the following technologies and practices. We do this stuff all day long:

• Automated test development using tools like RestAssured, Selenium, TestNG, and Cucumber.
• Test management systems (preferably Jira and Xray).
• Scripting and programming in Java and Python.
• Working knowledge of relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL).
• Experience with RESTful APIs and web services testing.
• CI/CD systems, especially Jenkins, for automated builds and test execution.
• A user-first mindset and a strong sense of ownership.
• Ability to communicate clearly and work cross-functionally with global teams.

Nice to Have:

• Experience in EdTech or similarly regulated industries.
• Exposure to mobile app testing (iOS, Android).
• Experience with automated mobile testing (Appium).
• Knowledge of performance or security testing tools.

What You Can Expect From Us

• At Showbie be 100% yourself. We like it that way. We welcome all team members (and candidates) and celebrate your diverse voice. Regardless of race, gender, orientation, sexual identity, economic class, ability, disability, age, religious belief, or status, we want to meet you!
• Remote-first forever; considering a big life change? Want to try working from another country? We will work with you to allow you to work from wherever.
• The autonomy to make decisions and execute them. We’re growing, but we’re a small team. Everything you do makes a difference and your input will always be celebrated.
• Transparency. You will always be kept up to date on the company strategy through monthly town halls.
• If you're in the Edmonton area, we have a beautiful comfy office located in central downtown Edmonton (close to great restaurants, cafes, and public transit).
• We offer a flexible work environment. Work from the office, or from home, or any combination of the two. Because sometimes you do your best work in your slippers.
• We value work-life balance. When we're at work we're excited and focused on building a great product. We also know that going “home” (or simply closing your laptop) and not working weekends or Holidays makes us even more excited to come to work and do great things.
• While we take government holidays off, if they aren't ones that align with your personal or cultural beliefs, we have a swapping program that ensures you get the days that work best for you.
• Casual afternoon socials, monthly team events, hackathons, awesome Holiday parties, and a team that actually likes to hang out with one another.
  
• Generous flex time and time off during December Holidays.

Check out ourWork at Showbiepage to learn a little bit about our company culture and the benefits we offer to our team. We pride ourselves on a company culture that values the whole you. We like to have fun as much as we like to work.

This role is based in: Canada with the option to work 100% remotely.

This is an 8 month, full time, temporary role covering a parental leave.

Start date: ASAP

End date: Dec 24, 2025

The proposed compensation range for this role is: $25 - $30/hr ($52,000 - $62,500 annual equivalent)

Don't meet all the expectations, or experience requirements listed here? Please apply anyways! We are committed to working with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of the hiring process, please just let us know.