QA Engineer (Part-time, Remote in Canada)

SimpliCity Digital Inc (\"SimpliCity CMS\"); Vancouver; Remote; CAD 33,000 - 42,000; Part time

Job summary

SimpliCity Digital Inc in Canada is seeking an Intermediate to Senior QA professional for a remote, part-time term: 6 months, 20 hours per week (Mon–Thu). The hiring budget is $32–$40 CAD per hour.

You will create test plans, run manual and automated tests across web apps, APIs, and integrations using Playwright or Cypress, validate AI output, and ensure WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility for municipal websites.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in web app/website testing, manual and automated.
• Experience building testing processes and workflows.
• Proficient with Playwright or Cypress, API testing, and SQL.
• Able to read JS/Node/React code and build small tools.
• Familiar with WCAG testing and accessibility standards.
• Strong detail orientation and written communication.
• Curious about applying AI to testing workflows.

Responsibilities

• Develop test plans and cases for platform and customer project implementations.
• Execute manual and automated testing across the lifecycle, including usability, cross-browser, responsive, and API testing.
• Verify release candidates and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with customers.
• Write and maintain automated test scripts in JavaScript/TypeScript with Playwright or Cypress.
• Define AI output validation for the content-migration pipeline and track AI vs manual work.
• Check migrated municipal content for accuracy, structure, and metadata quality.
• Perform web accessibility testing to WCAG 2.2 AA.
• Log and track defects in Jira, collaborating with teams on resolution.
• Provide QA progress updates and support quality-focused delivery.

Skills

QA experience

Process builder

Automation testing

JavaScript stack

WCAG testing

Attention to detail

AI collaboration

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Postman

SQL

Job description

Hiring Information

Intermediate to Senior | Remote in Canada | 6 months, Part-time Term Employee | 20 Hours per Week (Mon-Thu) | Hiring Budget: $32/hr - $40/hr

About Us

Hiya! We're SimpliCity , a Vancouver-based GovTech startup building technology with purpose. Our core product is a composable content management system (CMS) that unifies municipal digital services, transforming a municipality's website from a static library into a connected "front door" for the community. We are a small but mighty team that values diversity, curiosity, and the drive to continuously learn and improve.

What You'll Do

• Develop test plans and cases: Create and execute test strategies and test cases for our platform and customer project implementations.
• Manual and automated testing across the lifecycle: You run functional and regression testing within our sprints, plus usability, cross-browser, responsive, and integration (end-to-end flow) testing across websites, web apps, and APIs, to catch issues before our customers do.
• Testing at every stage: Test incrementally during development, verify release candidates before they ship, and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with customers so high-priority issues are resolved before launch.
• Test automation and setup: Write and maintain automated test scripts in JavaScript or TypeScript with tools like Playwright (preferred) or Cypress, and you may recommend and set up our testing tools alongside our engineers.
• AI output validation: Define correct output for our AI content-migration pipeline, judge the quality of AI-generated records against source content, and track which items the pipeline handled versus manual work.
• Content and migration quality: Check migrated municipal content for accuracy, structure, and metadata quality as we bring new municipalities onto the platform.
• Web accessibility testing: Ensure customer web projects and our platform meet web accessibility standards, including WCAG 2.2 AA compliance.
• Defect management: Identify, log, and track defects in Jira, collaborating with leadership, design, and development team members on resolution.
• Collaborate: Provide clear updates on QA progress and support team members to ensure smooth, quality-focused delivery.

What We're Looking For

• QA professional with 3+ years of experience: You have tested web app and website frontends and backend APIs, both manually and with automation.
• A process builder: You thrive in ambiguity and enjoy creating solutions and processes where none currently exist.
• An engineer test automation practitioner: You are proficient with tools like Playwright or Cypress, API testing tools like Postman, and SQL for database checks.
• Comfortable in a JavaScript stack: You can read our JavaScript, NodeJS, and ReactJS codebase, debug issues, and build small internal testing tools and scripts within it.
• An accessibility advocate: You know the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 AA+) and have experience testing for compliance, because we work with local governments and inclusive experiences are a core requirement.
• Extremely detail-oriented and organized: You take pride in catching what others overlook, and you communicate clearly, particularly in writing.
• A responsible AI collaborator: You are curious about using AI tools to improve testing coverage and quality, and equally comfortable judging AI output with a skeptical, evidence-based eye.

Bonus Skills and Experience

We don't expect you to have any/all of these skills or experiences. However, if you do, be sure to highlight them when you apply. Experience testing integrations and embedded thir