Quality Assurance Lead

CB Canada; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent SaaS company in Canada is seeking an experienced Quality Assurance Lead to oversee testing practices in a permanent remote role. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in manual and automation testing, particularly in a SaaS environment. Responsibilities include leading the testing team, executing test cases, and ensuring adherence to QA methodologies throughout the development cycle. A Bachelor's degree in a relevant field is required. Strong communication skills and a passion for technology are essential.

Qualifications

• 4 years of test manual experience required.
• 2 years of automation testing experience required.
• 3 years of QA experience in a SaaS environment needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead the testing practice from planning to execution.
• Ensure effective testing throughout the product development life cycle.
• Design, write, and execute automated test cases.

Skills

Test manual experience

Automation testing experience

Knowledge of QA methodologies

Agile development experience

Strong verbal and written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Selenium

Cypress

Job description

Quality Assurance Lead

A SaaS client of ours in the IoT space is looking for a Quality Assurance Lead for a permanent/ remote opportunity.

Job Details

• Collecting, understanding and evaluating the needs of end users to determine requirements and improvements to custom software solutions and how they would be best implemented;
• Producing fully functional programs writing clean, efficient, and testable code;
• Integrating back-end data;
• Creating intuitive and functional user interfaces;
• Upgrading and repairing existing programs;
• Suggesting new features to improve program navigation and operation;
• Maintaining software documentation;
• Prioritizing and managing multiple demands for several software projects at one time;
• Working independently and as part of teams within the same location as well as remotely;
• Escalating complex problems to senior roles as required and maintaining ownership of the task on behalf of the customer;

Main Responsibilities

• Lead the testing practice from planning to execution
• Make sure that testing is planned and executed throughout the development life cycle of the product.
• Test what the team develops, break it, investigate and help them fix it properly.
• Develop, drive and deliver high-level test methodologies, strategies and take a firsthand approach to see that they are executed timely and efficiently.
• Design, write and execute automated test cases with a focus on new features, regression and Integration testing.

Mandatory Skills

• 4 years of test manual experience
• 2 year of automation testing experience
• 3 years of working as a QA in a SAAS company
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related technical field.
• Strong knowledge of QA methodologies and best practices.
• Contribute towards the QA Automation roadmap to enable continuous improvements.
• Ability to translate business requirements into manual and automated test cases.
• Implement and evolve QA processes to get effective test coverage
• Experience working in an agile development environment while following all the Scrum/Kanban ceremonies.
• Experience working with Test Automation Frameworks such as Jester, Selenium, Cypress or equivalent.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Eager to learn and research new technologies.

Assignment Location

Remote

Length

Permanent