Senior QA Engineer – HYBRID (1723) $100-109K

Direct IT Recruiting Inc.; Markham; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the software development industry is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to ensure high quality in software products. This position offers a hybrid work model and requires strong proficiency in debugging, testing, and automation tools. The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor's Degree and experience in UI, web services, and database testing, along with excellent leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Proven work experience as a Senior QA Engineer.
• Proficiency in Jira for test management.
• Experience with test automation tools such as Selenium and JUnit.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement comprehensive testing strategies.
• Conduct thorough testing of software applications.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to fellow QA Engineers.

Skills

UI testing

Web services testing

Database testing

Jira

SQL queries

Automation testing

Communication skills

Leadership skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Selenium

Postman

SoapUI

Jenkins

JMeter

Job description

Direct IT Recruiting Inc. provided pay range

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Base pay range

CA$100,000.00 / yr - CA$109,000.00 / yr

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Business Operations Manager at Direct IT Recruiting Inc., WBE Canada Certified

NOTE : HYBRID work model, 3 days per week in Markham, Ontario office

TYPE : Full-time

INDUSTRY : Software Development

DESCRIPTION :

Seeking a Senior QA Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in UI, web services, and database testing, along with proficiency in Jira for test management. This role involves developing and implementing testing strategies to ensure the highest quality of our software products. This role currently involves 30% manual testing and 70% automation testing.

• Develop and implement comprehensive testing strategies.
• Design, write, execute, and maintain test plans, scenarios, scripts, and procedures on Xray
• Conduct thorough testing of software applications, including UI, web services, and databases.
• Defect management – experience with Jira
• Work closely with the development team to ensure high-quality software development.
• Perform both manual and automated testing.
• Collaborate with the business to understand end-user flows and incorporate them into testing.
• Ensure the latest industry practices and technologies are applied.
• Manage any potential risks related to product quality and raise a flag early.
• Understand stakeholders and ensure clear communication is established.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to fellow QA Engineers.
• Create documentation and document QA processes.
• Aware of testing KPIs and willing to learn ways to contribute to better metrics.

REQUIREMENTS :

• Proven work experience as a Senior QA Engineer .
• Experience with UI, web services, and database testing.
• Proficiency in Jira for test management.
• Medium proficiency in writing SQL queries , including basic joins on tables.
• Basic Unix skills to log in to servers and navigate logs.
• Experience with web service testing using Postman and / or SoapUI .
• Knowledge of REST basics.
• Working knowledge of relational databases.
• System knowledge to understand the scope of testing (UI, DB, or web service).
• Clear understanding of types of testing and how to group and prioritize tests under respective suites ( Smoke, Integration, Regression ).
• Knowledge of Jenkins – how deployment jobs function, how to integrate automation test jobs to deployment pipeline.
• Mentality to automate any repetitive tasks.
• Experience with test automation tools such as Selenium , TestNG or JUnit, and Cucumber .
• Ability to identify what to automate and what not to automate.
• Understands clear segregation of business logic, scope testing accordingly
• Understands and practices Test Pyramid
• Knows BDD
• Ability to push back and challenge when QA processes are not met .
• Ability to define and lead test strategy .
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Experience working with an offshore team.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.
• Playwright - an asset
• Familiarity with continuous integration / continuous deployment (CI / CD) pipelines on Jenkins
• Knowledge of performance ( JMeter ) and security testing.

NOTE : We openly welcome and invite applications from persons with disabilities or those protected by the human rights code and provide accommodation during all stages of the recruitment and hiring process, upon request.

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Seniority level

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Job function

Information Technology and Quality Assurance

IT Services and IT Consulting, Software Development, and IT System Custom Software Development

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