Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

BCAA; Burnaby; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance provider in BC is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to ensure exceptional software quality. This role involves designing and maintaining automated test frameworks, analyzing business requirements, and mentoring junior team members. Candidates should have extensive experience in test automation and excellent communication skills to thrive in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of software quality assurance experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with test automation frameworks.
• Excellent communication skills for team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks.
• Analyze business requirements to develop test strategies.
• Mentor junior team members in QA and test automation.
• Perform manual testing when necessary.

Skills

Designing automated test frameworks

Test automation with Java and Selenium

End-to-end automated test cases

CI/CD integration on Azure DevOps

Testing REST APIs with Postman

Cross-browser testing with BrowserStack

Troubleshooting testing environments

Mentoring junior QA engineers

Education

Degree in Computing Science or equivalent

Tools

Selenium

TestNG

RestAssured

Azure DevOps

SQL

Job description

Why BCAA?

Feel proud of what you do and help shape the future of BC at a BC Top Employer. We’re driven by purpose – delivering peace of mind to one in three BC households with insurance, roadside assistance, auto repair, Evo Car Share and Evolve E-Bike Share. With a long history of keeping roads safe and giving back in ways that build stronger communities, we offer a wide variety of meaningful, rewarding careers that move BC forward.

We are currently hiring a Senior QA Automation Engineer based in our Head Office in Burnaby.

As a Senior QA Automation Engineer at BCAA, you will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of exceptional software quality through test automation and QA best practices. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and develop test strategies, test plans, and automated test scripts that ensure robust functional, regression, performance, and load testing. Your expertise in test automation frameworks will be critical in expanding automated test coverage for complex systems while enhancing the overall user experience from both agent and customer perspectives.

You will also mentor junior team members, collaborate with external vendors, and troubleshoot testing environment issues. This role is ideal for someone passionate about test automation and committed to driving continuous improvement in QA processes and tools.

Who you are :

You are skilled in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable automated test frameworks using Java, Selenium, and TestNG.

You are experienced in writing end-to-end automated test cases for web applications and integrating them into the CI / CD pipeline on Azure DevOps.

You have hands-on experience with REST APIs and are proficient in testing them using tools like Postman or RestAssured.

You are skilled in cross-browser and multi-device testing using tools like BrowserStack.

You are experienced with Git, SQL, and front-end frameworks such as Next.js.

You have working knowledge of AWS, including setup and usage.

You thrive in collaborative environments, working closely with cross-functional teams to ensure business-critical systems are thoroughly tested and stable.

You are a proactive problem-solver, capable of troubleshooting complex issues and resolving test environment instabilities.

You have experience mentoring junior QA engineers and enjoy guiding team members in test automation and QA best practices.

You excel in dynamic, fast-paced environments and can manage multiple tasks while staying organized and detail-oriented.

You are an effective communicator, able to translate technical concepts into clear instructions for non-technical users.

You work well both independently and as part of a team, taking ownership of tasks and seeing them through to completion. You analyze test results, identify root causes of failures, and drive issues to resolution.

What you’ll do :

• Design, develop, and maintain test automation frameworks to ensure comprehensive automated test coverage for functional, regression, performance, and load testing.
• Analyze business requirements and use cases to estimate effort and develop test strategies that address both short-term and long-term testing needs.
• Develop automated test scripts using programming or scripting languages, ensuring compatibility across various systems and environments.
• Execute automated scripts for functional, regression, and performance testing, and troubleshoot issues encountered during test execution.
• Mentor junior team members in QA practices, test automation, and software testing methodologies.
• Collaborate with external vendors to ensure BCAA system-related needs are met within agreed timelines.
• Recommend tools and technologies to optimize and expand test automation capabilities, focusing on the most common and business-critical workflows.
• Perform manual testing when automated testing is not feasible or cost-effective, ensuring systems behave as expected.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production incidents, working closely with IS and external vendors to ensure timely resolution.

What you bring :

• You hold a degree in Computing Science or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• You have a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in software quality assurance, including 5+ years of hands-on experience with test automation frameworks and 1–2 years in a Senior or Lead QA role.
• You are proficient in test automation frameworks such as Selenium, TestNG, and RestAssured, as well as tools like BrowserStack, and have experience with CI / CD platforms like Azure DevOps.
• You have in-depth knowledge of software testing methodologies and QA best practices, with experience testing web-based applications built with NestJS and .NET.
• You are experienced in SQL and have a strong understanding of browser-based and web-based application testing.
• You possess excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and are adept at collaborating with teams to solve complex issues.
• Bonus skills and experience!
• Experience with cloud technologies like AWS or equivalent platforms.
• Experience with microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with Salesforce, Guidewire, or Informatica.