Senior Software Developer in Test- 9 month contract- temporary

Plusgrade; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RRSP Matching

Comprehensive Health Plans

Flexible Paid Time Off

Travel Experience Perk

Annual Wellness Perk

Commuter Perk

Tenure-Based Work From AnywhereProgram

Parental Leave Top Up

Adventure Pass

Learning Allowance

Job summary

Plusgrade is seeking a Senior Software Developer in Test in Montreal to own automation strategies and modern AI-driven testing workflows. You’ll lead quality efforts across web, mobile, and service-based applications within an Agile team, mentoring peers and shaping test tooling.

You’ll design and maintain scalable automation frameworks using Playwright, Gatling, and AI-enabled tooling, ensuring robust test coverage and early defect detection for global travel partners.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands-on test automation coding experience.
• Deep experience in API, integration, and UI testing with Playwright.
• Able to work in Agile teams and contribute to design reviews.
• Mentor mindset to guide teammates and resolve issues.
• Experience with AI-driven testing workflows.

Responsibilities

• Join an Agile team in Montreal as a quality mentor and automation specialist.
• Drive test strategy and coverage across web, mobile, and service-based apps.
• Own end-to-end quality from project scoping to regression suites.
• Design, build, and maintain automation frameworks with AI workflows.

Skills

4+ years coding

Test automation

API testing

Agile teamwork

Mentoring

AI-driven testing

Tools

Playwright

Gatling

Claude Code

Kiro

MCP servers

Job description

Senior Software Developer in Test

9 month contract year replacement

Employment Type

Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Location

Montreal

About the Role

We are expanding our core travel tech platforms, and right now our QA team needs a Senior SDET who wants to own automated testing frameworks and pioneer AI-driven testing workflows rather than just running existing scripts.

What You'll Be Doing

You will join an Agile team in Montreal as a quality mentor and automation specialist, driving test strategy and test coverage across our expanding suite of web, mobile, and service-based applications. From early project scoping and design reviews to building test tools and maintaining regression suites, you will own quality end-to-end to ensure high product integrity for our global travel partners. You will design, build, and maintain automation frameworks while leveraging modern AI workflows, using tools like Claude Code, Kiro, and custom Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to accelerate automated test generation and complex QA analysis.

The Stack

• JavaScript
• TypeScript
• Java
• Groovy
• Python
• Scala
• Playwright
• Gatling

What You Bring

• You bring at least 4+ years of hands-on coding experience in test automation with JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Groovy, or Python, with a track record of building or evolving automation frameworks.
• You have deep experience with service-level testing including API, integration, and UI tools like Playwright, along with the technical judgment to know exactly what to automate and at what level.
• You embed seamlessly into Agile teams during early planning and design reviews, actively surfacing quality risks and championing product testability.
• You bring a mentor mindset to train colleagues, rally support around technical proposals, and contribute to resolving high-severity production issues when needed.
• You have structurally changed how your team works around AI by building custom AI agents or MCP servers to accelerate testing workflows and solve complex quality challenges.

Why Plusgrade

Travel is about the moments that make a journey feel personal. At Plusgrade, we build the technology that makes those moments possible, from upgrade offers and loyalty experiences to revenue tools used by 575+ airline, hospitality, cruise, rail, and financial services partners worldwide.

The work is global, complex, and rewarding. You will solve meaningful problems, take ownership from idea to outcome, and work alongside people who are smart, curious, and committed to doing great work.

We also give our teams access to AI tools and the encouragement to use them thoughtfully, to move faster, explore ideas, and build better ways of working.

We trust our teams to do their best work. That means autonomy, flexibility, and room to grow.

Come help us shape the future of travel.

What You'll Love About Us

• RRSP Matching
• Comprehensive Health Plans
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Travel Experience Perk
• Annual Wellness Perk
• Commuter Perk
• Tenure-Based Work From Anywhere Program
• Parental Leave Top Up
• Adventure Pass
• Learning Allowance

Our Process

We believe every candidate deserves a fair, transparent experience, so regardless of outcome, everyone gets feedback.

Our process: Recruiter call, Hiring Manager interview, Technical Interview, Final interview.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Plusgrade is an equal-opportunity employer committed to accessible recruitment. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of gender identity or expression, race, ethnic origin, creed, place of origin, age, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation or any other category protected by law. Accommodation is available upon request. We may use AI-assisted tools to help screen and assess applicants for this role. This posting is for an existing vacancy.