Software Quality Analyst II

Bentley Systems; Burlington; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team culture

Salary & benefits

Inclusion & wellbeing

Global impact

Job summary

Bentley Systems in Burlington, Canada, is seeking a Software Quality Analyst II. This hybrid position requires 3 days in the office weekly and collaboration with development and project teams to design and execute tests, document defects, and improve testing processes.

The role emphasizes QA ownership, strong analytical and communication skills, and a STEM degree with 3+ years QA experience. The candidate will contribute to automation strategies and ensure quality across software features.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in STEM with strong QA fundamentals.
• Minimum 3+ years in Quality Assurance.
• Strong QA principles and methodologies.
• Ownership of product quality and issue resolution.
• Analytical mindset and clear communication.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with dev/PM to understand features and design test cases.
• Identify, document, and track defects with detailed info.
• Execute manual tests, perform regression, smoke, and exploratory testing.
• Advocate QA best practices throughout SDLC.
• Analyze results, report quality metrics to stakeholders.
• Stay updated on QA tech and tools; improve testing practices.
• Set up and manage complex test environments.
• Contribute to automated testing strategy and coverage.

Skills

QA principles

Ownership

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Test case design

Test environment management

Cloud basics

Test automation

CI/CD pipelines

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Tools

Test automation tools

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Software Quality Analyst II

Bentley Systems

Location

Burlington, Canada (3 days in the office per week is a requirement)

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with development/PM teams to understand new features and updates, develop test design of user scenarios, test cases and checklists.
• Identify, document, and track software defects and inconsistencies, providing detailed information for the development team to resolve issues efficiently.
• Execute detailed manual tests to validate new features and ensure existing functionality remains intact. Perform regression, smoke, sanity, and exploratory testing.
• Advocate for quality assurance best practices throughout the software development lifecycle, contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Analyze test results, generate reports on software quality, and communicate findings to relevant stakeholders.
• Stay abreast of new technologies and tools in quality assurance, integrating them into testing practices to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Set up and manage complex test environments, ensuring full alignment with project requirements and testing objectives.
• Contribute to the automated testing strategy and drive continuous improvements to enhance test coverage, reliability, and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM engineering discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics).
• 3+ years of experience in Quality Assurance.
• Strong understanding of QA principles, methodologies, and techniques.
• A strong sense of ownership for product quality, ensuring issues are identified early and resolved effectively.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills.
• Ability to work beyond strict testing guidelines, including creating test cases and test plans even when requirements or acceptance criteria are incomplete or unclear.
• Technical knowledge of test environment management, with the ability to configure systems, diagnose issues, and perform routine administration tasks.
• Basic understanding of cloud platforms and services is desirable
• Familiarity with test automation and pipeline workflows is considered an advantage.
• Good communication skills in English.

What We Offer

• A great Team and culture – please see our colleague video.
• An exciting career as an integral part of a world-leading software company providing solutions for architecture, engineering, and construction - watch this short documentary about how we got our start.
• An attractive salary and benefits package.
• A commitment to inclusion, belonging and colleague wellbeing through global initiatives and resource groups.
• A company committed to making a real difference by advancing the world’s infrastructure for better quality of life, where your contributions help build a more sustainable, connected, and resilient world. Discover our latest user success stories for an insight into our global impact.

About Bentley Systems

Around the world, infrastructure professionals rely on software from Bentley Systems to help them design, build, and operate better and more resilient infrastructure for transportation, water, energy, cities, and more. Founded in 1984 by engineers for engineers, Bentley is the partner of choice for engineering firms and owner-operators worldwide, with software that spans engineering disciplines, industry sectors, and all phases of the infrastructure lifecycle. Through our digital twin solutions, we help infrastructure professionals unlock the value of their data to transform project delivery and asset performance. www.bentley.com

Equal Opportunity Employer

Bentley is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers for employment all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender/gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, religion/belief, national origin, caste, age, or any other characteristic protected by local law or unrelated to job qualifications.