Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer (Contract)

Electric Mind; Toronto; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A business consulting leader in Toronto is seeking a Mid-Senior level Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer. The role involves identifying issues, developing test plans, and collaborating with a cross-functional team in an Agile environment. Ideal candidates should have expertise in automated testing, programming in Java/JavaScript, and strong problem-solving abilities. This full-time position offers the chance to work on a variety of enterprise applications with opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Experience in automated testing methodologies, frameworks, tools, and best practices.
• Programming experience in Java and JavaScript.
• Familiarity with mocking external dependencies.
• Familiarity with Agile software development methodologies.
• Proven client-facing, partnership and presentation skills.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and analytical mindset.
• Ability to consolidate diverse business requirements and translate them into testable scenarios.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science or Physics (or equivalent).

Responsibilities

• Facilitate discussions to identify and document functional requirements.
• Develop and document test plans.
• Develop, document, automate, and execute test cases.
• Drive QA strategy and continuously evolve QA tools and processes.
• Collaborate with the development team to deliver projects on time and on budget.
• Facilitate discussions with leadership, clients, and developers to refine requirements.

Skills

Automated testing methodologies

Java

JavaScript

Testing APIs

Exploratory testing techniques

Agile methodologies

Client-facing skills

Problem-solving abilities

Business requirements consolidation

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science or Physics

Job description

Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer (Contract)

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Electric Mind, formerly Intelliware, is a business and technology consulting leader providing innovative, practical solutions driven by engineering excellence. At Electric Mind you’ll work on a wide variety of enterprise/consumer facing applications within a team-based Agile environment. The way we build software is strongly influenced by the values of Extreme Programming: feedback, respect, courage, communication, and simplicity. We have virtual collaborative project rooms where you’ll work closely with a cross‑functional team including clients. You’ll find continuous opportunities to learn, share knowledge and teach within your team and within the developer community at Electric Mind via educational sessions, study groups, and hands‑on R&D initiatives.

Electric Mind’s niche is delivering custom software applications for complex business and technical challenges. Core development is done in Java, Spring and JavaScript, although the nature of our work allows project teams the opportunity to work with a wide variety of technologies. Recent projects we’ve delivered include technologies such as React, Angular, Moleculer, Node.js, MongoDB, Kafka, Hadoop, Kotlin, Cloud Foundry and AWS.

As QA Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to work with a cross‑functional collaborative team to identify issues, develop test plans and execute test cases, write automated tests, and contribute to the overall quality of the project. While working within a team in an Agile environment, you will be:

• Facilitating discussions between leadership, clients and developers to identify and document functional requirements
• Developing and documenting test plans to ensure appropriate testing of the application code developed by the project team
• Developing, documenting, automating, and executing test cases to verify the application code developed by the project team
• Gathering and processing business information related to procedures, data, and processes to clarify business issues/requirements
• Driving QA strategy and investigating, applying, and evolving QA tools, processes, and best practices including metrics and analytics
• Collaborating directly with development team to deliver projects on‑time and on‑budget to the client’s satisfaction

Must Have Skills/Experience

• Experience and expertise in automated testing methodologies, frameworks, tools, and best practices
• Programming experience in Java/JavaScript
• Experience testing APIs
• Familiarity with mocking external dependencies and exploratory testing techniques
• Exposure to and enthusiasm for Agile approaches to software development
• Proven client‑facing, partnership and presentation skills
• Strong problem‑solving abilities
• Ability to consolidate diverse business requirements and facilitate realistic, common sense solutions
• Bachelor’s Degree in one of: Business, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science or Physics (or equivalent education/experience)

Electric Mind is committed to diversity in the workplace. We are an inclusive employer and welcome and encourage applications from all qualified candidates. Applicant needs will be accommodated during our recruitment and selection process so please advise us if you require accommodation.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Business Consulting and Services

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