Staff Quality Software Engineer

Watershed Ventures; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 137,000 - 172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

Employer coverage from day one

Part-time coverage after 90 days

Job summary

Rivian is seeking a Staff Quality Software Engineer to join the Sales & Marketing software team in Vancouver, BC. You will design and drive QA standards, partner with product and UX, and own testing strategy for customer-facing systems.

You will lead multi-team QA efforts, build test automation, and ensure robust software across web/mobile stacks. This role emphasizes high engineering standards and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software or quality engineering experience focused on QA for large-scale, customer-facing systems.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Strong programming in TS/JS or Python with test automation experience.
• Hands-on UI test automation using Cypress or Playwright and API testing with REST/GraphQL.
• Understanding of modern web/mobile stacks and microservices, cloud platforms.
• Experience implementing QA improvements (TDD/BDD) to prevent bugs.
• Fluency in testing strategies across unit, integration, contract, and end-to-end levels.
• Knowledge of non-functional testing: performance, reliability, security, accessibility.
• Data and observability mindset using logs/metrics/traces to monitor health.
• Proven cross-functional leadership at staff level and strong communication.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and drive QA standards, processes, and testing strategies across multiple agile teams.
• Analyze and report on general quality metrics across the organization.
• Collaborate with UX designers, product managers, operational teams, and other engineering teams on business and engineering initiatives.

Skills

Quality engineering

Test automation

Cypress

Playwright

REST/GraphQL

JavaScript/TypeScript

Cloud platforms

TDD/BDD

Cross-functional leadership

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Datadog

Prometheus

Job description

About Rivian

Rivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract. As a company, we constantly challenge what’s possible, never simply accepting what has always been done. We reframe old problems, seek new solutions and operate comfortably in areas that are unknown. Our backgrounds are diverse, but our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations.

Role Summary

The Sales & Marketing team within Commercial Technology at Rivian builds the software that powers our digital retailing experience. Our applications are used by our customers, internal employees, and back-office systems to provide a digital first purchase experience for our vehicles. We are looking for a Staff Quality Software Engineer who is comfortable working in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment, is obsessed with providing the best product for our customers, and holds themselves accountable to high engineering standards. This role will be located in our downtown Vancouver, BC office and report to our Director, CT Sales & Marketing.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and drive QA standards, processes, and testing strategies across multiple agile teams.
• Analyze and report on general quality metrics across the organization.
• Collaborate with UX designers, product managers, operational teams, and other engineering teams on business and engineering initiatives.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software or quality engineering experience, including significant time focused on building quality into the SDLC for large-scale, customer-facing systems.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong programming skills in at least one modern language (e.g., TS/JS, Python), with a track record of building and maintaining test automation frameworks and tooling.
• Hands‑on experience with UI test automation (e.g., Cypress, Playwright) and API/service testing (e.g., REST/GraphQL harnesses and contract testing frameworks).
• Deep understanding of modern web and/or mobile stacks, including how frontends integrate with microservices, event-driven systems, and cloud platforms.
• Implementing quality process improvements such as TDD or BDD to prevent bugs before they get into the system.
• Fluency in testing strategies across unit, integration, contract, and end-to-end levels, and experience designing a holistic testing strategy that balances confidence and reliability with minimal overhead.
• Familiarity with non-functional/technical testing: performance/load, reliability/resilience, security fundamentals, and accessibility standards for modern web/mobile applications.
• Strong data and observability mindset, using logs, metrics, traces, and dashboards to evaluate product health, detect regressions, and prioritize quality investments.
• Proven cross-functional leadership at a staff level: ability to influence without direct authority, align multiple teams on a common quality strategy, and navigate trade-offs between speed and risk.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate risks, options, and recommendations to engineers, product managers, and leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Automotive, EV, or E-Commerce domains.
• Experience with evolving AI tooling and how to apply it to quality and testing strategies.
• Familiarity with observability and quality tooling (e.g., Datadog, Prometheus) and/or experimentation deployment strategies (feature flags, canaries, blue/green deploys).

Pay Disclosure

Salary Range: CAD - $137,300 - $171,600 (actual compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law).

Benefits Summary

• Rivian provides robust medical/Rx, dental and vision insurance packages for full-time and part-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26.
• Full Time Employee coverage is effective on the first day of employment.
• Part-Time employee coverage is effective the first of the month following 90 days of employment.

Equal Opportunity

Rivian is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law. Rivian is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at [e-mail].

Candidate Data Privacy and Technology

Rivian may collect, use and disclose your personal information or personal data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes (“Candidate Personal Data”). This data includes contact, demographic, communications, educational, professional, employment, social media/website, network/device, recruiting system usage/interaction, security and preference information. Rivian may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out, analyzing and improving our application and recruitment process, including assessing you and your application and conducting employment, background and reference checks; (iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal, regulatory and corporate governance obligations; (v) recordkeeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law. Rivian may share your Candidate Personal Data with (i) internal personnel who have a need to know such information in order to perform their duties, including individuals on our People Team, Finance, Legal, and the team(s) with the position(s) for which you are applying; (ii) Rivian affiliates; and (iii) Rivian’s service providers, including providers of background checks, staffing services, and cloud services. Rivian may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data, including to or in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the European Union and in the cloud, and this data may be subject to the laws and accessible to the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of such jurisdictions.

How We Use AI in Our Hiring Process

To ensure transparency, we want candidates to know that Rivian uses iCIMS Talent Cloud Artificial Intelligence (TCAI) and AI-enabled tools to assist with screening, reviewing, organizing and highlighting profiles and applications that match the key requirements for each role. AI does not make hiring decisions: Qualified candidate applications are reviewed by a member of our team, and all decisions throughout the process are made by humans. We use AI to support efficiency and consistency, not to replace human judgment. We are committed to a fair, thoughtful, and equitable experience for every candidate. Participation in AI profile matching is entirely voluntary. If you prefer that your profile not be used in this process, you can opt out at any time. Opting out means your profile will be excluded from automated matching and will not be surfaced for additional roles through this system. Your current application remains active and will not be affected in any way. Please note that we are currently not accepting applications from third party application services.