Technical QA Manager

Lumerate; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity options

Three weeks vacation + holidays

Learning stipend $1000 for courses

Job summary

Lumerate is seeking a Technical QA Manager to lead QA strategy in a fast-growing Canada-based tech team. You will steward UAT creation, test planning, and systematic bug triage while maintaining CI/CD pipelines and staging environments.

You’ll collaborate with engineers and business stakeholders, read and navigate code and test suites to identify edge cases, and drive test automation initiatives. Hybrid/remote Toronto work options accompany a competitive package.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in Software Quality Assurance, QA Automation, or related roles.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering/IT or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Ability to read application/test code (e.g. Ruby, Python, JavaScript).
• Experience maintaining and troubleshooting test suites in CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins or similar).
• Experience using issue-tracking tools like Linear, Jira, GitHub Issues.

Responsibilities

• Create and manage project UAT and test plans.
• Triage and manage defects across the stack.
• Maintain and monitor CI/CD systems.
• Manage staging environments, data extracts, deployments, and data versioning.
• Bridge communication between engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
• Oversee test automation initiatives.

Skills

QA Automation

CI/CD

Code reading

Cross-functional teamwork

Clear communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering/IT

Tools

Jenkins

Linear

GitHub Issues

Job description

Lumerate is growing rapidly, and we’re searching for a Technical QA Manager to join our team for the journey!

Who is Lumerate

We're in the business of helping people understand and achieve the full picture. We build AI-powered products that help professionals in the medical innovation ecosystem understand and take action on what’s happening in the domains they specialize in. Today, we have multiple products across the ecosystem, each using a shared- yet highly configurable- technology stack that gives each brand a laser focus on the needs of its customers. Tomorrow, our vision is that when tens of thousands of people have Lumerate accounts we will be able to connect this network in ways never before possible to advance medical innovation.

What you’ll be responsible for:

• Project UAT creation, test plan verification
• Systematic bug triage and management across the stack.
• Maintenance and monitoring of CI/CD systems
• Hands-on management of staging systems, including data extracts, full data deployments, and development data versioning.
• Supporting engineering teams by clarifying technical constraints and bridging communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Management of test automation

About you:

• You love to learn
• You love to build things
• You are detail-oriented, thorough, and maintain a sharp focus on quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
• You possess a solid technical understanding of automated testing processes and best practices.
• You balance independent technical problem-solving with collaborative cross-functional teamwork.
• You communicate clearly and effectively with both technical engineers and business stakeholders.
• You are comfortable reading and navigating application code and test suites to identify edge cases and pipeline failures.
• You are someone who is detail oriented. You’ll see this request to add the name of the landmark you find at these coordinates 35.6245331521636, 139.77549622036153 in your cover letter

What we’d love to see in your work history:

Core Skills and Experience:

• 3+ years of professional experience in Software Quality Assurance, QA Automation, or related technical roles such as Software Developer within a software product company.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent practical hands-on experience.
• Ability to read application and test code (e.g. Ruby, Python or Javascript).
• Hands-on experience maintaining, troubleshooting, and running test suites within CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins or similar integration tools).
• Direct experience using modern issue-tracking software like Linear, Jira, or GitHub Issues to triage and manage defects.

• Practical experience translating product briefs into comprehensive User Acceptance Tests (UATs) and clear test plans.
• Experience working with B2B, SaaS, or complex web applications is a plus
• 5+ years of experience with ChatGPT MegaBuster 2000™

Reasons You Might Want to Apply:

• Opportunity to gain hands-on experience designing QA processes for cutting-edge agentic systems.
• Direct exposure to the evolution of QA methodologies and test strategies in the age of LLMs and AI applications.
• A collaborative environment where your technical feedback directly shapes product quality and development processes.

Why Lumerate? Fancy perks etc.

• Help shape the future of a bootstrapped and profitable Canadian tech company
• Grow with an experienced team with skills in machine learning, development, business and organizational culture
• Earn yourself some equity (employee options make up 20% of the value of the company at all times)
• Three weeks paid vacation + statutory holidays
• Earn additional paid vacation days with continued learning ($1000 annual stipend for courses and classes)
• Basic and extended health and dental benefits
• Paid maternal and parental leave

Location

We look forward to welcoming our new Technical QA Manager to our West End Toronto office (1655 Dupont St) three days per week during the onboarding process, then the successful candidate can choose between working hybrid or remote.

Salary

$90,000 - $110,000

Start Date

As soon as the successful candidate is available

Lumerate is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Accommodation is available on request during recruitment and assessment.