Test Automation Specialist

First Canadian Financial Group; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site gym

Educational assistance and career dev.

Health and Wellness spending account

Employee benefits

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

First Canadian Financial Group is seeking a detail-oriented Test Automation Specialist to safeguard the quality and stability of our benefits administration platform. You will execute automated regression tests across UAT and demo environments, ensuring new developments do not break existing functionality.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in software QA, experience with Selenium/Playwright/Cypress, and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in software quality assurance or testing.
• Hands-on experience running automated test scripts.
• Familiarity with test automation frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress).
• Experience in UAT and staging/demo environments.
• Strong written communication and ability to document defects clearly.
• Highly organized with ability to manage multiple test cycles across releases.

Responsibilities

• Execute automated regression test scripts after releases, hotfixes, or features in UAT and demo environments.
• Monitor test results, triage failures, and document defects with steps and environment details.
• Maintain regression scripts, test cases, and test data as the system evolves.
• Collaborate with business analysts to update coverage for new features and rules.
• Communicate outcomes and defect status to the development team for timely resolution.

Skills

QA testing

Regression testing

Technical communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

Jira

TestRail

Azure DevOps

Postman

Job description

First Canadian is a national organization and we are experiencing unprecedented growth!

Job Details

First Canadian is a national organization and we are experiencing unprecedented growth! We aim to hire bright, hard-working people who share our values. We seek employees who are committed to learning, career growth, and opportunity. We take pride in being an organization that our employees support long-term. We believe in our employees and celebrate their success by asking for employee opinions and feedback so that we continue to be a Great Place to Work.

We Award Our Team With The Following:

• Off work 1 hour early on Fridays.
• Earned Time-Off Program and vacation.
• Group Retirement Savings Plan with employer match.
• On-site gym.
• Educational assistance and career development.
• Employee benefits.
• Health and Wellness spending account.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Employee discount programs.
• A Culture Team dedicated to diversity, inclusion, and employee programs.
• Employee recognition and appreciation events.

Check out our company page for all the information on why we believe First Canadian is an employer of choice!

If you are motivated to succeed by helping people, then this is the opportunity for you!

First Canadian Financial Group is a vertically integrated group benefits carrier serving Canadian employers with a modern, proprietary benefits administration platform. As we continuously evolve our system, releasing new features, UAT builds, and production updates, we are looking for a detail-oriented Test Automation Specialist to safeguard the quality and stability of our platform.

In this role, you will be responsible for executing automated regression test scripts across our UAT and demo environments, validating that new development doesn't break existing functionality.

Essential Responsibilities

• Execute automated regression test scripts following each development release, hotfix, or feature deployment in UAT and demo environments.
• Monitor test results, triage failures, and clearly document defects with reproducible steps, screenshots, and environment details.
• Maintain and organize test scripts, test cases, and test data to keep the regression suite current as the system evolves.
• Collaborate with business analysts to understand new features, functional changes, and business rules that require updated or expanded test coverage.
• Communicate test outcomes and defect status to the development team, facilitating timely resolution and re-testing.
• Participate in release readiness reviews, providing a clear go/no-go quality assessment based on regression results.
• Identify opportunities to improve test coverage, test efficiency, and automation tooling.
• Maintain regression testing logs and traceability documentation in accordance with internal QA standards.
• Flag recurring defect patterns or systemic issues and elevate appropriately.
• Other duties as required.

Essential Responsibilities

• 2+ years of experience in software quality assurance or testing, with direct hands-on experience running automated test scripts.
• Familiarity with test automation frameworks and tools (e.g., Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or equivalent).
• Solid understanding of regression testing concepts, test lifecycle, and defect management workflows
• Experience working in UAT and staging/demo environments, with a clear grasp of environment-specific testing considerations
• Strong written communication skills — able to document defects, test results, and status updates clearly for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Highly organized and methodical, with the ability to manage multiple test cycles across concurrent releases
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with internal stakeholders and external development partners
• Experience in insurance, employee benefits, financial services, or other regulated industries is an asset.
• Familiarity with group benefits insurance, claims and administration is an asset.
• Experience with test management tools (e.g., Jira, TestRail, Azure DevOps) is an asset.
• Exposure to API testing tools (e.g., Postman) for validating back-end service behaviour is an asset.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and how automated testing integrates into deployment workflows is an asset.

Thank you for considering our organization.

If you are bilingual there will be a French and English assessment as a part of the recruitment process.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. Accommodations are available upon request.