QA Engineer - Remote Canada

Ontinue; United States; Remote; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great benefits

Microsoft training

Job summary

Ontinue is seeking a QA Automation Engineer in Canada to scale quality across a fast-moving engineering team. You will design automated tests for frontend, backend, and API flows, primarily using Playwright with TypeScript or C#.

You will coordinate releases, test cloud-based workflows, and balance speed with quality. The role emphasizes independence, organization, and the ability to create scalable workflows while collaborating with developers and stakeholders to improve processes and tooling.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years in QA, test automation, software engineering, or related field.
• Strong experience with test automation across frontend and API testing.
• Experience with Playwright or similar modern automation framework.
• Proficiency in TypeScript or C# for automation.
• Experience coordinating releases in microservices environments.
• Familiarity with Azure or other cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement automated tests for frontend, backend, and API flows.
• Use Playwright as core testing platform; tests in TypeScript or C#.
• Test microservices-based systems with attention to dependencies and release sequencing.
• Coordinate release readiness and determine testing priorities.
• Test Azure-based and event-driven workflows and message-based integrations.
• Combine automation with manual testing for efficiency and scalability.
• Improve manual testing processes to stay sustainable as the team grows.
• Collaborate with developers and stakeholders to build practical QA processes.
• Leverage AI-assisted tools to speed up test creation, maintenance, and analysis.
• Ensure quality scales with team speed rather than becoming a bottleneck.

Skills

QA Automation

Frontend testing

API testing

Playwright

TypeScript/C#

Release coordination

Azure cloud

Independent worker

AI tools

Communication

Quality-speed balance

Job description

As a leading provider of AI-powered extended managed detection and response (MXDR) services, Ontinue is on a mission to be the most trusted, 24/7, always-on security partner that empowers customers to embrace the future by using AI to operate more strategically, at scale, and with less risk. We believe that the combination of AI and human expertise is essential for delivering effective managed security that is tailored to a customer’s unique environment, operational constraints, and risks.

Our MXDR service combines powerful proprietary AI with a one-of-a-kind collaboration model to continuously build a deep understanding of our customers’ environments, informing how we prevent, detect, and respond to threats. Our unrivaled Microsoft expertise allows customers to achieve these outcomes with the Microsoft Security tools they already own. The result is highly localized managed protection that empowers security teams to be faster, smarter, and more cost efficient than ever before.

Continuous protection. AI-powered Nonstop SecOps. That’s Ontinue.

Role Overview

We’re looking for a QA Automation Engineer to help us scale quality across a fast-moving engineering team. This role is about building the automation, processes, and release confidence that keep pace with a team already working with AI-assisted development. You’ll support a medium-sized team on your own, so independence, organization, and the ability to create scalable ways of working are essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement automated tests for frontend, backend, and API flows
• Use Playwright as a core testing platform, with tests written in TypeScript or C# depending on the best fit
• Test microservices-based systems with an understanding of dependencies, release sequencing, and service interactions
• Coordinate release readiness across the team, helping identify what needs to be tested first and what can go out together
• Test Azure-based and event-driven workflows, including message-based scenarios such as Service Bus topics and related integrations
• Combine automation with manual and exploratory testing where it adds the most value
• Improve the way manual testing is enabled so it remains efficient and sustainable as the team grows
• Collaborate closely with developers, the engineering manager, and other stakeholders to build a practical quality process
• Use AI-assisted tools to speed up test creation, maintenance, triage, and analysis
• Help ensure quality scales with the speed of the team instead of becoming a bottleneck

Required Experience & Skills

Required

• At least 4 years of professional experience in QA, test automation, software engineering, or a closely related field
• Strong experience with test automation, ideally across both frontend and API testing
• Experience with Playwright or a similar modern automation framework
• Good working knowledge of TypeScript, C#, or another language used for automation
• Practical understanding of release coordination in microservices-based systems
• Experience testing APIs and backend workflows
• Familiarity with Azure or other cloud-based environments
• A practical, organized approach to working independently and structuring your own process
• Curious, adaptable, and open to using AI tools to work more efficiently
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work closely with developers and stakeholders
• A mindset that balances quality, speed, and pragmatism

Preferred

• Experience building or improving QA processes for a growing team
• Experience with event-driven or message-based systems
• Experience with infrastructure or environment concepts that help with reliable testing
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and how automated tests fit into them
• Experience using AI tools to support testing, analysis, or maintenance
• Experience working in a product-oriented, fast-moving engineering environment
• Experience with security-related or data-sensitive systems

What We Offer

We have been recognized as a top place to work! In addition to a competitive salary, we also offer great benefits and access to management and Microsoft training.

Come as you are! We search for amazing people of diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. Ontinue welcomes and encourages diversity in the workplace regardless of race, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.