Sr QA Engineer
Role summary
This contract full-time Senior QA Engineer role is based in Waterloo, Ontario, focusing on designing and implementing tests, debugging, and defining corrective actions for software programs and applications. The position involves overseeing quality assurance for program logic, security, and data processing, contributing to test automation tool selection strategy, and managing procurement for new technologies. Key responsibilities include leading development teams in software quality assurance, conducting various testing methodologies (functional, negative, exploratory, unit, black-box, white-box, shift-left), and integrating AI into Postman and Cypress. The role requires experience with automated testing of APIs, distributed systems, microservices, and scripting technologies, along with a minimum understanding of cloud-native development practices. The candidate will also perform root cause analysis and work closely with software developers to ensure functional and non-functional requirements are met.
This position is responsible for the design and implementation of tests, debugging and defining corrective actions. The QA Engineer will also review system requirements and track quality assurance metrics (e.g., defect densities and open defect counts).
Strategy and Planning
- Oversee the quality assurance of program logic and security, data processing, and error resolution.
- Leads analysts and designers in the development and initiation of tests for new software programs and applications.
- Contributes to the broader strategy on the selection of test automation tools.
- Performs estimating, prioritizing, planning and coordinating of work to reliably and consistently deliver according to plan.
Acquisition and Deployment
- Direct and Support research and development within the team.
- Evaluates relevant risks and determines mitigation strategies.
- Identify requirements and manage the procurement process and vendor selection for new technologies.
Operational Management
- Participate and support in the construction of solutions including relevant testing and supporting documentation.
- Provide oversight and ongoing support in the testing of products and solutions to ensure functional and non-functional requirements are met.
- Run and monitor performance tests on new and existing software for the purposes of correcting mistakes, isolating areas for improvement, and general debugging.
- Administer diagnostic analysis of test results and deliver solutions to critical areas.
What You Bring To The Team
- 6-9 years relevant experience
- Demonstrated experience leading development teams in the area of software quality assurance
- Experience in functional, negative, exploratory, unit, black-box, white-box, and shift-left testing principles and methodologies
- AI experience integrated into Postman and cypress is must
- Test automation, databases, and relevant scripting technologies
- Conducting root cause analysis, working closely with software developers
- Security principles and test methodologies and approaches
- Automated testing of web-applications
- Strong competency in Agile methodology to drive collaborative and adaptive solution delivery in a fast-paced IT environment
- Minimum knowledge of cloud native development practices and design patterns using private or public cloud providers required
- Basic understanding of cloud patterns and infrastructure management using private or public cloud providers required
- Post-secondary degree or diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
Technical Skills
- Experience with automated testing of SOAP/REST API’s, distributed systems, and micro services
- jMeter
- xUnit
- nUnit
- Postman
- Various other testing frameworks
- JavaScript/TypeScript or other comparable languages
Position #:
req2185
Employment Status:
Contract Full Time
Location:
Waterloo; Ontario
Number Of Openings:
2
Department:
Information Technology
Internal Job Title:
Senior QA Engineer - 6 Months Contract
Salary Range:
$70/Hr. - $85/Hr.
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