QA Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the comprehensive quality strategy encompassing web, APIs, and data layers, including standards, expectations for test coverage, and criteria for release.

• Evaluate current products and features, pinpoint quality deficiencies, and create prioritized test plans based on risk assessment and business impact.

• Develop and expand automated testing frameworks for unit, integration, end-to-end, and regression testing.

• Specify the tools, architecture, and common testing patterns utilized across engineering teams.

• Integrate automated quality gates into CI/CD pipelines to identify regressions before they are deployed to production.

• Set standards for release readiness, establish testing thresholds, and define coverage expectations among teams.

• Enhance the reliability of tests, health of pipelines, automation coverage, and reduce flakiness in critical user flows.

• Collaborate with DevOps/Platform to ensure that test environments are stable, efficient, and reflective of the production environment.

• Define and track engineering quality metrics to reveal trends, risks, and areas requiring improvement.

• Work alongside Engineering and Product teams to incorporate testability into requirements, design, and technical planning.

• Promote shift-left practices to ensure quality considerations are integrated earlier in the development lifecycle, rather than solely before release.

• Provide mentorship to engineers and QA team members regarding automation, testing methodologies, and quality ownership.

• Engage in incident reviews and post-mortems, transforming recurring quality issues into systematic enhancements.

• Serve as a quality authority for releases, including the authority to halt releases when critical standards are not fulfilled.

⛳️ Requirements

• 7–10+ years of experience in software quality, including senior-level responsibility for QA strategy, architecture, or automation.

• Background as a QA Architect, Staff/Principal SDET, Principal QA Engineer, or a related role.

• Demonstrated success in constructing and scaling test automation frameworks.

• Practical experience with tools like Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Jest, Postman, or comparable technologies.

• Strong experience in integrating automated testing within CI/CD platforms such as GitHub Actions, CircleCI, or Jenkins.

• Familiarity with TypeScript/JavaScript testing environments, REST APIs, and relational databases.

• Robust understanding of contemporary web application architecture and quality engineering practices.

• Experience utilizing AI development tools like Cursor, Claude Code, or Copilot to enhance testing and automation efforts.

• Interest in leveraging AI in areas such as test generation, defect detection, and pipeline optimization.

• Experience with performance/load testing tools such as k6, Locust, or JMeter is considered a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote work and flexible working hours.

• Mentorship and development opportunities to assist you in achieving your career aspirations!

• Comprehensive medical and dental benefits.

• Healthcare spending account.

• $3,000 annual Health and Wellness Spending Account to support your overall well-being.

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

• Flexible (Unlimited) Time Off: No annual cap on vacation, supported by a trust-based, flexible approach to time off.