QA Engineer – Part-time

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

📋 Description

• Develop and implement test strategies and test cases for the platform and customer project deployments.

• Conduct functional, regression, usability, cross-browser, responsive, integration, end-to-end, and API testing.

• Perform incremental testing during the development phase and verify release candidates prior to deployment.

• Assist customers with User Acceptance Testing and address high-priority issues before the launch.

• Create and maintain automated test scripts using JavaScript or TypeScript with Playwright or Cypress.

• Suggest and establish testing tools in collaboration with engineers.

• Define the expected output for the AI content-migration pipeline and assess AI-generated records against the original content.

• Monitor items handled by the pipeline in comparison to manual work.

• Validate the accuracy, structure, and metadata quality of migrated municipal content.

• Assess web accessibility and ensure compliance with WCAG 2.2 AA standards.

• Identify, document, and manage defects in Jira.

• Work collaboratively with leadership, design, development teams, customers, and colleagues on issue resolution and quality-driven delivery.

• Establish the QA function and related processes as the inaugural dedicated QA hire.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 3 years of experience in Quality Assurance.

• Experience in manually testing web applications and website frontends, as well as backend APIs, both manually and through automation.

• Proficient in using Playwright or Cypress.

• Familiarity with API testing tools such as Postman.

• SQL skills for performing database checks.

• Ability to read and debug JavaScript, NodeJS, and ReactJS code, and create testing tools and scripts.

• Understanding of WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 AA+ standards, along with experience in testing for accessibility compliance.

• Strong attention to detail, excellent organizational skills, and proficient written communication.

• Enthusiasm for utilizing AI tools to enhance testing coverage and quality, coupled with the ability to critically evaluate AI outputs.

• A university degree or diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience and certifications.

• Candidates located outside British Columbia must have a majority of their work hours overlap with the team’s schedule.

• Candidates must reside in Canada.

• Bonus: Experience in testing integrations and embedded third-party systems.

• Bonus: Experience in performance testing using JMeter and Google Lighthouse.

• Bonus: Familiarity with web application, API, or cloud security testing.

• Bonus: Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Azure.

• Bonus: Knowledge of headless or composable content management systems.

• Bonus: Certifications such as ISTQB, CSQA, CSTE, or those related to accessibility.

• Bonus: Experience in government-related or enterprise SaaS environments.

🏝️ Benefits

• Part-time position requiring 20 hours per week.

• Flexible 4-day workweek (Monday–Thursday).

• Flexible working hours within the team’s 9am–7pm PT schedule.

• Remote work opportunity from anywhere in Canada.

• Occasional coffee/tea, meals, or working sessions in Vancouver.

• Potential for role extension and/or conversion to a permanent position.

• An inclusive, respectful, and autonomous work environment.