Senior Quality Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Create, develop, and sustain scalable automated testing frameworks and tools.

• Design and implement thorough testing strategies for applications, APIs, and infrastructure.

• Work collaboratively with Product, Engineering, and Delivery teams to guarantee high-quality releases.

• Establish, monitor, and evaluate quality metrics to enhance systems and processes continuously.

• Promote best practices in test automation, CI/CD, and quality engineering.

• Conduct exploratory and risk-based testing to identify edge cases and enhance system resilience.

• Assist in documenting business rules, systems, and testing methodologies.

• Support development teams in bug investigation, including reporting, reproduction, and isolation.

• Actively engage in the Agile software development lifecycle within a cross-functional team.

• Mentor and support team members to advance quality engineering as a field.

• Ensure the reliability, performance, and scalability of systems that drive the courier network.

• Report directly to the Technology Manager.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in software testing and quality engineering.

• Proficient in automated testing with JavaScript and/or Java is essential.

• Practical experience with tools like Playwright, Appium, or comparable frameworks is required.

• Previous experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems is crucial.

• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and familiarity with Kubernetes-based deployment platforms.

• Extensive experience with event-driven architectures such as Apache Kafka, pub/sub systems, and asynchronous processing patterns.

• Experience testing RESTful APIs using tools like RestAssured.

• Familiarity with load and performance testing tools (e.g., K6) is an advantage.

• In-depth knowledge of test automation design patterns and best practices.

• Proven experience working in Agile, fast-paced, continuous delivery environments.

• Comfortable using Git-based version control systems.

• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

• Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, DynamoDB) is a must.

• Knowledge of Google BigQuery is a plus.

• Understanding of Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD).

• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar is required.

• Experience incorporating AI into testing processes.

• Understanding of prompt engineering and evaluation of AI-generated outputs within a software engineering context.

• Awareness of best practices for AI-driven testing, focusing on reliability, reproducibility, and governance.

• Ability to work in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, or remotely in Ontario.

• Consent to a background check is required; job offer contingent upon satisfactory results.

🏝️ Benefits

• Monthly Skip spend allowance.

• Generous PTO policy with a buy and sell program allowing up to 5 additional days.

• Up to 20 weeks of top-up for parental leave.

• Flexible medical and dental insurance options for you and your family.

• Access to exceptional training resources.

• Exclusive offers from Workperks featuring hundreds of top brands.

• RRSP contributions with a variety of investment portfolios.

• Paid sick leave to support your health or that of your family.

• Well-being support programs available.

• Freedom to work from nearly anywhere in the world for four weeks each year.

• Dedicated mentorship opportunities.

• Global mobility pathways.

• A wellness-first culture grounded in true diversity and inclusion.