Software Test Engineer

We’re looking for a Software Test Engineer! Reach out if you’re interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!

Type of Employment: Contract

Title: Software Test Engineer

Term: 6 months + possible extensions

Location: Remote for now/ Montreal

Job ID number: C1195

Daily Responsibilities:

• Consult with developers on software and system design in order to facilitate test automation.
• Create, enhance, extend, and maintain test automation libraries and frameworks
• Solve complex automation challenges and work on complex projects with minimal supervision.
• Design and develop automated unit, functional, regression and performance test programs or scripts based on libraries of re-usable test code modules or functions.
• Understand event-driven, API, and other pertinent software architectures and implement industry standards test strategies.
• Develop deep knowledge of systems to see breaking changes.
• Design, develop and maintain supporting Engineering tools
• Work with scrum teams to establish and promote best practices, standards, and processes for automation testing.
• Train test automation engineers on the proper development of automated tests
• Work as a member of an Agile SCRUM team delivering high-quality software in two-week sprints
• Define and document test cases based on user stories
• Participate in design and code reviews associated with test automation development
• Document software issues and enhancement requests and assist development with concise and detailed steps for duplication of the defects found while performing manual functional, integration, and regression tests
• Effectively interact with interfacing organizations and work together as a team to deliver projects on time and on budget
• Contribute towards team estimation and scheduling process
• Other duties as required
• Work with domain experts and developers to develop and execute test plans

Must have:

• Fully bilingual: English and French, can understand and communicate Quebecois
• BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related degree (or equivalent experience)
• 1-3 years of experience in software automated testing and/or development preferred

Requirements: 

• Demonstrated programming abilities using Java is required
• Experience with design patterns and OO design as applied to test code and frameworks
• Agile software development processes, software QA and testing methodologies
• Experience with web application test automation tools such as Selenium or Protractor is desirable
• JUnit, TestNG, Spock, or similar Java unit testing framework experience
• Knowledge or experience with Groovy is highly desirable
• Experience with test-driven, behavior-driven or acceptance test-driven development is desirable
• Experience using tools such as Jira, Git, Maven, and Jenkins is desirable
• Proficiency with database technologies such as SQL, MySQL, and MongoDB
• The ability to troubleshoot and analyze; must be able to dig into issues and problems and escalate or solve them appropriately.
• Inclined to work as part of a highly motivated and innovative engineering team and contribute to the business, technical and operational goals of the company.
• Excellent teamwork, time management, and communication skills are a must.
• Ability to understand and test event-driven architectures.
• Ability to work with customers to develop and execute automated test plans.
• Ability to lead and mentor members of the QA team
• Strong programming skills in Java or comparable language
• Knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Desire and ability to learn new skills and improve upon current skills
• Ability to comprehend complexity, to fully understand a product with all of its business and technological implications, and to approach the improvement of its quality from that perspective
• The high degree of efficiency and motivation in work habits in a challenging, fast-paced environment. Committed to meeting testing deadlines
• Strong verbal and written communication skills as well as interpersonal skills, with both technical and non-technical team members