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Senior QA Engineer (OTE $50,000/year USD), Sparkrock

Canada

Are you an experienced QA professional with a passion for excellence and innovation? Are you looking for an opportunity to work alongside some of the most skilled professionals globally in a top-tier, fully remote organization?
Sparkrock helps social benefit organizations like nonprofits, school boards and government agencies to reach their greatest potential using technology. We help to make these mission-driven organizations more efficient, freeing up their time and resources to focus on the good they want to achieve. Every day, nearly 45,000 people use our ERP & CRM products to make the world a better place, and we’re looking to double our impact in the next three years.
We are looking for a Senior QA Engineer to strengthen and innovate our QA processes at Sparkrock. In this role, you will enhance our testing strategies and integrate advanced automation tools. You will collaborate closely with peers across development, product management, and operations teams. Your expertise will be crucial in evolving our ERP products for non-profits and educational institutions by ensuring the software's reliability and effectiveness. The ideal candidate has a solid QA background and understanding of the QA field, has worn different hats in the QA world, has strong hands-on automation experience, is detail-oriented, enjoys exploring new testing methodologies, and thrives on continuous improvement and experimentation in a dynamic environment.
If you are driven and passionate about delivering high-quality software solutions, Sparkrock is the perfect place for you.

Responsibilities

  • As a Senior QA Engineer, you will be engaged in a variety of critical tasks that ensure the quality and reliability of our software solutions.
  • Business Requirements Analysis: Analyzing business requirements to understand the testing needs and ensure alignment with business goals.
  • Test Design: Designing test cases and strategies that cover all functionalities and scenarios effectively.
  • Test Planning: Planning the testing cycles and scheduling to align with the development phases and project timelines.
  • Test Writing: Documenting clear and concise test cases and scripts.
  • Test Execution: Running tests manually and using automation to identify issues or bugs.
  • Test Automation: Developing and maintaining automated test scripts and frameworks to increase testing efficiency.
  • Test Results Reporting: Compiling test results, providing insights into the software’s quality, and making recommendations for improvements.
  • Defects Management: Managing and tracking defects from identification to resolution, ensuring they are addressed in a timely manner.
  • QA Infrastructure and Tools Maintenance: Maintaining the QA testing environment and tools to support efficient testing activities.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in QA automation
  • Projects with ERP and other Enterprise SaaS solutions in a production mode
  • Experience working in Agile teams
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field.
  • Certifications such as ISTQB, CSTE, or similar

Nice to have

What you will learn

  • How to guarantee Quality in a big Enterprise product, modern QA techniques, tools, and approaches

Benefits - We don’t call them perks; they’re just part of what makes working at Sparkrock great.

  • We are 100% remote and global. Live your best life, wherever that may be, and never lose out on career opportunities because of it.
  • Flexible work hours. We work asynchronously and don’t care when you’re online, just that you deliver great results.
  • Dedication to development. We focus on career paths for each and every one of our employees and help provide training to advance at every stage of their careers.
  • Introductions to thought leaders in the space and webinars on cutting-edge tech hot topics
  • Focus on culture. Coffee chats, happy hours, cooking classes, book clubs, and more! 
  • Stipend to help set up your ideal home office
  • Swag! Because who doesn’t love swag?
We strive to build a team that reflects the diversity of the community we work in and encourage applications from traditionally underrepresented groups such as women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as LGBTQ2SI, veterans, and people with disabilities. Apply

Job Profile

Regions

North America

Countries

Canada

Benefits/Perks

Flexible hours Remote work

Tasks
  • Business Requirements Analysis
  • Defects Management
  • QA Infrastructure and Tools Maintenance
  • Test automation
  • Test Design
  • Test Execution
  • Test Planning
  • Test Results Reporting
  • Test Writing
Skills

Agile Automation Defects Management QA QA Infrastructure Test Automation Test Design Test Execution

Experience

5+ years

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Information Technology Software Engineering

Certifications

CSTE ISTQB

Timezones

America/Edmonton America/Moncton America/Regina America/St_Johns America/Toronto America/Vancouver UTC-3 UTC-4 UTC-5 UTC-6 UTC-7 UTC-8