Junior Quality and Assurance Specialist (Co-op/Intern)

SPC Student Price Card•Vaughan, ON

21h•Hybrid

About The Position

This role focuses on developing and executing manual and automated test scripts, identifying and tracking bugs, and contributing to the testing and quality strategy for new and existing projects. The position also involves leveraging AI tools throughout the product development lifecycle to support various stages from ideation to testing, and championing AI adoption to enhance efficiency and decision-making within the product and development functions.

Requirements

2nd or 3rd year Student in Post-secondary education studying Computer Science, Engineering, the Sciences or Mathematics
Experience in writing test cases and preparing test plans
Eye for user experience
Talent for finding bugs in websites or software
Knowledge of programming fundamentals
Knowledge of relational databases and database applications
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and conceptual skills.
A talent for breaking software
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Team orientation and sparkling interpersonal skills
Accountability: Being accountable and passing on accountability for one's own actions and those of colleagues and the organization.
Communication: The ability to convey information to another effectively and efficiently and practice active listening.
Adaptability: The ability to remain fully functional by adapting to changing circumstances (environment, procedures, people).
Collaboration: The ability to work effectively with others on a common task; taking actions which respect the needs and contributions of others; contributing to and accepting the consensus; negotiating a win-win solution to achieve the objectives of the team
Problem Analysis: The ability to detect problems, recognize important information, and link various data; to trace potential causes and look for relevant details.
Time management: Planning and Organizing: The ability to determine goals and priorities and to assess the actions, time and resources needed to achieve those goals.
Web framework: VueJS, HTML, CSS
Mobile Framework: React Native
Back-end: Python Flask
Infrastructure: Google Cloud Platform

Nice To Haves

Solid Lunch Recommendations

Responsibilities

Develops and executes manual and automated test scripts
Identifies, investigates, reports and tracks bugs to closure using Jira
Handles projects with changing priorities and concurrent deadlines
Communicates test results, as well as any errors or issues discovered during testing, to QA team and developers
Takes part in the planning and implementation of the testing and quality strategy for new and existing projects
Leverage AI tools throughout the product development lifecycle to support ideation, prototype generation, user story creation, and iterative testing to improve product performance and speed to market.
Champion AI adoption across the product and development function to streamline workflows, enhance decision-making, accelerate experimentation, and improve overall operational efficiency.