Lead QA Developer

AlgaeCal • Vancouver, BC

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About The Position

AlgaeCal is seeking a Lead QA Developer to join their QA team. This role involves improving the quality, stability, and reliability of their React-based storefront and internal middleware. The ideal candidate will have extensive eCommerce experience and a passion for automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and digital marketing technology. The position offers the opportunity to build quality engineering systems that enhance storefront experiences, strengthen middleware, and ensure reliable eCommerce platforms, contributing to AlgaeCal's mission to end the fear of bone loss. The role emphasizes clear KPIs, meaningful ownership, and crystal clear expectations, with a focus on stronger automation frameworks, cleaner CI/CD integration, fewer flaky tests, better reporting, and reduced production defects. The company culture values work-life balance and discourages excessive working hours.

Requirements

• 5+ years of QA development experience, with real examples of automated testing strategies built, maintained, improved, or scaled.
• 2+ years of leadership, mentorship, or coaching experience.
• Strong command of JavaScript and TypeScript.
• Hands-on experience with automated testing frameworks like Cypress, Playwright, or similar tools.
• Experience integrating automated tests into cloud-based CI/CD pipelines.
• A sharp eye for quality metrics (automation coverage, pipeline stability, test execution runtimes, flaky test reduction, production defect leakage, reporting).
• Comfort with specialized QA spaces like API contract testing, performance profiling, load testing, and browser developer tool profiling.
• eCommerce experience.
• Humble, hungry to learn, and people smart (great teammate).

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Shopify Hydrogen storefront and middleware.
• Experience with Python, PHP, Figma, Storybook, or Jest.

Responsibilities

• Build systems that catch bugs before they are seen.
• Improve the quality, stability, and reliability of React-based storefront and internal middleware.
• Develop and maintain automated testing strategies.
• Architect, optimize, and scale automated testing frameworks across frontend storefronts and backend middleware.
• Integrate automated tests into cloud-based CI/CD pipelines.
• Focus on quality metrics such as automation coverage, pipeline stability, test execution runtimes, flaky test reduction, production defect leakage, and reporting.
• Engage in specialized QA areas like API contract testing, performance profiling, load testing, and browser developer tool profiling.
• Guide other QA developers, review their work, support their growth, and raise the technical standard of the team.

Benefits

• Generous healthcare package
• Monthly team events and activities
• Flexible Stat Holidays with the option to bank days for later use
• Casual dress code
• Above-market pay for the right person

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed