QA Automation Engineer

Repairify • St. John's, NL

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About The Position

The QA Automation Engineer reports to the Director of QA (or VP Software) and is responsible for driving the quality assurance efforts for our software products. In this role, they will design, develop, and maintain automated testing frameworks, ensuring robust coverage across web, mobile, API, and database layers. By integrating automated tests into our CI/CD pipelines, they will enable faster and more reliable software delivery. As a critical member of the QA team, you will collaborate with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to interpret requirements, create test plans, and identify potential risks early in the development process. We expect you to make effective use of AI-assisted tooling to accelerate your work and broaden test coverage. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, optimize testing processes, and help deliver high-quality products that exceed customer expectations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.
• 1-3 year(s) of experience in software development or automated testing.
• Ability to interpret product requirements, user stories, and technical specifications to design comprehensive test plans and test cases.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and experience working in Scrum or Kanban teams.
• Comfort using AI-assisted development and testing tools (such as coding assistants or LLM-based tooling) as part of day-to-day work.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively within cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of software testing methodologies, best practices, and tools.
• Understanding of software development principles and the ability to apply them to testing processes.
• Proficiency with test automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium, Cypress, Appium, or Playwright.
• Familiarity with mobile testing tools such as Appium, Espresso, or XCUITest.
• Hands-on experience in API testing using tools like Postman, REST Assured, or SoapUI.
• Basic knowledge of database testing, including writing and executing SQL queries for data validation.
• Experience performing ad-hoc manual testing to explore edge cases and identify potential gaps in automated test coverage.
• Understanding of CI/CD tools and familiarity with DevOps practices.
• Hands-on experience using AI tools to support testing, such as generating or refining test cases, drafting automation scripts, or assisting with defect analysis, with good judgment about where AI adds value and where it doesn't.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Create detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and test cases based on product requirements.
• Design, develop and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks.
• Integrate and maintain automated tests within CI/CD pipelines.
• Execute and analyze results from automated test cases, while documenting and reporting any defects.
• Collaborate with developers and QA engineers to identify, document and resolve software issues.
• Work closely with product and development teams to understand requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Perform manual testing when necessary, especially for exploratory and edge cases not covered by automation.
• Use AI-assisted tooling where it helps to improve the speed and depth of QA work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level