QA Automation Specialist

Remsoft • Ottawa, ON

11d • Remote

About The Position

An integral role on the Remsoft team, the Automation Quality Assurance (QA) Analyst will play a key role in designing, building, and maintaining automated test solutions to ensure high-quality software delivery across our web, cloud, mobile, and desktop applications. This role also includes hands-on manual testing, recognizing that not all test scenarios are suitable for automation. This role is strongly automation-focused, with hands-on responsibility for developing and maintaining automated test suites while working closely with developers, product, and QA team members. We’re looking for a technically strong, analytical and detail-oriented tester who is passionate about improving quality through automation-first practices, while also applying strong manual testing fundamentals contributing their expertise toward maintaining and enhancing our testing standards and processes.

Requirements

• College diploma or university degree in a related field
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English are essential for this role.
• 3+ years of experience in software quality assurance, with hands-on experience in both manual and automated testing
• Hands-on experience automating at least one application type (web, desktop, or mobile)
• Experience designing and executing manual test cases, including exploratory testing
• Hands-on experience building automated tests using Selenium or Playwright
• Experience coding automated tests using C#, Java or similar object-oriented languages
• Solid understanding of QA methodologies, automation frameworks, and testing techniques for modern applications
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Appium is considered an asset
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)
• Experience with API testing tools such as Postman or REST-based automation
• Exposure to performance and load testing tools and concepts (e.g., JMeter, k6, Gatling)
• Working knowledge of SQL databases and query writing
• Background working in a DevOps-aligned development environment
• Demonstrated experience integrating AI tools into day-to-day work
• ISTQB or similar QA certification

Responsibilities

• Work with QA team members to ensure a quality product and provide input to enhance testing processes.
• Design, develop, execute, and maintain automated test suites for web, cloud, desktop, and/or mobile applications
• Create, execute, and maintain manual test cases for scenarios that are not suitable to automate
• Contribute to an automation-first testing strategy, identifying opportunities to improve coverage, reliability, and execution time
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and QA team members to clarify requirements and define test approaches
• Validate new features through a combination of automated and exploratory/manual testing
• Analyze test results, log defects and work closely with development teams to support resolution
• Monitor automation execution results within CI/CD pipelines and take action on failures
• Provide regular progress updates, risks, and improvement suggestions to the QA Lead

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees