Quality Assurance Engineer

Postmedia Network Inc.

15h•Remote

About The Position

Postmedia is a Canadian news media company representing more than 110 brands across multiple print, online and mobile platforms. Award-winning journalists and innovative product development teams bring engaging content to millions of people every week whenever and wherever they want it. This exceptional content, reach and scope offers advertisers and marketers compelling solutions to effectively reach target audiences. We are always on the lookout for talented individuals to join our team. We are seeking a QA Automation Engineer to lead and evolve our automated testing practice. This role focuses on building reliable, scalable test automation while introducing AI‑assisted approaches to improve coverage, speed, and maintainability across the organization. You will be a hands‑on engineer who brings strong automation fundamentals and the curiosity and judgment to responsibly adopt AI within QA workflows.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in QA automation or software quality engineering
Strong hands‑on experience with Playwright, using TypeScript, Cucumber and Selenium WebDriver
Strong knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript, Java
Understanding of HTML, CSS, and DOM structure
Experience testing web applications and APIs (REST, authentication, data flows)
Experience integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps)
Familiarity with AI‑assisted development or testing tools, with the ability to introduce them thoughtfully into automation workflows
Strong understanding of Agile and modern SDLC practices
Excellent problem‑solving, communication, and collaboration skills
Understanding of regression, functional, and cross-browser testing
Can act as a mentor to other team members in effective engineering and test practices including Continuous Delivery, BDD, ATDD and TDD within an Agile environment.
Familiarity with agile and bug tracking software such as Jira

Nice To Haves

Experience with performance, reliability, or accessibility testing
Exposure to testing AI‑enabled or data‑driven features
Cloud platform experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Experience in media, SaaS, or high‑traffic consumer platforms

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks for web and API‑based applications
Own automation strategy for functional, regression, and integration testing
Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to support fast, reliable releases
Partner with Engineering, Product and other QA peers to define acceptance criteria and embed quality early
Design, evaluate, and operationalize AI-assisted testing approaches (e.g., test generation, prioritization, self-healing), with clear measurement of impact on quality and delivery speed
Leverage production telemetry, test analytics, and failure patterns to continuously optimize test coverage, prioritization, and reliability
Evaluate and introduce AI‑enabled QA tools and practices into the organization
Partner with developers to integrate AI-assisted testing into development workflows, improving release speed and confidence
Perform targeted manual and exploratory testing for complex or high‑risk scenarios
Analyze defects, test results, and quality trends to drive continuous improvement
Promote modern QA and automation best practices