Développeur logiciel senior en test (Solutions, Contract) // Senior Software Developer In Test (Solutions, Contract)

Plusgrade • Montreal, QC

4d • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Developer in Test (SDET) to join our QA team based in Montreal. Our Software Developers in Test are mentors of quality and automation specialists across all the development and product Agile teams they work directly with. They ensure high-quality standards for our growing product suite of web, mobile and service-based applications by combining automated test tools, well-designed testing techniques, and quality processes to help scale the feature set and customer base while providing oversight of the product integrity.

Requirements

• Confidence working in a high-paced and technical-driven environment.
• Experience working as part of Agile teams.
• 4+ years of hands-on coding experience with test automation.
• Great hands-on coding experience with Javascript/Typescript and/or Java/Groovy and/or Python languages.
• Ability to be a strong proponent of automated testing, and to identify what tests should be automated, and at what level.
• Capability to train your colleagues on technical aspects.
• Ability to create well-structured and efficient test plans.
• Ability to gain others' support for ideas, proposals and solutions in order to advance work objectives.
• Passion for AI-driven development and a proven ability to integrate modern tools—such as Claude Code, Kiro, or MCP—into your workflow to accelerate testing and solve complex quality challenges.
• You have experience building or utilizing Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers
• A hands-on approach and ability to deliver on commitments.
• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer/Software Engineering, or equivalent training or work experience.

Nice To Haves

• You have played a major role in building an automated test framework.
• You have developed service-level automation, like API, system, and integration tests.
• You have used the Playwright library for UI tests.
• You are familiar with the Gatling load test tool.
• You are proficient with Python, TypeScript and /or Scala.
• You have experience in the airline industry and familiarity with travel technology.
• You have experience developing custom AI agents or MCP servers tailored for QA workflows (e.g., connecting an LLM to a specific database or proprietary API for automated data generation).

Responsibilities

• Act as an integrated member of Agile teams. Work in close collaboration with developers and product managers to ensure common understanding of functionalities under development and how to test them.
• Be an active stakeholder extremely early in all project planning activities and Agile ceremonies (scoping, technical design review, high-level estimations, sequencing, grooming, sprint planning, demos, …)
• Identify, escalate and mitigate any risk to product quality.
• Increase API and UI test coverage based on product requirements of existing and new features.
• Be a principal contributor to the development and evolution of automation frameworks.
• Design, build and maintain test tools and test services.
• Be part of a rotation of support for severe issues
• Help with the analysis, debugging and stabilization of daily automated test suites results.
• Execute automated, manual and exploratory regression tests for the periodical release of our applications & to launch our partners.
• Evangelize best practices and processes related to quality.
• Raise and address any product testability concern.

What This Job Offers

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