Software Developer II (Test Automation Developer II)

Intact FC • Toronto, ON

4d • CA$80,700 - CA$98,700 • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Software Developer (Test Automation Developer II), you will be responsible for key parts of the continuous software development process. In this role, you will work within cross-functional agile teams alongside developers and other agile team members to assess new features, plan and execute tests, and provide quality assistance and testing expertise to all development and integration efforts. You will also be responsible for gaining a holistic understanding of the system and solving overarching quality and automation problems including development of test automation frameworks along the CI/CD pipeline. You have a strong experience in supporting numerous applications using a mixture of manual and automated skill set to control software testing. Join a team that is looking to the future, and which fosters collaboration, trust, collective ownership, an engineering mindset, continuous learning, and a "automate everything" mentality.

Requirements

• Team player with a positive attitude and excellent interpersonal skills
• Bachelor’s degree in computer sciences or equivalent experience
• Programming experience in Java, JavaScript, Typescript or Python.
• 3+ years of experience with UI automation testing using tools such as: Playwright, WebDriver IO, Selenium WebDriver, Selenium Grido, Protractor
• Proficiency testing RESTful APIs and working with related tools (Postman, SoapUI, Rest Assured)
• Experience working on Node JS
• Familiar with management Tools such as JIRA.
• In depth understanding of CICD tools like Jenkins.
• Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases
• Experience with Version Control Repository tools like GIT.
• Extensive Knowledge of Quality Assurance standards, methodologies, and strategies with a good understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) & Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
• Experience in formulating Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scenarios and Test Approaches
• Experience with Automation Testing Frameworks building from scratch using different approaches like TDD (Test Data Driven) & BDD (Behavior Data Driven) using Cucumber
• Experience working in an Agile Scrum environment
• Ability to communicate, both in writing and orally and work independently while establishing relationships across many teams
• Ability to think critically, analyze and resolve technical issues while identifying different options and creating great solutions to problems that have not been encountered before.
• For candidates located in Quebec, bilingualism is required considering the necessity to interact on a regular basis with English-speaking colleagues across the country.
• No Canadian work experience required however must be eligible to work in Canada.

Responsibilities

• Define the overall automated testing vision, select the tools, develop the frameworks, and help grow the team responsible for maintaining and enhancing the testing environments and focus on publishing reports.
• Develop automated test suites for front-end, API/REST, back-end, and database.
• Work as a member of an Agile team helping with backlog preparation, sprint planning and task estimates.
• Developing Test Cases and Procedures and executing the user stories against acceptance criteria.
• Analyze requirements, product specifications, break down complex software systems and design strategies to test these systems.
• Creating the Automation Core Frameworks and scripts for End-to-End Testing and support Sprint Testing by performing Automation Testing.
• Executing the Regression suite with distributed test execution process using Selenium Grid to support Releases.
• Designing, implementing, and maintaining UI test scripts on Playwright/Cucumber FW using Typescript.
• Test Rest services using our API FW built on Cucumber JS and HTTP requests.
• Replicate the UI application flow on the REST side using a Python based FW which uses HTTP requests and test relevant backend functionalities.
• Performing Defect Tracking Cycle and working closely with the developers to look for the fixes.
• Ensuring an elevated level of customer service is maintained to stakeholders while addressing critical requests.
• Contributing to improve and optimize our automation process to help automate current manual and repetitive processes/tasks.
• Coaching and mentoring junior team members to improve the overall automation engineering skillsets.
• Continuously look for improvements to enhance our software delivery process and software engineering practices and finding efficiencies to help increase the productivity of the team.

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements and a hybrid work model
• Possibility to purchase up to 5 extra days off per year
• Multiple benefits offered to support physical and mental wellbeing, including telemedicine, Wellness account and much more
• Share plan & other savings: up to 12% of salary or even more (ask how you could earn guaranteed income for life)
• Annual bonus target, based on the base salary, with a potential payout of up to double the target (subject to personal and company performance)
• Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP) – with Intact matching 50% of your net shares.
• Defined benefit pension plan offering the opportunity to receive guaranteed income for life.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree