KUBRA Hiring for QA Engineer at Greater Toronto Area, ON Full Time

Overview:
Do you have a passion for Quality Assurance and for doing things the right way? A curiosity to dig deep and help find the underlying issue? If so, keep on reading as we’re looking for a QA Engineer to join one of our close-knit teams to work on a wide range of projects, ranging from new and existing back-end API testing to frond-end web-based applications.

As a Quality Assurance Engineer, you’ll get to work with Product Engineering and Product Management teams to create test cases, execute test suites, and create automated test cases for Windows and web applications.

This is a hybrid opportunity based in our Mississauga head office.

KUBRA’s hiring efforts will continue during the COVID-19 pandemic. Any face-to-face stages of our interview process will be virtual via video conference

What you get to do every day:
Act as QA champion on assigned projects.

Perform multiple types of black-box, white-box, and grey-box testing including functional, system, end to end, data integrity, user acceptance, smoke, regression, and ad hoc testing.

Ensure all test cases are completed within the required timeframe.

Execute and deliver test results to the team(s) indicating a Pass or Fail to ensure timely completion while maintaining acceptable service level

Design test plans from business requirements and specifications

Analyze requirements, develop testing strategies/frameworks.

Create automated tests for new and existing functionalities, and for system performance

Regress and verify defects as needed, record test results, and provide metrics.

Build and deploy software applications on multiple environments

Execute complex functional, and unit test cases within test environments with a high degree of accuracy, including manual end-to-end testing

Maintain test cases to be re-used for recurring and common (standard) projects

Assist in the parallel running of the current system to ensure the new product results are validated against existing live applications

Attend and participate in all agile ceremonies with the teams (stand-up, demo, retro, etc.)

Assist in documentation for new features.

Assist in developing personas, use cases, requirements, and acceptance criteria.

What kind of person should you be?:
Understanding of programming concepts, best practices, and test automation fundamentals

Ability to create tests with or without business requirements or specifications

Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment with a high degree of professionalism

Excellent problem-solving skills, a love for technical challenges, and a willingness to learn

Strong organization, time and project management skills and multi-tasking abilities

Excellent oral and written communication skills including the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of employees and management

What skills do you need?:
4-5 years of experience in a Quality Assurance role

Demonstrated proficiency with testing Windows based applications

Experience with testing REST web services

Experience with Automated, Performance, Accessibility, and Security testing.

Experience developing automated tests in one or more of the following languages: C#, JavaScript, Bash, PowerShell

Experience with writing unit/integration test cases is an asset

Experience with source control systems (i.e. GIT)

Experience with one or more databases (i.e. SQL, Oracle)

Experience with testing web applications in multiple browsers

Experience using Windows OS

Experience with testing tools and frameworks like Selenium, Ranorex, NUnit, XUnit.

Experience with test driven development would be an asset.

Software development experience and exposure to the DevOps is an asset.

What can you expect from us?:
Award-winning culture that fosters growth, diversity and inclusion for all

Paid day off for your birthday

Access to LinkedIn learning courses

Continued education with our education reimbursement program

Flexible schedules

Free unlimited access to our refreshment stations (fully stocked with tea, coffee and other beverages)

Two paid days for volunteer opportunities

KUBRA is a fast-growing company that delivers customer communications solutions to some of the largest utility, insurance, and government entities across North America. KUBRA offers billing and payments, mapping, mobile apps, proactive communications, and artificial intelligence solutions for customers. With more than 1.5 billion customer interactions annually, KUBRA services reach over 40% of households in the U.S. and Canada. KUBRA is an operating subsidiary of Hearst.

Our office is small enough to allow creative individuals to flourish, yet large enough to provide long-term stability. We place a tremendous amount of responsibility on our team members to be productive, focused and self-motivated. We offer a casual work environment, competitive compensation and a stellar benefits program.

KUBRA is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. We will provide accommodations during the recruitment process upon request. Information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only candidates under consideration will be contacted.