SQA Automation Analyst

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automated API, UI, and application test frameworks and suites.
• Plan and prioritize testing activities, coordinate scope and timelines with stakeholders, and ensure coverage of functional, boundary, edge, and negative scenarios.
• Participate in requirements and story reviews to identify testability gaps, ambiguities, and quality risks early in the development lifecycle.
• Design and execute automated and manual tests, monitor results, investigate failures, and maintain test stability.
• Improve automation frameworks for reusability, performance, reporting, and integration into build and release workflows.
• Evaluate and adopt modern automation, AI-assisted, and agentic AI tools to improve test design, coverage, and SQA efficiency.
• Track and manage defects, collaborate with developers on resolution, and maintain automated test traceability, reporting, and coverage metrics.
• Communicate testing progress and issues to the automation team and management, and contribute to continual process improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in quality assurance, computer science, engineering, or a related technical field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 2–4 years of experience in software quality test automation; entry-level candidates with strong foundational skills may also be considered.
• Advanced experience with software testing practices, automated and manual testing, work management, test planning, and traceability tools.
• Advanced experience with Playwright, Selenium, Appium, Cucumber, or equivalent automation frameworks and proficiency in Python, JavaScript, C#, or a similar language.
• Experience testing application and web environments on Windows and Linux; mobile application testing on Android or iOS is an asset.
• Intermediate experience integrating automated testing into build and release workflows using platforms such as Azure DevOps.
• Advanced troubleshooting, analytical, organizational, communication, leadership, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills in French and English, with the ability to communicate across organizational levels.
• Knowledge of network topology, basic system configuration, Windows environments, productivity tools, and project management software.
• Knowledge of retail point-of-sale or self-checkout systems is an asset.
• ISTQB certification is not mandatory but is an asset.

Benefits

• Full-time on-site work arrangement.
• No travel requirements are stated.
• Inclusive workplace with equal-opportunity and diversity commitments.