Senior Quality Assurance Developer (Canada only)
Senior Quality Assurance Developer
About the Role
As a Senior Quality Assurance Developer at Aequilibrium, you will play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, scalable, and secure digital products. This position is open only to Canadian-based candidates, as you will work closely with teams supporting Canadian public-sector digital modernization initiatives. You will be embedded within agile scrum teams and responsible for leading the design, development, and implementation of automated testing frameworks and tools across modern cloud-native platforms.
This role requires a professional with strong technical expertise, deep experience in test automation, and the ability to influence quality practices across teams. You will champion quality engineering, oversee UAT environment readiness, and mentor other QA practitioners as part of Aequilibrium’s commitment to excellence in digital delivery.
What You Will Be Doing
Automation & Testing Leadership
Design, develop, maintain, and enhance automated and manual test suites to support continuous integration and delivery pipelines.
Build automated tests using Playwright, Cypress, and/or Selenium to validate functional, regression, performance, and security requirements.
Establish and evolve testing frameworks, standards, and best practices across teams.
Develop automation strategies for existing manual test processes.
Create and maintain regression suites and reusable test data sets.
Ensure automated test coverage supports microservices-based architectures and containerized environments (Kubernetes, OpenShift, GCP).
Quality Engineering & Analysis
Analyze requirements and design test approaches that validate functionality, technical specifications, and non-functional requirements (e.g., security, privacy, reliability).
Identify, document, and track defects through resolution using modern issue-tracking tools.
Evaluate test results, identify root causes, and collaborate with engineering teams to remediate issues.
Ensure compliance with privacy and security standards through automated validation.
Review defect impacts on downstream test cases and overall system stability.
Environment Management & UAT Support
Administer and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) environments, including:
Environment setup and configuration
Test data preparation
Access provisioning
Coordination with business stakeholders
Maintain environment readiness for iterative releases in CI/CD pipelines.
Collaboration & Leadership
Mentor and coach other QA practitioners, elevating testing expertise across the team.
Participate in daily scrums, sprint planning, and retrospectives as part of agile delivery.
Communicate test progress, risks, and quality insights to developers, product owners, and project leadership.
Collaborate with DevOps/SRE teams to integrate automated testing into CI/CD workflows.
Contribute to process improvements for both QA and cross-functional engineering practices.
Other Responsibilities
Support documentation of testing frameworks, processes, and runbooks.
Uphold team standards, delivery excellence, and Aequilibrium’s commitment to secure, high-quality digital experiences.
Perform additional duties as required.
Qualifications & Requirements
Must-Have
Minimum 5 years of experience in Quality Assurance and automated testing (within the past 7 years).
Strong experience creating and maintaining automated test suites using tools such as Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium.
Hands-on experience in agile software development using:
RESTful APIs
Microservices
Continuous delivery and automated testing
Kubernetes or similar container management platforms
Experience administering and supporting UAT environments.
Proven ability to mentor and coach other QA practitioners.
Experience with relational databases (Postgres, Oracle, etc.), including writing SQL queries for validation and test data setup.
Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, and cloud platforms (GCP preferred).
Familiarity with modern DevOps tooling and CI/CD workflows.
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Nice to Have
Experience working with Apache Solr, especially in containerized environments.
Experience with BC Government OpenShift Private Cloud environments.
Experience with Scrum@Scale or SAFe.
Previous work in public sector, registries, financial institutions, or regulated industries.
Exposure to scripting languages (Python, Bash).
About Aequilibrium
Aequilibrium is a Canadian award-winning technology consulting and implementation services company frequently recognized among the Top Five Digital Agencies, Fastest-Growing Tech Companies, Top Exporters, and Best Employers in BC. We help organizations transform digitally through strategy, experience design, engineering, and innovation.
Our XR + AI Innovation Practice builds immersive and personalized experiences for training, onboarding, and enterprise enablement. We are remote-first, collaborative, and committed to delivering remarkable experiences for both clients and employees.
Learn more at https://aequilibrium.com/careers.
Some of Our Benefits
Fully remote work
Competitive compensation and bonus programs
Training and career development opportunities
Regular in-person social events for those near Vancouver or Toronto
Our Commitment to Diversity
At Aequilibrium, we value diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcomed, respected, and empowered. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.
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