Quality Assurance Specialist - Remote, Canada - PayShepherd
Description
Job Title:
QA Specialist
Join Our Remote Team & Shape the Future of Procurement
Are you a design enthusiast ready to leave your mark on the tech industry? Do you want to work from the comfort of your home while making a real impact? If so, we've got the perfect opportunity for you.
We're using cutting-edge technology to save heavy industries worldwide from losing trillions of dollars each year due to inefficient vendor relationship management.
What we value:
- Acting with a sense of urgency and taking initiative
- Transparency and honesty
- Driving and enabling value for Clients & Prospects
- Relationship building
- Commitment to follow through
- Relentless attention to improvement
The Opportunity:
We are seeking a meticulous and detail-oriented Quality Assurance (QA) Specialist to ensure the reliability, performance, and functionality of our Software as a Service (SaaS) platform built on the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack.
As a QA Specialist, you will be responsible for designing and executing test cases, identifying and reporting bugs, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions.
This role requires a strong understanding of web technologies, testing methodologies, and a passion for delivering exceptional user experiences.
If you're a Canada-based product design enthusiast eager to make a significant impact in a fast-paced tech startup, your search ends here.
Your Responsibilities will involve:
Test Planning and Strategy:
- Collaborate with product managers, developers, and other stakeholders to understand project requirements and acceptance criteria.
- Develop comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scenarios based on functional and technical specifications.
- Define testing strategies and approaches to ensure thorough coverage of system functionalities.
Test Execution and Reporting:
- Execute manual and automated tests to verify software functionality, performance, and reliability.
- Identify, isolate, and document bugs and issues found during testing using bug tracking tools.
- Generate detailed test reports and provide timely updates on testing progress and results to stakeholders.
Automation Testing:
- Develop and maintain automated test scripts using testing frameworks such as Selenium, PHPUnit, or similar tools.
- Implement continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to automate testing processes and ensure code quality.
Regression Testing:
- Perform regression testing to validate the impact of code changes and updates on existing functionalities.
- Monitor and analyze production deployments to identify and address potential issues proactively.
Collaboration and Communication:
- Work closely with development teams to understand technical implementation details and potential areas of risk.
- Participate in sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospective meetings to provide input on testing efforts and project status.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders to escalate critical issues, provide status updates, and advocate for quality improvements.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Solid understanding of software testing methodologies, techniques, and best practices.
- Proficiency in writing and executing SQL queries for database validation.
- Experience with test automation frameworks and tools such as Selenium, PHPUnit, or similar.
- Familiarity with the LAMP stack and web technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP.
- Strong analytical and problemsolving skills, with keen attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities in a teamoriented environment.
Your Benefits:
- Great compensation package and benefits, including a stock option program
- Work from anywhere
- Career growth opportunity in a growing, new technology earlystage company
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision plans designed to fit you and your family's needs
- Flexible vacation time to promote a healthy worklife integration
- Autonomy and accountability
- New Macbook & accessories
- We thank all applicants for their interest and only those selected for an interview will be contacted._
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