QA Automation Engineer

Job Title: Sr. QA Automation Engineer

Location: Canada (Remote)

Employment Type: Contract

Job Summary

We are looking for a skilled QA Automation Engineer to design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts to ensure high-quality software delivery. The ideal candidate will work closely with developers, product owners, and DevOps teams in an Agile environment to ensure functional, regression, and performance testing is automated and scalable.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain automation test scripts and frameworks

Perform functional, regression, smoke, and integration testing

Collaborate with developers and business teams to understand requirements and acceptance criteria

Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines

Identify, document, and track defects using tools like JIRA

Execute automated test suites and analyze test results

Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives)

Ensure test coverage for web, API, and backend applications

Support UAT and production validation when required

Follow best practices for test automation and QA standards

Required Skills & Qualifications

Strong experience in QA Automation testing

Hands‑on experience with automation tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, TestNG, JUnit

Programming experience in Java, Python, JavaScript, or C#

Experience with API testing (Postman, RestAssured, SOAP UI)

Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab)

Knowledge of version control systems (Git)

Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments

Strong understanding of STLC and SDLC

Excellent communication and documentation skills

Nice to Have (Preferred)

Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter, LoadRunner)

Experience in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Experience with BDD frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow)

Exposure to containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

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