Associate QA
Appnovation TechnologiesResponsibilities
- Review stories and acceptance criteria for testability during refinement.
- Write, execute, and maintain functional test cases covering happy paths, edge cases, and negative scenarios.
- Build and maintain Playwright end-to-end automation for user journeys.
- Perform API testing against .NET REST endpoints, including response validation, error handling, and permission behavior.
- Test role-based, permission-sensitive, and multi-tenant access across the UI and API.
- Test multi-step, long-running, asynchronous, failing, retrying, and resumable processes.
- Validate reporting and analytics output against source data using SQL queries.
- Conduct browser, responsive, device, breakpoint, and WCAG 2.x Level AA accessibility testing.
- Report defects with reproduction steps, environment details, and severity assessments, and retest fixes in Jira.
- Maintain traceability among acceptance criteria, test coverage, and defects.
- Support release validation and production verification after deployment.
- Keep automated tests reliable in GitLab CI/CD and investigate failures.
- Maintain test cases and testing notes in Confluence.
- Participate in refinement, planning, review, and retrospective activities on a self-directed scrum team.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of QA experience testing web applications.
- Hands-on experience writing and maintaining automated tests with Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium.
- Experience testing web applications with business logic such as forms, workflows, and dashboards.
- Practical API testing experience, including REST responses, status codes, and error handling.
- Experience testing role- and permission-based application behavior.
- Basic to intermediate SQL skills for data verification.
- Ability to write clear and reproducible defect reports.
- Experience writing test cases from acceptance criteria.
- Familiarity with running automated tests in a CI/CD pipeline and investigating failures.
- Awareness of WCAG 2.x Level AA and experience with basic accessibility checks.
- Comfort working within an existing test suite, framework, and team standards.
- Experience with agile delivery practices including refinement, planning, review, and retrospective.
- Experience defining feature-level test strategies independently is preferred.
- Experience with multi-tenant isolation, Temporal or other workflow orchestration, asynchronous systems, fine-grained authorization, visual regression, performance or load testing, and ClickHouse is preferred.
- Familiarity with C# and .NET, or TypeScript and React, is preferred.
- Experience with Canadian public-sector or education accessibility and privacy requirements, SaaS delivery, consulting or client-facing delivery, AI-assisted testing tools, or ISTQB certification is preferred.
- Must be located in British Columbia, Canada.
Benefits
- Hybrid working model.
- Challenging work with real-world impact and exposure to high-profile clients.
- Direct access to cutting-edge AI platforms.
- Diverse, inclusive, collaborative, and innovative work environment.
- Growth opportunities for personal and professional development.
- Supportive environment with access to company leaders.
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About Appnovation Technologies
Appnovation is a Global, Full-Service Digital Partner. We design, develop, and deliver digital experiences that drive measurable business transformation. With nearly 20 years of experience and thousands of successful projects delivered, we partner with industry leaders like Pfizer, Google, Yeti, TCL, and AstraZeneca across diverse industries and technologies. Our services combine strategy, user experience, engineering, data, and AI to create purposeful, human-centered solutions. With global delivery and a strong nearshore presence, we offer flexible, cost-effective partnerships tailored to our clients' needs. We build digital foundations through close collaboration, delivering immediate impact and supporting future growth and innovation. Our approach continually evolves to support clients at every stage of their digital journey. We elevate customer experiences, champion digital innovation, and drive scalable business value. Appnovation. Fuelled by experience. Powered by AI. Learn more at appnovation.com. #InspiringPossibility