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Senior QA Engineer
@ Makai Digital
Remote in Canada
Overview
Makai Digital is hiring a Senior QA Engineer on a contract basis to define test strategy, run manual and exploratory testing, and build automation frameworks for web, mobile and API applications. The role requires 5+ years of QA experience and hands-on work with Cypress, Playwright or Selenium, Postman and CI/CD pipelines.
Responsibilities:
- Define test strategies, plans and test cases
- Perform functional, regression, integration, accessibility and exploratory testing
- Build and maintain test automation frameworks for web and APIs
- Validate REST and GraphQL APIs
- Integrate test suites into CI/CD pipelines and track defects in Jira
Requirements summary:
- 5+ years of professional QA experience
- Hands-on automation with Cypress, Playwright or Selenium
- Deep API testing experience with Postman
- CI/CD experience with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or Jenkins
- Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, TestRail or Zephyr
- Strong knowledge of Agile/Scrum
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Software development |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
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Makai Digital
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- Makai Digital
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | IT Services and IT Consulting |
| Headquarters | Miami, Florida |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 6 |
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Role Summary:
We are seeking a detail-oriented, highly skilled Senior Quality Assurance Engineer with strong expertise in both manual and automated testing. In this role, you will be responsible for defining test strategies, executing hands-on manual exploratory testing, and designing scalable test automation frameworks across web, mobile, and API applications. You will collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and technical leads to ensure our solutions meet the highest standards of performance, reliability, and security.
What You'll Do:
Test Strategy & Planning: Define comprehensive QA strategies, test plans, and detailed test cases based on product specs, wireframes, and acceptance criteria.
Manual & Exploratory Testing: Perform thorough functional, regression, integration, accessibility, and exploratory testing to catch complex edge cases and usability issues.
Automation Engineering: Design, build, and maintain robust, scalable test automation frameworks from scratch for web applications and APIs.
API Testing: Validate RESTful and GraphQL APIs using both automated suites and manual tools (e.g., Postman).
CI/CD Integration: Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions) to enable continuous testing and rapid deployment cycles.
Defect Management: Identify, document, prioritize, and track bugs using Jira, working directly with engineering teams to ensure timely resolution.
Quality Advocacy: Champion quality best practices across the SDLC, participating in backlog refinement and code reviews to prevent defects early in development.
Must-Haves:
Experience: 5+ years of professional experience in software quality assurance, with a proven track record in both manual and automated testing.
Automation Proficiency: Hands-on experience building and maintaining modern test automation frameworks using tools like Cypress, Playwright, or Selenium in TypeScript, JavaScript, or Python.
API Testing: Deep experience testing APIs (REST, GraphQL) using tools like Postman and automated API testing libraries.
Manual Testing Excellence: Strong analytical skills with expertise in exploratory testing, edge-case identification, and test plan creation.
CI/CD & DevOps: Experience integrating automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins).
Tooling: Proficiency with bug tracking and test management systems (Jira, Confluence, TestRail, or Zephyr).
Agile Collaboration: Strong knowledge of Agile/Scrum processes and excellent cross-functional communication skills.
Nice-to-Haves:
Experience with performance and load testing tools (k6, JMeter, Gatling).
Knowledge of web accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA) and accessibility testing tools (e.g., Axe).
Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and cloud environments (AWS).
Prior experience working in a software consulting, digital agency, or enterprise professional services setting.
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