Senior Quality Assurance Specialist

We are Canada Life

Being a part of Canada Life means you have a voice. This is a place where your unique background, perspectives and talents are valued, and shape our future success.

You can be your best here. You’re part of a diverse and inclusive workplace where your career and well-being are championed. You’ll have the opportunity to excel in your way, finding new and better ways to deliver exceptional customer and advisor experiences.

Together, as part of a great team, you’ll deliver on our shared purpose to improve the well-being of Canadians. It’s our driving force. Become part of a strong and successful company that’s trusted by millions of Canadians to do the right thing. 

Be your best at Canada Life.

Canada Life’s Digital Hub is a team driven by customer needs. We provide expertise and strategic thought leadership that’s fueling Canada Life’s customer experiences.

Our team of experts in design, technology, product and agile work collaboratively with our business partners, creating digital tools that improve our customers’ lives. Come join an organization committed to delivering innovative, digital experiences.

We are looking for a Senior Automation QA Specialist.

Given the size and scope of our organization, we have the flexibility for this position to be located in the following head office locations: Montreal, Toronto, London, Winnipeg. 

As the Senior Automation QA Specialist, you are responsible for defining and developing test cases and test scripts to support our product and platform teams. You will work across multiple software development groups to help them deliver on high-quality products through the use of extensive automated testing. You will develop best in class automation strategies following industry best-practices, continuously increase the level of automation, and play a significant part in reducing the time-to-market of new features as a result. 

To be successful in this role, you will need to be able to communication well with a cross-functional team of Software Developers, Product Owners, Architects, Analysts and DevOps Engineers. The ability to understand existing design patters and a desire to continuously improve upon them is critical and require a highly driven self-starter to be successful. 

Qaulifications

• Proficiency in at least one of the following: Java, JavaScript/NodeJS, Python
• Extensive experience working with modern automated UI testing frameworks such as Selenium, Protractor, Appium with exposure to headless UI testing an asset
• Strong understanding of unit testing and integration testing design patterns to accelerate the adoption of TDD/BDD best practices amongst developers
• Previous API testing knowledge using automated frameworks and an ability to undertake manual API testing via Postman, SoapUI, CURL as required
• Previous experience with integrating automated testing in established CI/CD is essential, with preference to container-based testing
• Experience testing on Salesforce Sales, Service or Experience Cloud platform is an asset
• Experience with automated mobile testing is an asset
• Experience working with multi-device/browser testing platforms such as BrowserStack, AWS Device Farm is an asset

Who you are

• 4+ years experience of automated testing, defining strategy and building extensible automated testing frameworks
• Strong team player with an ability to work horizontally across teams and influence cultural change
• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent education and work experience
• Strong knowledge of the “Test Pyramid” and an understanding of the different testing methodologies such as unit tests, component tests, integration tests, UI test etc.
• Experience in the maintenance and enhancement of automated testing frameworks that enable reusability of common components
• Extensive experience of automated testing with TDD and BDD methodologies in Agile working environments, with the ability to influence peers in the design and adoption of new technologies

Be your best at Canada Life- Apply today 

We are one of Canada's top 100 employers!

Canada Life serves?the financial security needs of more than 13 million people across Canada, with additional operations in Europe and the United States. As members of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies, we’re one of Canada’s leading insurers with interests in life insurance, health insurance, investment and retirement savings. We offer a broad portfolio of financial and benefit plan solutions for individuals, families, businesses and organizations. 

We are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we live, and to creating an environment where every employee?has the opportunity to?reach their potential.

Canada Life?would like to thank all applicants, however only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted