Quality Assurance Co-op

Quality Assurance Co-op

Description

About Us

CARFAX’s mission is to help millions of people shop, buy, own or sell used cars with more confidence. As a leader in vehicle history and valuation, CARFAX provides impartial and comprehensive information for consumers and the automotive industry. CARFAX‘s Canadian headquarters supports North American product development, drawing on billions of data records from thousands of sources, CARFAX products enable used vehicle buyers and sellers to make informed decisions. CARFAX is consistently recognized as a top employer and business. CARFAX is a part of IHS Markit, (NYSE: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions. Find out more at www.carfax.ca and connect with CARFAX on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.

Working Here

At CARFAX Canada, you’re not just another employee. You’re a critical contributor to the big picture and rely on data when making important decisions. You have a future mindset and are motivated to grow with us. You have a thirst for learning new things and building your skillset. You dream big and chart your own career path. You don’t settle for what’s quick and easy because you value quality. You know that the best teams are built on trust, so you use your voice to collaborate and create real change. You believe in taking the time to celebrate wins and have fun. You know leading a balanced lifestyle in a supportive work environment is important. You’re not just another employee. You are a CARFAX Canadian!

Job Details

Reporting to the Development Manager, this position is located in London, ON at CARFAX Canada’s head office.

The successful candidate will provide an impartial review of technical project deliverables, test strategies, and test plans in order to ensure the highest of quality in our products. This person will be demonstrating QA best practices as well as providing mentoring to their development team. Our products are developed in an agile methodology, so this person will be actively participating in requirement documenting, planning, testing and demo, as well as provide expert advice in cross-departmental meetings. You will be a key player in automated testing, planning and implementation. You are a computer science specialist, who has experience in software testing/quality assurance experience, with exceptional communication skills. Exposure and experience in automated testing would be considered a huge asset. You are the type of person who is extremely detail oriented, organized, super friendly and easy to talk to. You can easily identify when you need to ask for help and share concerns with the team.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who has QA testing experience to excel in and grow their career in an agile environment.         

Position Responsibilities

• Working closely with an Agile team, to create test plan, test cases and automation test strategy based on requirements and design documents to ensure all product functionality, both functional and Non-functional, requirements are met
• Identify technical test data requirements
• Configure and maintain test data to support testing
• Conduct manual testing
• Log, track and resolve product defects with the Agile team
• Collaborate with software/systems personnel in application testing, such as system, integration, unit, regression, load, and acceptance testing methods
• Design and develop automated testing for functional, regression, load testing and performance tuning
• Develop and maintain the automation testing framework for functional and performance automated testing
• Make recommendations for improvement of applications to software developers
• Communicate test progress, test results, and other relevant information to team, project stakeholders and management
• Assist in the development of change control processes, practices, and guidelines for new and existing technologies

Education and Experience Required

• Currently enrolled in a college diploma or university degree in the field of computer science, programmer analyst, etc.
• Minimum 1 year of quality assurance experience in an IT capacity
• Very adept at problem analysis and providing problem solving solutions
• Experience with QA in the context of Agile software development is a strong asset
• Outstanding interpersonal skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Superior organizational and planning skills

Great team player as well as being able to work alone with no need for micro-management

CARFAX’s Canadian headquarters are located in London, Ontario at the historical landmark 100 Kellogg Lane. We’re proud to offer competitive pay, benefits and bonus, RRSP matching, maternity leave top-up, health and wellness initiatives, social events and a 4-day work week in the summer.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please visit our website: carfax.ca/careers. Applications will be accepted until April 18, 2021. We’re committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities. If you require an accommodation during the application or selection processes, please advise in your cover letter.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Not exactly the position you were looking for, but still want to join our awesome team? Visit our careers page to learn more about us and to see our other job openings!