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Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

Traction Complete

Traction Complete

Software Engineering, Quality Assurance
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Posted on Jan 18, 2025

As our QA Automation Engineer, you savour the opportunity to experiment with new projects and ‘look for trouble’ while doing so. You’re a lover of detail but still have a handle on the big picture, and you excel at tracking processes to keep your teammates in the loop and on track.

Traction on Demand’s hiring philosophy is based on culture, intelligence and then skills. Here’s what we mean by that.

Who we are

At Traction Complete, we empower our customers with great technology. Built on the Salesforce platform, we enable some of the world's largest companies, like Zoom, to deliver exceptional services and achieve their missions. At our core, we are driven by a strong desire to support and uplift our clients.

Traction Complete has been honoured as one of Forbes' Top Startups and a Great Place to Work. We take immense pride in our product development, outstanding customer service, and the strong relationships we build with our partners and clients.

Community is at the heart of everything we do. We’re seeking individuals who are eager to join a dynamic team of engaged professionals who view business as more than just a means to generate revenue. We’re passionate about making a positive impact on our customers' lives through innovative solutions and genuine care.

As part of our Traction team, you'll experience a strong sense of camaraderie. We support one another through challenges, celebrate each other's successes, and grow together in an environment where collaboration and shared achievements drive our collective success.

If you're looking for a workplace where your contributions are genuinely valued and your growth is supported by a team that truly cheers you on, you've landed on the right page

Skills

Tractionites come from a variety of backgrounds, and we are eager to find people that are from non-traditional backgrounds. Typically, we find that people are successful in this role when they have:

  • Bachelor’s degree and/ or related experience to computer science

  • Minimum 2-5 years’ experience in Quality Assurance

  • Solid experience creating test plans, test cases and test strategies

  • Experience with writing and using automated web testing frameworks such as Selenium, Jasmine, or Mocha

  • Accuracy and excellent attention to detail. This means that your error rate is minimal and you don’t let small details get by

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills – Able to work with and communicate clearly with product managers, developers, and sales users

  • Ability to structure and analyze requirements into discrete test procedures

  • Want to help and share knowledge with others; Cares for peers and their overall well-being

  • Reliable and able to get things done with important deadlines in a FAST-PACED environment, and can adjust to changing priorities and timelines

  • Demonstrates a willingness and tenacity to finish what they’ve started and have a can-do attitude about their work and Traction

  • Basic knowledge of HTML and Typescript/JavaScript or node.js

Nice to Have

  • Some experience with the SalesForce Platform. Specifically: Sales Cloud, Layouts, Record Types, Reports and Dashboards.

  • Experience using continuous integration/delivery technologies like Jenkins, Travis CI, BitBucket Pipelines, Heroku, or AWS

What You Will Be Doing

  • Improve the quality of Traction’s data products by executing, and help to setting up best-in-class testing procedures for our company to follow

  • Create best practice test strategies and cases for Traction’s data products

  • Working closely with product development team to determine, implement, execute, and maintain automated test cases for product features

  • Increase customer satisfaction by decreasing # of client reported bugs over time

Job Outcomes

  • Salesforce Admin certified in 3 months

  • Executes test cases and provides debugging support within first week

  • Creates high quality test plans derived from requirements within first 30 days

  • Provides input on quality process at Traction Complete by 3 months

  • Benchmark # of customer reported bugs and decrease defects within 6 months

Compensation

Our market data is refreshed on an annual basis to reflect the most current market conditions.The starting salary band for this role is $70,000 - 90,000 CAD.

Starting salaries will vary within this range based on experience, skill level, and internal equity related to the role. In addition to base salary, the total compensation package may include additional components such as equity, and benefits.

If you’re interested, so are we! Send your resume our way, and we’ll reach out to you if we are interested in moving forward.

We are an equal opportunity employer and love diversity at our company! We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.

Please note, employment is contingent on successful completion of background and reference checks.