QA Developer

Company Description

Vention helps some of the most innovative manufacturing companies automate their production floor in just a few days. Vention's online-first manufacturing automation platform (MAP) enables its clients to design, automate, order, and deploy manufacturing equipment directly from their web browser.

Vention is headquartered in Montreal, Canada, with offices in Berlin and Boston, and is used in over 3,000 factories on 5 continents. As one of Canada’s Most Admired Cultures and Great Place to Work, we are a performance driven culture that cares deeply about happiness. We like ambitious goals, facts & data, and constructive debates. But at the same time, we know that we can’t repeatedly push ourselves if we are not surrounded by an uplifting and caring work environment. Those two sides of our culture, feed each other and are safeguarded with the same level of attention. Our values & principles include:

• We make our clients successful - we do what’s right for our customers, even when it makes our roles more challenging.
• We execute and deliver - we set ambitious goals for ourselves and are energized about meeting them.
• We debate, then commit - we challenge our own perspectives and ideas in pursuit of the best solutions.
• We innovate to inspire - we value innovation in products, user experiences, and business practices.
• We collaborate to achieve more - we work as one team to achieve more than we would on our own.
• We empower our people to reach their full potential - we hold ourselves to high standards but know when to celebrate progress & achievements

Job Description

*This is a hybrid position in our Montreal office*

We are looking for a QA Developer to join our VOps team.

This role plays a critical role in our software development and production health management. Our ideal candidate will be responsible for assuring and identifying data and software quality throughout our product life cycle. This will include product testing strategies during the development cycle, our deployment pipelines,  as well as assuring and measuring product integrity and quality in our live systems. Working in a highly collaborative environment, you will work closely with product management, development managers, developers and business stakeholders to assure the testability of new features, guarantee the quality of features being developed and assuring they meet requirements and specifications. 

More specifically, you will:

• Be responsible for the quality assurance of our e-commerce backend products, including our internal warehousing software (VOps).

• Design and build test cases, prioritizing and validating testing requirements, and communicating risk for cases not covered from testing.

• Design QA data pipelines to ensure testing environments are set up with representative data to cover agreed upon test coverage

• Create and run automated operational tests to generate control reports on live  production environments to ensure data integrity during normal system use or data updates.

• Have a hands-on approach to deploying your software test environment (basic shell commands, basic Git use).

• Build and maintain test plans. Arbitrate the flow of feature and bug resolutions during the development "sprints"; catch issues before they're deployed; and revalidate post deployment. 

• Ensure test plans have an automation roadmap based on expected consistency of a feature set.

• Build processes and infrastructure to streamline QA activities, increase test coverage, and overall increase the quality of our products. Among others, this may include continuous integration, automated test suites.

• Work with other teams to help ensure end to end integration testing is well documented and has sufficient coverage for cross- team projects.

Qualifications

• Strong development background in automation scripting, data management and automation (JavaScript, Python/node.js/Java, intermediate SQL skills, JSON, XML, etc.)

• Extensive Experience in Software Testing, QA methodologies, testing processes and testing tools and processes

• Experience with test automation tools such as Cypress, QASE, Postman, Jest, etc.

• Excellent documentation skills to build and maintain test documentation and have a clear understanding of test coverage for any testing playbook.

• Strong communications skills to work cooperatively with developers, managers and project stakeholders.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, detailed-oriented mindset and patience to find and isolate bugs.

• Eager to show ownership and improve products incrementally, while being mindful of business priorities.

Additional Information

How We Take Care of You

• Flexible paid time off and remote work policies.
• Complimentary beverages and snacks so that you are fuelled and ready for your day.
• Global comprehensive health plans so you feel your best.
• Career growth opportunities. Your future matters.
• Fun-filled social events curated based on diverse interests for our team to celebrate together. From sponsored sports teams to trivia nights.
• Time off to volunteer and give back to your community.

What to Expect in Your Interview

• Initial Call
• Team interview
• Challenge
• Final Interview
• Decision & Offer

‍Commitment to Equal Employment Opportunity

Our culture is an uplifting environment for high achievers. The fast-paced, high-performance environment will give you the opportunity to build products, processes and strategies that will have a lasting impact.

When you join Vention, you join a team of professionals with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives. Together, we strive to nurture a supportive and inclusive work environment for all. We push each other to achieve extraordinary results and forge long term relationships as a result of the intensity and passion. 

We’re passionate about helping you do your best work. Claim your seat and find out what you can do!

If you're unsure if your experience perfectly matches our job posting, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are happy to chat and get to know you better while you can understand the role as well.