Intermediate QA Automation Developer

Do you want to be part of our innovative and entrepreneurial team? 

Mitacs is undergoing a major enterprise transformation to become a more client-centric, digitally enabled organization. This effort includes a wide-reaching digital modernization of our business applications, along with the convergence of data, process, and platforms to better deliver value to our stakeholders. 

As part of this transformation, we are building a modern and resilient quality assurance practice—one that ensures reliability, usability, and performance across our systems and services. The Intermediate QA Automation Developer plays a key role in this mission by helping evolve our testing strategy, implementing scalable automation, and ensuring product excellence through hands-on collaboration with developers, product managers, and business stakeholders. 

You’ll be part of a growing team within the Technology Platform group, working alongside engineers, analysts, product owners, and external vendors to bring quality and agility into everything we build. You will report to the Enterprise Application Manager and play a vital role in shaping the tools and practices that support Mitacs’ transformation journey. 

If you are a curious, hands-on QA professional with a passion for quality, automation, and collaboration and if you want your work to support Canada’s innovation ecosystem, we encourage you to apply and join us on this exciting journey. 

To learn more about Mitacs and our values, please visit our website. 

This position can be fully remote or hybrid near Mitacs offices in Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto or Vancouver** 

Intermediate QA Automation Developer 

We are seeking an Intermediate QA Automation Developer who brings a passion for both automated and manual software testing. While your primary focus will be to expand our automation testing capabilities and CI/CD pipeline coverage, you will also be expected to perform manual testing as to ensure comprehensive test coverage and product quality. 

As a member of the Quality Assurance (QA) team, you will have the opportunity to work closely with other talented members of our team to support, maintain, and ensure quality for a complex software ecosystem. You’ll contribute to the development of automated test scripts and detailed test plans, working in tandem with the team to drive quality across our CI/CD processes. This role offers variety and growth, with opportunities to expand your skills across multiple testing disciplines and technologies. 

 
Role responsibilities 

Technical: 

• Develop, maintain, and execute automated test scripts using tools such as Playwright, Cypress, Puppeteer, Selenium, or Jest. 

• Perform manual testing for features not yet automated or requiring exploratory or usability validation. 

• Conduct a wide range of testing types, including functional, system, regression, integration, UAT, cross-browser, and backend validation. 

• Build and maintain test automation integrated into CI/CD pipelines for both cloud and on-prem environments. 

• Design test cases that include happy path, negative testing, and edge cases, ensuring complete requirement coverage. 

• Conduct API testing using tools like Postman, Swagger, or SoapUI. 

• Write basic SQL queries to validate database functionality and test data. 

• Contribute to the testing of enterprise systems such as Dynamics 365 CRM and other ERP platforms. 

• Utilize BDD or data-driven testing methodologies where applicable. 

• Troubleshoot and document defects clearly in Azure DevOps or Jira. 

• Stay current with industry trends, emerging tools, and automation best practices. 

• Basic knowledge of JavaScript is considered an asset. 

Collaboration: 

• Take ownership of testing responsibilities across assigned features or work
  streams. 

• Evaluate and analyze requirements for testability, identifying gaps early in the development process. 

• Proactively identify opportunities to improve automation coverage, reduce manual test effort, and optimize regression cycles. 

• Champion quality throughout the SDLC, ensuring QA is integrated from planning through post-release. 

• Contribute to the ongoing evolution of QA processes, frameworks, standards, and documentation. 

Experience: 

• 5+ years of QA experience, including 2+ years in test automation. 

• Proven experience testing cloud-based and enterprise systems, especially within Agile (Scrum/SAFe) delivery models. 

• Hands-on experience with one or more automation frameworks/tools such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Puppeteer, Cucumber, Jest, etc. 

• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Azure environments. 

• Demonstrated ability to adapt quickly to new tools, technologies, and processes. 

• Comfortable operating with autonomy and accountability in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment. 

• Knowledge of written and spoken English is required in this role as you will interact with colleagues, clients, and stakeholders located across Canada. 

Hiring Range: $79,520 - $97,000 

Hiring and Salary Range Transparency  

Typically, employees are hired, transferred, or promoted within the salary range, specifically between the minimum and midpoint in the hiring range. 

The salary range refers to the range of base salaries for a given position, encompassing the minimum and maximum amounts. The midpoint of the range is positioned approximately halfway between the minimum and maximum, indicating a fully qualified employee with comprehensive job knowledge and experience for the role. 

Only in rare and exceptional circumstances, where a candidate has the experience, skills, and expertise that far exceed those for the position, would we consider paying above the hiring range for this role. 

Equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and decolonization are core values at Mitacs. We believe a diverse workforce comprised of individuals with different ideas, strengths, interests, and backgrounds (e.g., gender identities and expressions, Indigeneity, race, abilities, sexual orientation, and other identities) are crucial to our success. We welcome everyone to apply and encourage you to connect with us if you require accommodations during the recruitment process.