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Job Title


QA Automation Specialist


Company : Remsoft


Location : Ottawa, Ontario


Created : 2026-05-01


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

An integral role on the Remsoft team, the Automation Quality Assurance (QA) Analyst will play a key role in designing, building, and maintaining automated test solutions to ensure high-quality software delivery across our web, cloud, mobile, and desktop applications. This role also includes handson manual testing, recognizing that not all test scenarios are suitable for automation. This role is strongly automationfocused, with handson responsibility for developing and maintaining automated test suites while working closely with developers, product, and QA team members. Were looking for a technically strong, analytical and detailoriented tester who is passionate about improving quality through automationfirst practices, while also applying strong manual testing fundamentals contributing their expertise toward maintaining and enhancing our testing standards and processes. Responsibilities Work with QA team members to ensure a quality product and provide input to enhance testing processes. Tasks may include: - Design, develop, execute, and maintain automated test suites for web, cloud, desktop, and/or mobile applications - Create, execute, and maintain manual test cases for scenarios that are not suitable to automate - Contribute to an automationfirst testing strategy, identifying opportunities to improve coverage, reliability, and execution time - Collaborate with developers, product managers, and QA team members to clarify requirements and define test approaches - Validate new features through a combination of automated and exploratory/manual testing - Analyze test results, log defects and work closely with development teams to support resolution - Monitor automation execution results within CI/CD pipelines and take action on failures - Provide regular progress updates, risks, and improvement suggestions to the QA Lead Qualifications - College diploma or university degree in a related field - Strong written and verbal communication skills in English are essential for this role - 3+ years of experience in software quality assurance, with handson experience in both manual and automated testing - Handson experience automating at least one application type (web, desktop, or mobile) - Experience designing and executing manual test cases, including exploratory testing - Handson experience building automated tests using Selenium or Playwright - Experience coding automated tests using C#, Java, or similar objectoriented languages - Solid understanding of QA methodologies, automation frameworks, and testing techniques for modern applications - Strong analytical, organizational, and problemsolving skills Assets - Experience with Appium - Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) - Experience with API testing tools such as Postman or RESTbased automation - Experience with performance and load testing tools and concepts (e.g., JMeter, k6, Gatling) - Working knowledge of SQL databases and query writing - Background working in a DevOpsaligned development environment - Demonstrated experience integrating AI tools into daytoday work - ISTQB or similar QA certification Core Skills - Test Automation Design & Development - Web, Desktop, or Mobile Testing - Strong Communication & Collaboration Location We are committed to finding the best candidate and are flexible regarding location. While Remsofts headquarters are in Fredericton, New Brunswick; Ottawa, Ontario; Vitoria, Brazil; and Adelaide, Australia, we are open to a range of working arrangements for this role. Candidates can work fully remote, in a hybrid setup, or from our office. #J-18808-Ljbffr