QA Automation Engineer

Vantage is looking for QA Automation Engineer who wants to be part of a growing team and have a big impact.

As a QA Automation  Engineer with Vantage, you’ll be responsible for Developing and maintaining automated test scripts for functional regression coverage using the Playwright framework for UI and REST APIs and integrating them into CI/CD pipeline. You will also be responsible for creating and improving testing-related documentation, participating actively in functional, system, integration, and regression testing activities, and working closely with the automation group to automate features for better regression coverage.

We are a fully remote team but are primarily based in southern Ontario, and usually get together at least once a month for planning, team building and group work.

About Vantage: 

Come join an emerging tech company just as we hit our inflection point. Vantage plays in a $250BN addressable market in North America that is seeing significant disruption. Retailers are transforming their digital marketing practices to drive customer acquisition and are looking for new profit centers in retail media networks.

Vantage is uniquely positioned in this space, having established a technology platform that is custom-built for retail media. We offer the only turnkey integrated retail media network. We significantly outperform online media benchmarks by leveraging automation, machine learning, and AI. Ours is the market-leading platform and we have real traction with some of the biggest names in retail.

We are excited to expand the team and take the company to the next level. You would have the opportunity to get in early and obviously, that comes with great possible financial upside, but it also comes with an opportunity to shape the culture of the team. So, we’re picky about the people we invite to join the journey. We’re looking for true team-players, not lone wolves, or temporary hired guns. We are professionals with a passion for doing great work and driving real success for Vantage and our clients.

Headquartered in Toronto but currently working fully remotely, the Vantage team is diverse, creative and fun. Our belief is that our strong commitment to diversity & inclusion enables Vantage to be better. We also believe that people are happiest and can accomplish the most amazing things when they have the freedom and flexibility to customize their work and life environments, and can take on huge, stimulating challenges with fantastic colleagues.

In addition to your compensation, enjoy the rewards of an organization that puts our heart into building a team.  Vantage offers a full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits.  All employees are also owners, as everyone is enrolled into the Vantage Employee Stock Option Plan.  Vantage provides strong maternity / parental leave benefits in all jurisdictions. Vantage also offers numerous well-being programs, education assistance, development courses, and discount programs with participating partners.  As for time off, Vantage employees enjoy generous vacation, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year. A number of paid holidays, sick time, and other time off are provided consistent with relevant jurisdictions and company policies.

Qualifications & Experience:

We are looking for people who want to build great stuff and have a strong grasp of the fundamentals. The list below is not a hard list of requirements, we will happily train you on any areas you haven’t worked with before.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent practical experience
• 3 or more years in a QA environment and Test automation
• You’re skilled in automating the QA process for both UI and API testing but also have experience in manual testing.
• Having work experience with  JavaScript, Python or equivalent programming languages,  Testing tools (Selenium, Cucumber, Playwright, Cypress, Appium ), Cloud infrastructure (Circle, AWS, Azure,GCP), Workflow tools (JIRA ticketing system, Confluence, Slack). Or you are able to pick it all up very quickly.
• Hands-on experience in relational databases and SQL
• Your strength is your ability to recognize what’s wrong, troubleshoot and provide feedback; to enforce bug free implementation from the beginning.
• Understand and incorporate both industry and Vantage software development standards and best practices in all work initiatives.
• Detail-oriented, incredibly meticulous and you enjoy the fine attention to detail required to spot, prevent, and solve the tiniest of issues before our clients find them.
• Professional bug hunter. You can review technical logs and not only pinpoint the problem but propose solutions to improve it.
• Review automation test execution and test maintenance.
• You love finding new ways to solve problems.
• Tenacious and positive attitude. You never give up!

Preferred Qualifications:

• In-depth knowledge of Python, Django, and Celery
• Experience with Snowflake and/or relational databases
• Experience with high availability systems.
• Understanding of distributed computing systems.
• Experience with application deployment and data pipelines.

Why Join Us?

• Embrace a culture of diversity, intellectual curiosity, and problem-solving that is essential to our success.
• Work in a blame-free environment that encourages collaboration and innovation.
• Enjoy the freedom to take the lead on meaningful projects and opportunities for professional growth.
• Benefit from a supportive and mentorship-driven environment to continuously learn and expand your skill set.

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation
• Employee share ownership – because Vantage wants you to truly share the success
• Flexible work/life, remote-first philosophy
• Great health benefits from Day 1
• Career development / continuing education allowance – we all want to stay sharp
• Mac laptop & other Apple equipment (we’ll give you a budget to build your perfect work-from-home environment because ergonomics matter)
• Team building activities to keep things fun: wonderland days, cottage trips (COVID permitting), virtual games & escape rooms, team lunches, and weekly nacho breaks on Fridays

Reasonable accommodations are available to job applicants on request and throughout the application process.

We thank all applicants in advance for their interest in this position; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

To apply for the QA Automation Engineer role at Vantage, please visit https://vantageanalytics.applytojobs.ca/development/34647

Location: Remote (Eastern Standard Time; GMT-5)