QA Automation Tester

At Flynn, it's not just a job, it's a career

Flynn Group of Companies, North America’s leading building envelope contractor, is looking for a QA Automation Tester to work from our Mississauga location reporting to Manager, Custom Applications.

Imagine a career where your quality mindset and technical expertise help deliver high-quality software solutions that improve the day-to-day productivity of our users. Be recognized for your skills and participate in the full software development lifecycle. Work with modern technologies and testing frameworks while helping ensure our applications meet the highest standards of quality, reliability, and performance. As a key member of our Custom Applications team, you will contribute to product quality initiatives, automated testing efforts, incident resolution, and continuous improvement across our software portfolio.

What we offer:

*Funded training and development program

*Subsidized in-house cafeteria and gym

*Dental and supplemental medical plan

*RRSP contributions

*Employee and Family Assistance Program

*Free parking and EV Charging facility

*Family Events and Flynn Fest

*Sports Sponsorship Program

*Rogers Preferred Program

*Perkopolis Retailer Discounts

*Enterprise AI subscription (GitHub Copilot, Claude, or similar)

Our Team

A small team of collaborative individuals working together to solve hard problems and deliver testable, high-quality, secure code. Everyone wears multiple hats and has the opportunity to grow their skills on several projects.

We foster a culture of continuous improvement by adopting modern development practices. This includes leveraging AI-assisted tools throughout our software development lifecycle to improve productivity, code quality, knowledge sharing, and innovation. We trust our engineers - if there's a tool, license, or resource that helps you work better, just ask. We'll make it happen.

Our Tech Stack

Our mobile and web app ecosystem hosted on Amazon AWS requires a multi-faceted approach to testing. We use a combination of BrowserStack and Appium for mobile (Android and iOS), Playwright and Selenium for web and API testing. Our APIs are built in C# .NET and we use SQL Server and MongoDB as our primary databases. We use CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps as well as monitoring solutions such as New Relic and Sumo Logic.

AI-powered tools such as GitHub Copilot allow us to accelerate our development and testing pipeline and improve the software delivery cycle. By continuously evaluating emerging AI technologies, we identify tools that provide transformational value for our business partners and development teams.

Responsibilities:

Design and maintain a library of automated and manual test cases

Conduct API and end to end testing of web and mobile apps as part of quality assurance

Track and improve test automation coverage to minimize defect escape rates

Identify and utilize AI powered tools and practices that enhance the team to deliver short- and long-term value

Integrated automated testing in CI/CD pipelines to support rapid software delivery

Embrace a feedback cycle with direct communication with users and stakeholders to support and enhance our suite of custom applications

Engage in regular collaboration with members from different teams to enhance teamwork and ensure the success of our projects

Participate actively in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, standups, retrospectives, and backlog refinement

Commitment to continuous self-improvement through learning of cutting-edge tech and tools to keep our tech stack ahead of the curve

Be a quality steward taking ownership of your projects

Off-hours support as required

What we are Seeking:

Post-secondary education in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field

2 - 5 years of professional experience in Software Quality Assurance, including testing web and mobile applications

2+ years of experience of utilizing automated testing frameworks such as Playwright

2+ years of experience with Selenium and/or Appium frameworks in C# or Java

2+ years of experience testing RESTful APIs with Postman or equivalent

Solid understanding of software testing methodologies, QA processes, and software development lifecycles

Familiarity with AI-powered tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar - we embrace AI-assisted QA as part of our engineering culture

Able to understand user requirements and translate them into documented test scenarios to create a holistic test plan

Knowledge of performance, regression, and integration testing practices

Familiarity with Jira (or similar tools) to submit and track bugs

Ability to work both as part of a team & independently

Driven by user satisfaction:

Passion for delivering high-quality software experiences to users

Excellent written & verbal communication skills

Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize tasks based upon direction given to the team

Strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making abilities to investigate and resolve issues reported by our users

Experience with the following tools and technology is an asset:

Atlassian Jira, GitHub, Azure DevOps, Aha!, New Relic, Luciq

Azure DevOps

MS SQL and MongoDB database validation testing

TypeScript front end frameworks (Angular, React, Vue, etc.)

.NET Framework/Core (C#)