Software Quality Assurance Engineer
1 week ago
Montréal QC, Montreal Regional Municipality, QC; Montréal region; Québec Province, Canada
Ontinue
Full-time
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As a leading provider of AI-powered extended managed detection and response (MXDR) services, Ontinue is on a mission to be the most trusted, 24/7, always-on security partner that empowers customers to embrace the future by using AI to operate more strategically, at scale, and with less risk. We believe that the combination of AI and human expertise is essential for delivering effective managed security that is tailored to a customer’s unique environment, operational constraints, and risks. Our MXDR service combines powerful proprietary AI with a one-of-a-kind collaboration model to continuously build a deep understanding of our customers’ environments, informing how we prevent, detect, and respond to threats. Our unrivaled Microsoft expertise allows customers to achieve these outcomes with the Microsoft Security tools they already own. AI-powered Nonstop SecOps. We’re looking for a QA Automation Engineer to help us scale quality across a fast-moving engineering team. This role is about building the automation, processes, and release confidence that keep pace with a team already working with AI-assisted development. Design and implement automated tests for frontend, backend, and API flows
Use Playwright as a core testing platform, with tests written in TypeScript or C# depending on the best fit
Test microservices-based systems with an understanding of dependencies, release sequencing, and service interactions
Coordinate release readiness across the team, helping identify what needs to be tested first and what can go out together
Test Azure-based and event-driven workflows, including message-based scenarios such as Service Bus topics and related integrations
Combine automation with manual and exploratory testing where it adds the most value
Improve the way manual testing is enabled so it remains efficient and sustainable as the team grows
Collaborate closely with developers, the engineering manager, and other stakeholders to build a practical quality process
Use AI-assisted tools to speed up test creation, maintenance, triage, and analysis
Help ensure quality scales with the speed of the team instead of becoming a bottleneck
At least 4 years of professional experience in QA, test automation, software engineering, or a closely related field
Strong experience with test automation, ideally across both frontend and API testing
Experience with Playwright or a similar modern automation framework
Good working knowledge of TypeScript, C#, or another language used for automation
Experience testing APIs and backend workflows
Curious, adaptable, and open to using AI tools to work more efficiently
A mindset that balances quality, speed, and pragmatism
Experience building or improving QA processes for a growing team
Experience with infrastructure or environment concepts that help with reliable testing
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and how automated tests fit into them
Experience using AI tools to support testing, analysis, or maintenance
Experience working in a product-oriented, fast-moving engineering environment
Experience with security-related or data-sensitive systems
In addition to a competitive salary, we also offer great benefits and access to management and Microsoft training.
Ontinue welcomes and encourages diversity in the workplace regardless of race, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.
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