Cova - QA Analyst

**About Cova**:
Cova has been the fastest-growing software solutions company in the history of the legal cannabis industry and is now the #1 POS in North America. After launching commercially less than 4 years ago, we surpassed over 50 other companies as the industry preference. Through constant product innovation, execution of a clear growth strategy, and high integrity in everything we do, Cova delivers a premium service to its clients.

We design and build products on an open API architecture platform that elevates the dispensary retail experience. Our point-of-sale solution (POS) is purpose-built for cannabis retail and is based on years of experience in high growth/high complexity industries.

The legal marijuana market is on a fast growth trajectory with more new states legalizing every year. 5 more just passed in Nov 2020 and 2 additional states legislatively opted for retail operations in 2021.

Cova operates as a young company that spun out of a solid, well-established 20+ year old software company called iQmetrix. Collectively, our software can be found in over 20,000 stores across North America in several verticals, and we support retailers with one location and others who have thousands. Cova has invested heavily to have the industry-leading platform for enterprises and is technologically ahead of where the industry is heading.

Let's shape the next generation of cannabis retailers together and own it.

**Job Summary**:
**Responsibilities**:

- Testing & validating acceptance criteria for user stories.
- Testing & validating defect fixes.
- Performing exploratory testing to discover regressions.
- Championing quality assurance during all phases of the product development lifecycle.
- Identifying and recommending components that could be covered via automation
- Validating hardware and documentation of hardware testing
- Providing feedback to your team on design and user experience considerations.
- Supporting the investigation of reported development or production issues.
- Developing and maintaining the regression test suite for the areas your team is focused on.
- Triaging bugs with your product manager and technical lead.
- Working with the product manager to contribute acceptance criteria and test plans for upcoming projects.
- Participate in the co-ordination of Android app releases

**Qualifications**:

- 3+ years of experience in a QA analyst or similar role.
- Experience working in an agile development environment and a clear understanding of how to operate within that framework.
- Experience writing test plans and creating test data.
- Experience testing APIs
- Sharp analytical, data analysis, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.

**Nice to Have**:

- Familiarity with Azure, Cosmos, Mongo, and/or SQL
- Experience writing or running automated tests

**What Really Matters**:
A lot can be learned or trained, but there are a few things that can't.
- Strongly self-motivated with a drive to succeed
- Caring about our clients and their customers
- Being able to collaborate with others to ensure that we all succeed together

**Want to Join the Team?**

If you're interested in a career with Cova, please submit your resume and cover letter. We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, faith, colour, cultural background, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

We are a hybrid work environment, remote and in-office for all employees in an office city.