Quality Assurance Analyst

About ASICS Apps

ASICS Apps lives by ASICS' founding philosophy, "Anima Sana In Corpore Sano" or "A Sound Mind in a Sound Body." We believe in the positive benefits of movement and aspire for people all over the world to live healthful and happy lives in both body and mind.

The ASICS Apps provide digital services and goods focused on helping runners and running events every step of the way. To strengthen our commitment to runners, we are expanding our investment in endurance-related digital services, such as endurance event technology (Race Roster), leading mobile running app (the ASICS Runkeeper app), and other exciting platforms that will help us better serve the endurance industry. Combined, these projects and products makeup ASICS Apps.

Our mission―in the past, today, and into the future―is to contribute to a healthful and sustainable society and to bring joy to the people of the world through movement. Movement is an important element in living longer healthy lives, in feeling more fulfilled, and in crossing national and cultural boundaries to bring the world together. If you are looking to join a fun and innovative company focused on the booming digital health and fitness industry, this is the place for you

Position Overview:

As an Intermediate Quality Assurance Analyst for Race Roster, you will be a subject matter expert on our system and testing tools. Your main responsibility is to ensure the highest quality of our software through expert testing and critical thinking. You will display this through both hands-on manual testing as well as automating testing where possible. This position is for an adaptable, detail-oriented professional dedicated to delivering an exceptional user experience.

Product Line:

This role will be working on the Race Roster product.

Work Location:

The successful candidate for this role can be either a remote employee (working 100% remotely from a designated location within Canada), a hybrid employee (flexibility to work in the office or from home at a location within 75 km from the London, ON office), or an in-office employee at our London, ON office.

Responsibilities:

• Test Strategy & Execution: Design, document, and execute test strategies for new and existing features across all platforms. This includes writing clear test plans and performing manual and automated testing to ensure full coverage of user flows and edge cases.
• Data Validation: Ensure data accuracy across relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL and MySQL) by writing and executing SQL queries, as well as non-relational databases (e.g. DynamoDB or MongoDB).
• Process Improvement: Collaborate with teammates to establish, document, and evolve formal QA processes, ensuring the team adheres to industry-accepted best practices and meets team OKRs.
• Quality Ownership: Play a strong, active role in the quality assurance process, from test case creation and execution to communicating release readiness with stakeholders.
• Issue Intake and Collaboration: Work closely with managers, developers, designers, and product managers to identify, log, prioritize, and resolve issues.

Qualifications:

• 3 - 5 years of experience in a Quality Assurance role
• Proven experience with both manual and automated testing methodologies.
• Experience with Cypress, Playwright, or other automated testing frameworks.
• Proficiency in writing SQL queries for data validation in relational databases like PostgreSQL and MySQL, as well as familiarity with non-relational databases.
• Experience with observability and monitoring systems (e.g., Datadog, New Relic, Grafana).
• Experience with API endpoint testing tools and techniques.
• Demonstrated ability to write clear, comprehensive test plans, test cases, and bug reports.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Bachelor's or Associates degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is a plus.

The successful candidate for this role will become an employee of Race Roster North America Corporation (doing business as ASICS Apps Canada), asubsidiary of ASICS Corporation, a Japanese multinational corporation. Race Roster was founded in London, Ontario in 2011.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, sex, place of origin, ethnic origin, ancestry, citizenship, creed, record of offenses, genetics, disability, age, marital status, family status, veteran status, or fitness level.

Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.