JavaScript Job: QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST

LCI Education is a diverse learning community of 12 select higher education institutions with 23 campuses on 5 continents, and 2,000 colleagues involved in educating over 20,000 learners worldwide each year. LCI Education also provides solutions to workforce challenges with adaptive digital learning options and much more.

LCI Education harmonizes its programs from one country to the next, promoting greater flexibility and life-ready learning experiences, better control over the quality of its services, and deeper respect for the various cultures with which it works. LCI Education has been named one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies.

We are looking for an experienced Quality Assurance Specialist to join our web development team. As a QA Specialist, you will be responsible for setting up testing processes, analyzing requirements, creating test cases, and executing manual and automated tests to ensure the quality of the final product. You will work closely with developers, project managers and stakeholders to ensure quality standards are met.
This is a rare opportunity to contribute to a world-class project that will be built on a modern architecture to deliver a high performance user experience.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop, maintain and execute test plans for developed web applications;
• Ensure the quality of deliverables by testing functionality, identifying bugs and working closely with the development team to resolve them;
• Participate in the development and execution of tests at all levels (functional, integrated and acceptance);
• Participate in the development of the testing approach for new features and updates;
• Provide feedback and recommendations to improve product quality;
• Collaborate with the development team to improve the development process and ensure the quality of deliverables.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• University degree or equivalent experience in computer science, business, marketing or a related field;
• Minimum of 5 years of prior experience as a QA specialist in a web development context with agile methodology (Scrum, Kanban...);
• Excellent communication skills to work with stakeholders and the development team;
• Experience in designing and implementing test plans;
• Strong knowledge of web programming languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, as well as popular web development frameworks such as React, Angular and Vue;
• Experience with unit testing frameworks such as Jest, Mocha or Jasmine;
• Experience with test automation and in-depth knowledge of tools such as Cypress or Selenium;
• Be able to write effective test scripts using programming languages such as JavaScript, Java, Python or C#;
• Debugging and troubleshooting skills;
• Experience with debugging tools such as Chrome DevTools and be able to identify and resolve issues related to application performance, security and usability.

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

• A well-organized, self-starter with a team spirit;
• Strong attention to detail and ability to detect errors and problems;
• An articulate individual with excellent communication skills;
• Excellent analytical and deductive skills;
• Ability to establish and maintain excellent relationships with business partners;
• Ability to facilitate meetings or work sessions;
• Skills in writing, conducting and coordinating functional and acceptance testing.

A STRENGTH

• Ability to identify improvement opportunities and changes to be made (processes, tools, documentation, etc.) in a spirit of continuous improvement.
• Experience with Atlassian Jira and Confluence;
• Experience with nodejs, Javascript, .Net, React;
• Experience with Storybook;
• Experience with Sitecore, Coveo;
• Experience with Git source management tools and the GitFlow approach (GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps);
• Experience with CI/CD continuous integration and deployment tools (ADO, Jenkins, AppVeyor...)
• Experience with test management tools (Xray, TestRail, Zephyr...);;
• Experience with E2E testing tools (Cypress, Jest, NightWatch);
• Experience with accessibility testing tools (WAVE, LightHouse, SiteImprove);
• Experience with API testing tools (Postman, Insomnia, Paw...);
• Experience with cross-browser testing tools (BrowserStack, CrossBrowserTesting...);
• Experience with load testing tools (BlazeMeter, JMeter, LoadRunner...);
• Experience in the education sector;
• Certified Software Tester (CSTE) or Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) certification.

ADVANTAGES

• International company established for over 60 years;
• Constantly growing network;
• Hybrid work;
• Permanent full-time position;
• Continuous training program;
• Daycare in the workplace;
• Group insurance, including EAP and telemedicine;
• Retirement savings plan;
• Health and wellness program (including yoga and cooking classes);
• Transportation allowance;
• Company located in downtown Montreal, ideal for public transportation.

Do you want to contribute to innovative projects in collaboration with teams from all sectors? Do you dream of working for a Quebec-based company with a global reach? Do you want to join a diversified and human team that looks to the future? What are you waiting for?
Please note that only selected candidates will be contacted. We subscribe to an equal access program.