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About the role

  • Lead QA Engineer responsible for QA strategy and execution across web, API, and mobile platforms at Backcountry. Focus on automation, mentorship, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end testing lifecycle across Backcountry’s web, API, and mobile platforms.
  • Define scalable QA frameworks, automation strategies, and release validation standards that support a weekly deployment cadence.
  • Drive shift-left practices, integrating quality checks early in the SDLC to reduce downstream defect costs.
  • Maintain and improve functional, regression, and performance/load testing coverage using tools like Playwright, Postman, and JMeter.
  • Develop, coach, and grow QA engineers, fostering a culture of quality ownership and continuous improvement.
  • Influence quality practices across engineering teams, even without direct authority over every contributor.
  • Champion Playwright as the primary automation framework and expand coverage across web and API surfaces.
  • Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines and support release validation processes, including occasional after-hours deployments.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in Quality Assurance and Testing, with at least 2+ years in a lead or senior individual contributor capacity.
  • Proven, hands-on experience with Playwright for web and API E2E automation.
  • Strong automation fundamentals across Cypress, Selenium, or comparable frameworks; ability to build and maintain scalable test suites.
  • Working proficiency in Python, JavaScript, or Java; operate effectively in test frameworks and validate or correct AI-generated code.
  • Solid experience with functional, regression, and performance/load testing (Postman, JMeter, or equivalent).
  • Demonstrated SDLC and Agile experience with strong defect lifecycle management using Jira and TestRail.
  • Ability to operate independently under a steady release cadence and manage competing priorities without close supervision.

Benefits

  • Competitive Benefits: Comprehensive benefits including paid time off, RRSP match, group benefits, and employee discounts across portfolio brands.

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$85,000 - CA$113,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

CypressJavaJavaScriptJMeterPythonSDLCSelenium

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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