Manual QA Analyst

QA Analyst

Location: Montreal, QC OR Mississauga, ON

Language: Strong written and verbal English

Employment Type: contract to hire

About the Opportunity

Are you a detail-oriented QA Analyst who enjoys solving problems and delivering reliable technology solutions? We're looking for an experienced QA professional to join a collaborative team supporting retail applications and digital solutions in a fast-paced environment.

In this role, you'll work closely with developers, business stakeholders, and Agile delivery teams to ensure applications and integrations meet quality standards. You'll play an important role in supporting successful releases, improving testing processes, and delivering a seamless experience for end users.

What's In It for You

• Work with a collaborative, cross-functional team that values quality, innovation, and continuous improvement.

• Gain exposure to diverse retail technologies, SaaS platforms, and integrated applications.

• Contribute to meaningful projects while expanding your technical expertise and adopting emerging AI tools in QA.

• Enjoy an environment where your ideas, problem-solving skills, and attention to detail make a difference.

Your Responsibilities

• You'll contribute to QA planning, test estimation, risk identification, and testing priorities to support successful releases.

• You'll design, execute, and maintain manual test cases covering functional, regression, integration, system, end-to-end, smoke, exploratory, API, and data validation testing.

• You'll manage sprint testing activities in Jira, maintain test scripts and regression suites in qTest, and document testing evidence.

• You'll prepare test data, coordinate environment readiness, and identify, document, and track defects through resolution.

• You'll collaborate with Agile teams to troubleshoot issues, communicate quality risks, and assess release readiness.

• You'll support accessibility, performance, and security testing as needed while maintaining QA documentation in Confluence.

Skills and Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in QA or software testing, including hands-on testing of retail applications.

• Extensive experience creating and maintaining manual test scripts in qTest, with advanced proficiency in Jira for test and defect management.

• Strong technical skills in API testing using Postman, SQL queries, and database validation.

• Solid understanding of test strategy, test design, Agile methodologies, risk reporting, and software testing best practices.

• Familiarity with AI-enabled QA practices and tools such as Rovo.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills, with a collaborative approach to teamwork.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

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