[Hiring] Junior QA Software Engineer @Lumine Group

Role Description

Are you passionate about solving problems and delivering next-generation software to enhance the Internet experience? Join a global leader creating software for broadband service providers. We are looking for a Junior QA Software Engineer in British Columbia. This role is ideal for those who have a passion for a career in quality assurance within the high-tech industry.

As a QA Software Engineer, you will build on your current expertise by demonstrating core competencies as a bright and hardworking individual who thrives on challenges in developing new and contributing to existing test methodologies in our Engineering Department. Projects include:

• Creation of automated tests, focused on JUnit and Playwright development.
• Contributing to sets of fully automated tests in the field of networking and distributed computing.
• Working on some of the newest technologies.
• Finding fast and effective testing solutions.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain automated test suites using Junit and Playwright.
• Continuously refactor and optimize test code to improve readability, execution speed, and coverage.
• Collaborate with developers to identify test gaps and add coverage for new features and bug fixes.
• Monitor test execution results, analyze failures, and provide actionable feedback to development teams.
• Design and execute performance tests using containerized environments.
• Collect and analyze performance metrics (response times, throughput, resource utilization).
• Identify bottlenecks and provide recommendations for optimization.
• Ensure performance tests are repeatable and scalable across environments.
• Containerize test frameworks to ensure reproducibility and portability.
• Build and maintain Docker images for test environments, including dependencies and browsers.
• Optimize container usage for performance testing scenarios.
• Validate and confirm ML models for various data types and sources.
• Standardize playbooks, roles, and variables to ensure consistency and maintainability.
• Stay current with emerging tools and frameworks in test automation, configuration management, and containerization.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary degree majoring in Computer, Information Technology or Engineering or 3 years or more of relevant working experience.
• Strong competency and experience in writing code in Java.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP networking on Linux, Unix.
• Experience using JUnit and understanding of TDD (Test Driven Development).
• Good understanding of Linux/Unix environments and troubleshooting them.
• Good understanding of Eclipse, GIT and Databases.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Willingness and aptitude for finding and reporting software problems.
• Team player that is proficient and productive in producing test scenarios.
• Ability to work productively with limited supervision but capable of asking for help when appropriate/needed.
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills (in English, both written and verbal).
• Though this is a remote role, you must be able to work out of your home office in British Columbia.

Requirements

• The salary range for this role is $55-65,000 CAD.

Preferred Specialized Qualifications

• Experience in scripting (e.g., Python, Shell).
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins.
• Experience working in a cloud environment (AWS, GCP, etc).
• Experience working in a Telecom provider.
• Experience working with MongoDB.
• Experience working with ClickhouseDB.
• Experience working with Ansible and Docker.
• Knowledge of DSLAMs, CMTSs, and devices: (TR69, cable modem).
• Experience working with multi-tiered or multi-threaded applications.
• Experience in methodologies for GUI Testing.
• Experience in Test methodologies involving Big Data applications.
• Knowledge of network hardware: routers and switches.
• Experience in testing Machine Learning/AI algorithms.