Digital Convergence Looking for Quality Assurance Analyst at Kamloops, BC Full Time

COMPANY BACKGROUND

Digital Convergence believes in challenging the status quo, thinking differently, and using a no-nonsense approach to reimagining business capabilities with technology.

Headquartered in Kamloops, British Columbia, Digital Convergence is a boutique digital consultancy with our team spanning coast to coast across Canada. We help organizations establish and execute forward-thinking digital strategies with proven tactics that create meaningful experiences for customers and employees.

We are 100% remote, with team members located across Canada. Visit us @Home | Digital Convergence.

INTRODUCTION

We are looking for an experienced Quality Assurance Analyst (QA Analyst) to join the Digital Convergence team. This dynamic consulting firm provides sustainable technology solutions focused on unlocking customers and enabling employees.

As a Quality Assurance Analyst, you will be tasked with contributing to our web application projects, our testing infrastructure, and guiding other members of the team. Working within small delivery teams, your duties will assist in QA development, testing of code and architecture of web applications, websites and enterprise-ready solutions for our customers. Due to the nature of consulting, our tech stack varies from project-to-project but is predominately Drupal-oriented.

The ideal candidate will have experience testing, building and producing code-based automated testing (PHP, PHPUnit), behavioural testing (Behat, Cypres), experience in web accessibility testing, and build mock services to validate against.

This position is open to local and/or remote work-from-home in Canada.

ROLE SPECIFICS

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create, develop and maintain tests and testing infrastructure, and collaborate with our team (or sometimes, our client’s team members). Perform extensive testing, and ensure high-quality solutions.
• Work on large, complex projects across multiple teams and ensure their implementation.
• Write testable, efficient, secure and reusable code for continuous integration/deployment.
• Be responsible for the overall code quality of the components under your team’s responsibility.
• Be accountable for the performance, reliability, scalability and resiliency of all components within your team’s purview based on SLAs and monitoring the progress of tasks.
• Develop a thorough understanding of technology roadmaps and influence them with technical and factual arguments.
• Validate clearly defined technical solutions to business needs.
• Collaborate with other (remote) developers, participate in daily stand-ups and perform peer-review of other team members’ code.
• Collaborate and communicate clearly with all members of our team, including internal and external stakeholders.
• Become a trusted thought leader with key project-level responsibilities and ownership.
• Act as an ambassador to Digital Convergence, participating in company events, contributing to the corporate blog, and providing documented insights.
• Other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum of 2 years of professional experience in a CMS-related quality assurance role.
• Testing across multiple technologies: HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, Drupal, Laravel, Symfony.
• Experience executing, creating, and developing automated tests (PHPUnit, Behat, Cyprus, Selenium and/or equivalent technologies).
• Experience with Atlassian tools, including Jira.
• Experience developing solutions for cross-platform and browser compatibility.
• Experience working with containerized applications and environments.
• Understanding of each of the parts that make up modern enterprise-ready web applications (e.g. APIs, templating, routing, design patterns, caching, security).
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders to establish trust and rapport.
• Exceptional verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

APPLY IF YOU

• Are professional, reliable, and possess a strong work ethic – you’ve got Grit.
• Are always seeking to improve your skillset and knowledge.
• Take ownership to see things through.
• Have the willingness to work outside of normal working hours, if required.
• Are resourceful and creative in solving problems effectively.
• Have a proven track record of leading and delivering projects successfully.
• Enjoy working first-hand with business owners to help accelerate their businesses.

COMPANY BENEFITS

Why join Digital Convergence:

• Competitive compensation package and salaries
• Comprehensive benefits plan with an added bonus of a sizable Health Spending Accounts
• 100% Remote Workforce with Flextime Policy
• Access to the latest technology and tools, including a brand new MacBook Pro
• To be a part of a growing team that believes in holding each other accountable for our success.
• Ongoing available Professional Development and additional training opportunities
• Company and team events (e.g. Monthly Lunch ‘N Learns)
• Open and Honest Communication – No Bullshit!