Hybrid QA Engineer

at Hiive

• Job title: QA Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: CA$135,000 - CA$155,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Elixir
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Vancouver, Canada

About the role

• QA Engineer ensuring bug-free features for Hiive's liquidity platform. Collaborating with teams to deliver quality software and leveraging AI for testing efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Verifying features are bug-free and meet product objectives.
• Identifying and problem-solving potential issues.
• Ensuring product quality and helping to deliver a consistent and reliable user experience.
• Demonstrating exceptional attention to detail and ability to design and execute effective testing strategies.
• Leveraging AI-assisted tools to generate, maintain, and optimize automated test cases and improve test coverage.
• Using AI to identify edge cases, analyze test results, and accelerate root cause analysis of defects.
• Evaluating and integrating AI-driven QA tools and workflows to improve testing efficiency and reliability.
• Working closely with cross-functional teams to deploy bug-free software, including engineers, designers, and product managers.
• Assisting in coordinating the QA discipline at Hiive, including implementing best practices and mentoring other EITs.

Requirements

• Substantial experience building automated end-to-end test suites using Playwright.
• Substantial experience performing manual QA on responsive web platforms.
• Experience using AI tools to enhance QA workflows, including test generation, debugging, and test analysis.
• Familiarity with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Ability to create and maintain test documentation, including test plans, cases, and reports.
• Exhibit strong communication and documentation skills.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages.
• Familiarity with ExUnit or other Elixir unit testing frameworks.

Benefits

• Highly competitive salary commensurate with experience and contribution.
• Opportunity to participate in ownership of a rapidly growing early-stage startup through our employee stock option plan.
• Comprehensive 100% employer-paid health and dental premiums, a health and personal spending account.
• A dedicated desk in our Vancouver, BC HQ, in the heart of downtown, with a fridge stocked with healthy snacks and drinks, an onsite gym, and a gorgeous rooftop amenity.
• Enjoy a $20-per-day commuter benefit for every day you work in our Vancouver HQ.
• An engaging social calendar, including bi-weekly catered lunches, bi-weekly “Friday bar,” team workouts, annual summer party, and holiday party, two “onsite” all-team retreats each year, semi-annual team-building events, and Hiive Womens’ Network events.
• Significant opportunities for growth into team leadership and management roles.
• Entrepreneurial culture and a small and dynamic team.
• Sponsorship, immigration, and relocation for exceptional candidates.