Intermediate Quality Assurance Analyst

Aspire Software

You will work on a major e procurement SaaS platform used by public and private sector customers across Canada and the United States to run sourcing events, manage bids, and support compliant procurement workflows. You will own QA for this product, lead the testing strategy, and introduce modern test automation using Playwright and TypeScript. The role combines hands on testing with QA team leadership and the build out of a sustainable automation practice

Key Responsibilities

• Build and own the Playwright based automation framework and standards.
• Lead the QA team and shape how QA is done.
• Have visible impact on product quality and release reliability.
• Work fully remote with a cross functional team and a clear product mission.
• Take ownership of the existing manual test suite, keep it current, and decide which tests to execute for each release.
• Design and execute test plans and test cases for web applications and APIs.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, performance, and device testing.
• Build and maintain Playwright end to end and API test suites in TypeScript.
• Define coding guidelines, project structure, and reusable utilities for automated tests.
• Contribute to accessibility testing and awareness of WCAG standards where applicable.
• Track and triage defects in JIRA and work with developers on root cause and resolution.
• Collaborate with product managers and developers to clarify requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Work with the support team to investigate, reproduce, and help identify root causes of production issues.
• Participate in code and test reviews with a focus on quality and testability.
• Report test results, risks, and quality metrics using tools such as Confluence.
• Help improve QA processes, test environments, and release readiness checks
• Provide day to day leadership for the QA team, including priorities and workload.
• Mentor and coach QA engineers in automation, test design, and good engineering practices.
• Run or support key QA activities such as test planning and defect triage.
• Champion quality and automation within the wider engineering team.

• 5 or more years in software QA with strong knowledge of QA methodologies and processes.
• Solid experience testing web applications and APIs.
• Proven hands on experience designing, implementing, and maintaining Playwright based test Automation in TypeScript.
• Experience setting up or maturing a test automation practice and providing QA team leadership is a strong asset.
• Playwright test automation with TypeScript.
• Experience with cross browser UI tests and API tests.
• Ability to design clean test architecture, coding standards, and reusable libraries for test automation.
• Understanding of web API technology.
• Nice to have familiarity with AI development tools such as Cursor, Windsurf, Claude or similar.
• Nice to have familiarity with WCAG accessibility testing.
• Proven QA team leadership skills, including coaching and constructive feedback.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• High attention to detail and ownership of quality outcomes.
• Clear written and verbal communication in English.
• Ability to work independently in a remote setting and collaborate across time zones.
• Comfortable driving change and introducing new practice