Senior QA Tester

About the job
Role: Senior QA Tester

Client: Government, Broader Public Sector

Job Type: Contract

Term: 12 Months

Workplace Type: Hybrid / Onsite

Pay Rate: $60-70

Start date: 2-3 weeks

Location: Toronto, ON

Language: English

Clearance: N/A

ATS ID #: 9644

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Requirements: What you’ll need

Skills, Knowledge, Experience, and Qualifications:

Project and Digital Experience

Working in Agile, Scrum, and DevOps environments.
Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams including developers, designers, AI engineers, product managers and business SMEs.
Planning and executing comprehensive testing activities throughout iterative Agile sprints, executing continuous validation and ensuring highest accessibility and compliance standards are being met across evolving product increments.
Using structured workflow and collaboration tools for managing defects throughout their entire lifecycle – from identification and logging, through prioritization and triage, to resolution, verification, and closure.
Working with user stories, analyzing business and technical requirements, and generating test data requests.
Applying deep understanding of WCAG 2.1 success criteria (Levels A, AA, AAA), including principles, success criteria and techniques.

Technical Skills

Hands-on experience testing web and mobile applications.
Proficiency in automated testing tools (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright).
Knowledge of AODA compliance testing and tools (e.g., JAWS, VoiceOver, Axe, Accessibility Insights, WAVE).
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control systems (e.g., Git, Azure DevOps).
Understanding of image processing and biometric data integrity.

Testing Skills

Extensive experience in manual and automated testing across functional, non-functional, and integration layers.
Skilled in using data query tools (e.g., SQL, Excel) to support test case development.
Experience supporting and executing User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
Strong grasp of QA principles, tools, and structured methodologies.
Proven ability to create and manage test strategies, test plans, test cases, and reusable test scripts.
Experience with unit testing, load testing, performance testing, and other specialized testing types.
Ability to develop modular testing frameworks for scalable and reusable components.

AI Skills and Experience

Experience testing AI/ML-enabled applications
Understanding of AI model behavior, including edge cases and bias detection.
Ability to validate AI-assisted user workflows and ensure biometric integrity.
Familiarity with AI explainability as well as AI transparency principles.
Experience with AI testing tools and frameworks (e.g., MLFlow, TensorBoard).
Collaboration with AI engineers to define testable model requirements and performance benchmarks.

Must Haves:

Experience testing on web/mobile applications
10+ years of experience as a QA.
Proficiency in automated testing tools (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright).
Experience testing AI/ML-enabled applications
Familiarity with AI explainability as well as AI transparency principles.
Ability to validate AI-assisted user workflows and ensure biometric integrity.
Experience working within an Agile environment – DevOps
applying deep understanding of AODA / WCAG 2.1 success criteria (Levels A, AA, AAA), including principles, success criteria and techniques.

Nice to have:

Understanding / Experience with AI testing tools and frameworks (e.g., MLFlow, TensorBoard).
Understanding of AI model behavior, including edge cases and bias detection.

HOW TO APPLY

Patrick Marsanis hiring for this position.

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